VEMF 2k8: 50,000 kickdrums

(Photo by Davey B.  Further pics by Davin here) I had a pretty darn good weekend at the 2008 edition of the Victoria Electronic Music…

sundays are for lying

And also for ideas. I went to The Cheaper Show #8 near the end of June, and got thinking about the nature of selling art. …

liner notes from the future

It has been a good summer for albums, and we’re only halfway through it.  To wit: Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint…

weather canada

bWe’re well into one-off territory, folks. The weather in Vancouver has been all kinds of bad, but there’s a lot to talk about: – I…

but if you’re bored

A thousand and one thank-yous to everyone who came to Hush last night and rocked out with Matt and I. We kind of had a…

music as a memetic virus

Music: an art form in which the medium is sound. Meme: any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted…

passing tones

I am DJing at the Sunset Room on Saturday, April 19th, from 0100 to 0230 – the party is called THE COUNTDOWN, and will also…

boy likes to to to boogie

Or not, in this case.  The results of the “Best Music You’ve Heard Today” postings are in for the second floor of the computer science…

‘for martin arnold’, by Hollas Longton

I had the pleasure of ‘performing’, a piece by Hollas Longton a few weeks ago, and I got his permission to post the recording of…

no tech is good tech

R. Murray Schafer came by UVic on Friday, to talk about his string quartets, about soundscapes and sonic ecology, and about his approaches to composition…