Les Paul RIP
Today i heard the very sad news that Les Paul had died aged 94. Les Paul was a true music hero and contributed so much within his life time. For those of who don’t know Les Paul developed the solid body electric guitar, had a string of hits, was a accomplished jazz guitarist and developed multi track recording. Can you imagine what music would be like if electric guitars and multi track recording didn’t exist.
Les Paul stayed very active until he last days and performed every week at a New york jazz club in times square right up until months before his death. Last time i was in New York i wanted to see him play so badly but wasn’t allowed in (was under age). I knew then that it might have been my only chance and I’m truly gutted now. You might be thinking how is Les Paul is related to the subject of this blog. Well Les was a futurist, pioneer and pushed the boundaries with the guitar and multi track recording, pushing technology to the max at the time. Something most laptop performers and modern musicians are trying to do now.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends. Thank you Les for everything you have given to music, you will not be forgotten.
RIP
Zander
Music
dies, Guitar, Les Paul, multi track recording, RIP
Luke vibert - We hear you
New bleepy goodness from Luke Vibert. We hear you is his latest release on planet mu records. Availible on CD and 3×12″ vinyls. Listen and buy here. Respect to Luke who has always flown the flag high for electronic music and laptop performing.
CD Tracklist
1. Belief File
2. We Hear You
3. De-Pimp Act
4. Hot Sick
5. Square Footage
6. Batting For England
7. Pretty Old Acid Music
8. Dive And Lie Wrecked
9. Computer Complex
10. Porn Shirtwee
11. House Stabs
12. Marvellous Music Machine
13. Arrogance
Vinyl tracklist
a1. Belief File
a2. We Hear You
a3. De-Pimp Act
b1. Hot Sick
b2. Square Footage
c1. Electrophy
c2. Batting For England
c3. Pretty Old Acid Music
d1. Dive And Lie Wrecked
d2. Computer Complex
e1. Porn Shirtwee
e2. House Stabs
f1. Marvellous Music Machine
f2. Arrogance
Zander
Music
CD, Luke Vibert, planet mu, vinyl, we hear you
This is an interesting video interview with Air’s live guitarist Steve Jone’s. He talks about how he uses guitar rig to craft his guitar sound.
Music, Software, Video
Air, Guitar, guitar rig, laptop, live performance, Music, setup, Software, stage, Steve Jones, synths
American experimental rock band Battles play Atlas on Later with Jools Holland. Love them or hate them Battles are kind of interesting to watch from a live performance point of view. Check out what they do with the samplers and laptops. I was very surprised to see a band so experimental on Jools Holland. Anyway enjoy & merry christmas & happy new year.
Music, Video
Battles, Computers, Jools Holland, laptop, later, live performance, Music, samplers, Video
