ihatemusic

Back from London, didn't fully explore the record shops but had a fantastic time. I made it to Foyles briefly and while the contemporary-classical/new-music selection was impressive, my limited time, their selling only CDs and the prices in comparison to the US together kept me from getting anything...

I will check out a noise-oriented record store if I have time. I just made the distinction between different sorts of improvised music because I know there's a strong eai/minimal interest here and I wanted to throw my preferences out there in case it colored the recommendations at all. However, I ca...

Hello, Later this week I'll be traveling to London for the first time since I was a teenager. Does anyone have any recommendations for where and how to dip into what the city has to offer for music? Venues, places that sell records, other things to geek out on? I'll only be there for a little more t...

Anyone like them, and anyone have recommendations?

Also I found out about someone called Rudresh Mahanthappa, whose album Samdhi I am listening to snippets from - sounds Coltrane-esque to my ears, particularly Interstellar Space. Intrigued... Anyone here haved any insight on him? I don't know his music too well yet, but I know that he's worked with...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about how camera flashes can be used with sound-making equipment of various kinds. I wish I could phrase this question better but I intend it rather open-endedly. I've seen some circuit-bender/hacker sorts of musicians use cheap disposable cameras to trigge...