A great overview article of space music appeared in the London Observer/Guardian Sunday paper. It’s written by Simon Reynolds, a very good critic and author of several books including Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. His article, Kings of the Cosmos, takes the stance that 70s space music is still…
Month: April 2007
Reviews & Commentary
David Fulton & Giles Reaves Defrost Live Electronic Music
If you’ve read some of my previous blogs, you’ve heard me lament the state of live performance in electronic music. It’s one thing to create elaborate architectures in the confines of your studio and computer, meant to be heard in environments detached from the real world, be it a boombox, a car stereo or ensconced…
Reviews & Commentary
In Search of Space, Lost in Ambience:The Orb, Future Sound of London, Orbital, Tangerine Dream
There’s been a lot of activity on the space music list lately. One topic is what’s the difference between Ambient and Space music. Folks are camping out at either end of the spectrum, saying the twain should never meet, with a few taking up the middle ground, that space is a subset of ambient or…