(10.13.05) Decibel isn’t just about banging beats and slapping vinyl around. Both weekend days offered more cerebral activities: panel discussions about the present and future […]
Author: Mark Teppo
Decibel Fest (Part 2) :: Hip-Hop, Please Never Stop
(10.12.05) While Seattle has a long-running musical festival (Bumbershoot which celebrated its 35th anniversary this year), it has always been the last fling of summer. […]
Gunter Muller + Steinbruchel :: Perspectives (List, CD)
(08.22.05) The first time I heard Perspectives, I didn’t hear it. If you have, say, a noisy hard drive or trains rattling the neighbor’s windows, […]
MICRONAUT :: Multi-Dimensional Explosion of Sound
(03.23.05) CHRIS RANDALL is a man who defies categorization. One of those rare chameleons of the music industry who constantly evolves, he has actively transformed […]
Machine Drum / Ilkae / Deru :: Merck Review-Roundup
(02.21.05) Soaring ambient opening notwithstanding, Bidnezz hiccups and stutters like it is the performance art piece for the Dance of the Misfit Toys. With twenty-two […]
The Mutant Fourth World Soundscapes of Verhagen ::
(Feb: 2005) SEVERAL years ago, I attended a Ryoji Ikeda / Dumb Type concert at an upscale art theater in Seattle. In the lobby was […]
Escaping Restrictions :: Ad Noiseam Label Profile
(Jan. 2005) NICOLAS CHEVREUX started out in the review business with a website known as Totentanz, graduated to the Recycle Your Ears webzine and then […]
Autres Directions In Music :: MP3 Label Profile
::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: Stephane Colle is giving away music. These days, such a statement isn’t nearly as head-turning as it was several years ago with the wide […]