Music

NME Breakthrough

12/08/2010
By Chris Wright
NME Breakthrough

It’s been a while since I read the NME, but it used to be the best music paper on the planet and so I thought I’d give some space to this new venture… Breakthrough is a new space for artists and fans who want to be at the heart of the most exciting new...
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A summer mix to treat your ears (WN0031)

23/07/2010
By Globalism
A summer mix to treat your ears (WN0031)

Ambassadeurs - HIPHOPsoulAFROBEATdubstepD&BreggaeBREAKSmix by Ambassadeurs

I stumbled across SoundCloud ages ago and stored it away as 'one of those things to get back to'. It seemed like a great way for sharing music, with an attractive interface and a winning...
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Africa + music + open source

10/07/2010
By Globalism
Africa + music + open source




Sorting out my bookmarks, an activity which has taken me close to nine months to complete having had too many other things to do, had thrown up a few treats on the web that I'd previously stumbled across, saved and forgotten about. The sort will...
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Posted in Africa, Creative Commons, FMA, Free Music Archive, Intrahealth, Music, Nas, Neneh Cherry, Youssou N'Dour, downloads | Comments Off

REVIEWS // Noughties, But Nice (2010)

04/04/2010
By pateswritings
REVIEWS // Noughties, But Nice (2010)

This review was initially slated to appear online at the beginning of the year. Other commitments got in the way and it got pushed back. I later started writing it for my general blog ‘Postings From An Edge’, but ended up being such a lengthy piece that I felt it would go better here....
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77 Million Paintings

02/04/2010
By Chris Wright
77 Million Paintings

Fabrica in Brighton is presenting 77 Million Paintings as part of Brighton Festival 2010. Brian Eno is this year’s Guest Artistic Director and this free exhibition is running until the end of May. The exhibition uses translucent and richly coloured abstract images, mainly hand drawn on 35mm slides, to form component elements that are...
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mFlow

02/04/2010
By Chris Wright
mFlow

So why didn’t I think of this! An idea so blindingly obvious that music lovers everywhere will be kicking themselves senseless. mflow takes the ‘follower’ paradigm from Twitter and applies it to music. The users get to publish a track, or an album, with a comment. Their followers can listen to the track and...
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‘Spring Love 2010′: free festival in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo (April 3-4)

28/03/2010
By Globalism
‘Spring Love 2010′: free festival in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo (April 3-4)


Building on last year's gathering, next weekend sees the 2010 'Spring Love' event ('Harukaze', in Japanese) in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park.

Last year saw around 40,000 people gathered together for music, dance,...
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