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==================== DELIA DERBYSHIRE: INFORMATION ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE MUCH UNDERVALUED AND MUCH MISSED ELECTRONIC MUSIC LEGEND DELIA DERBYSHIRE. www.delia-derbyshire.org MAGNETOPHONE WERE FORMED IN 1995 BY TWO BIRMIGHAM BASED ARTISTS & SOUNDSMITHS - MATT HUISH SAUNDERS AND JOHN HANSON. AFTER EARLY CAPTIVATING SHOWS AND STANDOUT SINGLES ON STATIC CARAVAN & EARWORM, THE BAND WERE SNAPPED UP BY 4AD RECORDS FOR THEIR HEAVILY ELECTRONIC FIRST LP 'I GUESS SOMETIMES I NEED REMINDING..' THEIR SECOND 4AD LP - THE MUCH ACCLAIMED 'THE MAN WHO ATE THE MAN' FEATURES A STAR-STUDDED CAST INCLUDING KIM & KELLY DEAL, KING CREOSOTE PLUS MANY OTHERS, AND REVEALS A BAND WRITING GENRE-DEFYING SONGS OF INTENSE BEAUTY AND EMOTION - MAKING THEM OBVIOUS BANNER BEARERS FOR THE NEW MOVEMENT - WITH A UNIQUE MELD OF ELEKTRO FOLK AND AVANT GARDE ROCK 'N' ROLL. IN 2005 THE BAND WAS SWELLED BY THE PRESENCE OF SONIC BOOM, OF PSYCHEDELIC LEGENDS SPACEMEN 3, FINELY ROUNDING OUT THEIR THREE RING CIRCUS OF CAPTIVATING LIGHT, HAUNTING MELODY AND COMPULSIVE RHYTHMS. www.magnetophone.co.uk DAVID COTNER - ACTIONS: A USEFUL AND EVER INSIGHTFUL LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT/INTERESTING ART, MUSIC AND CULTURE HAPPENINGS. AMERICAN-BASED BUT COVERING EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AROUND THE GLOBE. REGULAR EMAILS OF NEWS AND EVENTS. hertzlion@earthlink.net DEAN AND BRITTA: SO, YOU FINALLY COUGHED UP THE CUTTER AND SLUNK HOME WITH 'SONIC SOUVENIRS' - SONIC'S REMIX'S OF NYC'S BRITTA PHILLIPS AND DEAN WAREHAM - HIS FAVOURITES FROM THEIR VISCONTI PRODUCED L'AVVENTURA ELPEE. SO, NOW YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. AND YOU WANNA CHECK OUT THEIR SITE, RIGHT? THERE'S EVEN SOME CRAPOLA FROM EL SONICO HESELF... www.deanandbritta.com ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH ANGEL CORPUS CHRISTI'S WORK WILL KNOW SHE'S A CLASS ACT . HER IDIOSYNCRATIC ACCORDIAN APPROACH WILL MELT YOU, AND ANGEL'S CHOICE OF COVERS & ORIGINALS ARE IMPECCABLE AND OFTEN REVEAL A SIDE TO THE SONGS THAT EXTEND THE ORIGINALS - HER VERSION OF 'ROCK 'N' ROLL HEART ' OUTDOES REED'S VERSION & REVEALS THE SONG IN A WAY THE ORIGINAL NEGLECTS. HER LATEST LP IS A TRIBUTE TO LOU REED FEATURING SONGS BY, FOR & ABOUT THE MAN HIMSELF. GO SEE HER SITE & TUNE IN TO HER UNIQUELY CANDIED VIEW ON LIFE. www.angelcorpuschristi.com AUSGANG ART: THE SUBLIME WORK OF ANTHONY AUSGANG. SONIC OWNS SEVERAL OF HIS PAINTINGS (SOME OF WHICH HAVE FEATURED ON RECORD SLEEVES). www.ausgangart.com MONSTERISM: PETE FOWLER'S AMAZING SITE. HOME OF SUCH JOYS AS HIS GREAT JAPANESE CAPSULE TOYS, GAMES AND OTHER GOODIES. FUTURE SOUND VOICES FOR MONSTERISM CHARACTERS ARE TO BE CREATED BY SONIC BOOM. www.monsterism.net EMS: EMS IS ONE OF SONIC'S FAVOURITE INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURERS. THEIR RANGE OF INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS INCLUDES THE STILL AVAILABLE VCS3 www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk WILL CARRUTHERS: THE EX-SPACEMEN 3 AND SPIRITUALIZED BASS PLAYER'S SITE FEATURING NEWS ON HIS NEW LP RELEASE, SHOWS, CHAT SITE AND SOME