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In praise of … musical reinvention | Editorial

5792 days ago
Guardian Music — The rewriting of works by other composers is a venerable tradition, going back to at least the time of JosquinA musician called Dominique Leone has lifted a $500 prize for reinventing part of a work by the minimalist composer Steve Reich called 2x5. ... more info

You can fly 'like a G6' – but it will cost you £36m

5835 days ago
Guardian Music — American hip-hop quartet's lyrics hymn the joys of a private jetAs the country teeters on the edge of a double-dip recession and the government starts cutting the general fun quota by 98%, it's important to keep things in perspective. We've always ... more info

This week's new live music

5858 days ago
Guardian Music — Magnetic Man, On tourThe idea of a dubstep supergroup might seem a little counter-intuitive. Dubstep's early chroniclers tended to revel in the genre as a masked urban phenomenon, designed by and for intense young men in hooded sweatshirts. Certainly... more info

Steve Reich: Double Sextet; 2x5 | CD review

5878 days ago
Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)Steve Reich's influence has always spun in all directions, but even he must have surprised himself here: rock-band instruments playing in riffs and grooves with the notated precision of classical chamber music. Double Sextet uses Grammy-win... more info

Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz - review

5880 days ago
Guardian Music — (Asthmatic Kitty)Last year, Sufjan Stevens announced that he was abandoning his loudly trumpeted project to write and release an album about each of America's 50 states. He'd managed a grand total of two. It was hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy.... more info

Mark McGuire: the antithesis of the axeman

5888 days ago
Guardian Music — Using delay, multitracked loops and lengthy repetition, the 24-year-old has created the antidote to the indulgent guitar soloClaims for the greatness of guitarists are often badly skewed. Many seem to regard guitar playing in a similar way to skatebo... more info

The Octopus Project – “Fuguefat” (Stereogum Premiere)

5894 days ago
Stereogum — “Fuguefat” is the opening track from Hexadecagon, the Octopus Project’s followup to last year’s The Golden Beds EP. Like many things these days, it was inspired by (the highly inspirational) Terry Riley and Steve Reich. We’re told the band ... more info

Reich: Double Sextet; 2 x 5 | CD review

5901 days ago
Guardian Music — Eighth Blackbird/Bang on a Can(Nonesuch)Nonesuch has been documenting Steve Reich's career for more than 20 years now, generally with the soloists and ensembles for whom each of the works was composed. This latest release brings the story up to last ... more info

thursday evening updates

5908 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Olivia Ruiz - J’aime Pas L’amour (2003) Olivia Ruiz - La femme chocolat (2005) Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move (1991) Moby - Early Underground Moby - Everything is Wrong (1995) Moby - I Like To Score (... more info

Weird at My School: S. Carey

5909 days ago
KEXP Seattle — S. Carey is the musical alias of Sean Carey, who also plays drums with Bon Iver. His new album, the haunting All We Grow, is one of my favorite debuts of 2010, reminiscent of touchstones including late-period Talk Talk and minimalist composer Steve R... more info

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