Mark Roland – Page 8 – Electronic Sound

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Video Premiere: Kayla Painter ‘Quantum Superposition’

byMark Roland

This unsettling video featuring white-eyed multiples jerking to the electronic stutter of the soundtrack is showcasing the work of composer, producer and sound design artist Kayla Painter.

RReviews

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Make Space For Eno

byMark Roland

In a talk at the Barbican, Brian Eno tackled the idea of space in music. Over 90 minutes he freewheeled from early recording techniques to Dolby Atmos, to the addition and removal of reverb in music, and ended with a request…

NNews

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Amon Tobin: Vinyl Campaign

byMark Roland

Snag a copy the sound master's etched one-sided beauty, 'A Living Room (Music from Meow Wolf's Omega Mart)'

VVideo

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ESLS006 – Blancmange

byMark Roland

With Neil Arthur’s dramatic voice and arresting lyrics, and absolute killer songs, Blancmange racked up eight hit singles…

RReviews

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Bluedot 2022: Sunday Diary

byMark Roland

We bump into Tim Peake in the media centre. I say “bump into”, it was more “walk past while he’s talking to someone else”.

RReviews

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Bluedot 2022: Saturday Diary

byMark Roland

Saturday begins with a great discovery; a shortcut opposite the Mission Control tent which guides you through the Actual Reality Arcade, past the Space Pavillion and the Notes tent to the sanctuary of internet and proper toilets of the press office.

RReviews

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Bluedot 2022: Friday Diary

byMark Roland

There's more to Bluedot than music. Mark Roland explores the lesser-travelled nooks of the space telescope's weirder environs

LLong Reads

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Karl Bartos: Kling Klang Man

byMark Roland

On the release of his autobiography, ‘The Sound Of The Machine’, Karl Bartos opens up about working with Ralf and Florian, unpublished demo recordings, and how pioneering technology helped to create Kraftwerk’s extraordinary legacy

VVideo

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ESLS005 – Alice Hubble

byMark Roland

Alice Hubble has gained high-profile fans like Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne and Gideon Coe for her project which…

VVideo

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ESLS004 – Rodney Cromwell

byMark Roland

With the album ‘Memory Box’, Rodney Cromwell, aka Happy Robots label boss Adam Cresswell, summons up the era…