FASCINATING & FUN LINKS. www.willcarruthers.co.uk JOE MEEK: A WEIRD (OF COURSE) UNNOFICIAL JOE MEEK SITE WITH SOME GREAT THEORIES AND INFO ON THE MIGHTY MAN HIMSELF. MANY MAY HAVE NOTED - OUT OF 25 TRAX I PICKED FOR THE ILLEGITIMATE + SHORT RUN SPACELINES LP COMPILATION - THAT 3 ARE JOE MEEK PRODUCTIONS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIS WORK - NOT ALL TO EVERYONE'S TASTE, BUT TELSTAR WILL ALWAYS BE MAGIC TO ME - AND WITHOUT HIM WE MAY NEVER HAVE HAD AN INDEPENDENT RECORD INDUSTRY IN THE UK. http://www.meeksville.com/death/12.html SERGE MODULAR MUSIC SYSTEM: THE UNOFFICIAL SITE OF ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING SOUND TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT HAS EVER BEEN BUILT. FULLY MODULAR AND INCORPORATING MYRIAD LAYERS OF CONTROL + SOUND COMPLEXITY. www.serge-fans.com TAKESHI MURAKAMI'S OFFICIAL SITE. IF YOU LIKE POPART, JAPANESE GASHAPON OR JUST PLAIN OL' SUPERFLAT PSYCHEDELIA YOU COULD DO WORSE THAN CHECK OUT THIS SITE FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. kaikaikiki.co.jp/index-e.html OTHER MUSIC: ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHE + EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC RECORD STORES, LOCATED IN NYC. www.othermusic.com SOUNDTOYS: FASCINATING SITE OF INTERESTING SOFTWARE. www.soundtoys.net VOX SHOWROOM: FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY. FEATURING SONIC'S LONGTIME FAVOURITE AMPLIFIERS. www.voxshowroom.com OSCAR SYNTHESISER: UNOFFICIAL SITE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MONO-SYNTHS . FROM THE SAME DESIGN TEAM AS THE EQUALLY AMAZING WASP SYNTH. www.airburst.demon.co.uk/oscar/ DIPINTO GUITARS: ENDORSED BY SONIC, WHO USES A DIPINTO GALAXIE FOR LIVE + RECORDING WORK. SOME BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING + AMAZING LOOKING GUITARS. www.dipintoguitars.com REED GHAZALA'S ANTI-THEORY WORKSHOP: REED GHAZALA, ANTI-THEORY, ANTI-THEORY WORKSHOP, PHOTON CLARINET, VOX INSECTA, CIRCUIT-BENDING, CIRCUIT BENDING, FATHER OF CIRCUIT-BENDING ... AMAZING INSTRUMENTS + INFO FROM A CIRCUIT-BENT GODFATHER. www.anti-theory.com PRODUCTS OF RADEL INDIA: RADEL INDIA MAKES ELECTRONIC VARIANTS OF INDIAN INSTRUMENTATION. SONIC USES SEVERAL OF THEIR PRODUCTS. www.radelindia.com/products.htm DATAMATH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS + CALCULATOR MUSEUM: AN UNRIVALLED COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ALL THINGS TALKING FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. www.datamath.org MODCAN SYNTHESISERS: CANADIAN SYNTH MANUFACTURER. INTERESTING SELECTION OF ESOTERIC SYNTHESISER MODULES, BUILT TO BE COMPLIMENTARY AND COMPATIBLE WITH SERGE SYSTEMS. www.modcan.com CYNTHIA MODULARS: AMAZING MODCAN STYLE, SERGE/FENIX COMPATIBLE MODULES. SOME INTERESTING SYNTHESIS DESIGNS www.cyndustries.com FENIX/SYNTON: ONE OF THE NICEST MODULARS EVERMADE - IN HOLLAND! USED BY SONIC ON MANY OF HIS RECORDINGS + LIVE. www.datasynthi.com/dutchsynths/fenix/ ZVEX PEDALS + AMPS: USED AND ENDORSED BY SONIC TO THE HILT. SOME OF THE WILDEST SOUNDING BOXES BEING MADE. www.zvex.com www.zvexamps.com COMDYNA: FASCINATING ANALOG COMPUTER SITE, AND STILL IN PRODUCTION. www.comdyna.com |