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Sons of Analog: A John McEntire & Sam Prekop Primer

Ahead of their live album recording at Holocene, we trace the roots of the Tortoise frontman and his Sea and Cake brethren’s collaboration with four great records.
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According to Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If you’ve ever watched the creation of modular synth music, you’ve probably felt as if you were watching what could easily be described as magic. That is to say, it’s technology applied in ways that exist beyond conventional explanation. The […]

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The Long-Awaited Return of Electronic-Music Innovators Cabaret Voltaire

Stephen Mallinder talks “Nag, Nag, Nag,” reinventing the group’s music for their farewell tour, and more.
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Anticipation to see British electronic-music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire perform has been building among some Americans for almost 50 years. Luckily for these diehards, the band—led by 71-year-old bassist/vocalist Stephen Mallinder—are touring North America for the final time this year, with a Portland date at Roseland Theater on May 8. Coming together in British industrial hub Sheffield during the mid-’70s, Mallinder, […]

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