photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Rachel Kowal Ok, I'll admit it. The first time I heard about BAM's Crossing the Ferry series, I quickly concocted an idyllic scenario that may or may not have involved sipping white wine on...

TYONDAI BRAXTON: Figures like Philip Glass helped to tie classical culture to the modern age. The connection he made was profound and helped usher in a new way of looking at music of hundreds of … read more »

-- On May 1,   Burst & Bloom will release  Lucky Numbers: A Tribute to Viking Moses . The compilation will feature 11 artists covering the cult artist 's songs, including Devendra Banhart, Malcolm Middleton of Arab Strap, and Rebecca Taylor of Slow Club. Listen to it here . --  Aufheben is the new album from the Brian Jonestown Massacre , out May 1 via 'a' Records. Listen to "I Wanna Hold Your Other Hand" here . -- On April 28, experimental music collective Bang on a Can will celebrate its 25th anniversary at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. The concert will include performances from ...

Im Zuge des Releases der Remix-Platte "Dross Glop" am 20. April ( motor.de berichtete ) machen uns die Math-Rocker Battles noch einmal mit einem Mixtape für das Fact-Magazine den Mund wässrig. Denn auf der knapp einstündigen Zusammenstellung finden sich viele angesagte Künstler aus den verschiedensten Genres. So kompiliert das Trio unter anderem Gui Boratto , S.C.U.M , Shabazz Palaces sowie LCD Soundsystem . Zuvor haben Soul Clap bereits mit " FACT mix 324 " geglänzt. Das schönste folgt jetzt: das gesamte Arrangement kann auch kostenfrei herunter geladen werden. Damit der Appetit weiter angeregt wird, hier der FACT mix sowie die vollständige Tracklist: Battles ...

Photo by Erez Avissar On June 26, Orange Mountain Music will release a  Philip Glass  remix album curated by Beck . It features contributions from Tyondai Braxton, Memory Tapes, Cornelius, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Amon Tobin, Thing">Nosaj Thing, Silver Alert, and more. But it does not feature a contribution from  Oneohtrix Point Never .

Avant-garde composer Philip Glass turned 75 in January, and while you probably forgot to get him something, some high-profile collaborators are looking to pay tribute on a new remix album. The compilation comes out June 26 and will be overseen by Glass, producer Hector Castillo, and Beck, who helped recruit a roster of artists that includes Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Memory Tapes, Tyondai Braxton, Johann Johannsson, Thing">Nosaj Thing, and Sliver Alert, among others. Along with the remix project and several live events, Glass is marking his birthday by publishing his memoirs later this year.

Star-studded album arrives in June.

Die US-amerikanischen Math-Rocker Battles veröffentlichen am 20. April ein Remix-Album mit dem Titel "Dross Glop". Zuletzt hatte das Trio begonnen, bereits eine gleichnamige Reihe an 12-Inch-Singles zu veröffentlichen, auf deren erstem Teil sich Neuinterpretationen von Gui Boratto und The Field befanden ( motor.de berichtete ). Das Album wird alle Songs der vier Singles beinhalten und zusätzlich einen exklusiven Bonus-Track. Die Künstler wurden von der Band selbst ausgewählt und umfassen unter anderem so illustre Gäste wie Shabazz Palaces , Qluster und Hudson Mohawke. Passend dazu hat die Band eine YouTube -Playlist kreiert, in der sie die einzelnen Produzenten vorstellt. Ihr könnt an dieser ...

Die New Yorker Experimental-Rocker Battles haben einen 40-minütigen Auftritt in Mexico City gespielt. Zur Freude all jener, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt nicht anwesend waren, ließen sie ihre Performance im Vive Cuervo Salón gleich visualisieren. Die Band konnte zuletzt mit Remix-Singles, welche Neuinterpretationen vom brasilianischen Minimal-Produzenten Gui Boratto und dem schwedischen Electronica-Artist The Field beinhalteten, auf sich aufmerksam machen ( motor.de berichtete ). Ihr aktueller Langspieler " Gloss Drop " erschien Mitte des letzten Jahres via Warp Records und untermauerte erneut ihre Zugehörigkeit zur Speerspitze der avantgardistischen Klang-Konstrukteure. Den eindrucksvollen Auftritt der Band könnt ihr hier in voller Länge genießen: Battles – "40 Minutes In ...

Better late than never, ATS’ Top 50 Albums of 2011 is finally here, and trust me, it’s worth the wait. Also, take a listen to tracks from the albums on our Spotify playlist here. Enjoy! 50. Battles- Gloss Drop By Charles With Battles last year announcing the departure of Tyondai Braxton, many wondered what the follow up to 2007′s Mirrored would hold. But it wasn’t as if the remaining members lacked experience – this is, after all, the “super group” boasting members from Don Caballero and Helmet – and they duly pulled through. Pulling in favours from Matias Aguayo ...

Die New Yorker Experimental-Rocker Battles haben eine Serie von Remix-Singles angekündigt, auf denen Songs ihres letztjährigen Langspielers " Gloss Drop " ein neues Antlitz verpasst wurde. Die erste 12-Inch-Vinyl der "Dross Glop" betitelten Serie wird neue Versionen vom brasilianischen Minimal-Produzenten Gui Boratto und dem schwedischen Electronica-Artist Axel Willner alias The Field beinhalten. Dabei präsentieren die beiden Kompakt-Signings ganz unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen. Während Boratto dem Song "Wall Street" einen gewissen Groove verpasst, bettet Willner "Sweetie & Shag" in ein atmosphärisches Ambient-Klangbild ein. Die erste Single erscheint am 6. Februar bei Warp Records, die nächste folgt Ende des selben Monats und wird unter anderem Mixe von ...

If there’s one guy the writers at Tiny Mix Tapes get a huge boner for, it’s Canadian stack-of-bricks bass saxophonist Colin Stetson, whose album New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges on Constellation made #3 on our year-end list . But for me, it’s less about his lumberjack physique and more about his enormous… saxophone. This spring, Stetson will arrive in the East Coast with his mammoth horn to stir up our hormones. Alongside the beefcake will be the smoldering sexpot Sarah Neufeld, whose powers of seduction have overtaken the likes of Tim Hecker and who Stetson has performed ...

Let's just say there is no love lost at all between former Battles singer, guitarist and on-stage crazy man Tyondai Braxton and his old band mates.Guitarist Ian Williams refers to Braxton as "the member of the band who's not in...

Maintaining the format of each curator playing two sets per day, Battles freely admit to being hungover to hell opening on the Centre Stage. You wouldn't guess if they'd kept schtum, though, because they're metronome tight, as their moxie dictates. While the New Yorkers' popularity skyrocketed with debut album proper 'Mirrored', your humble scribe couldn't stomach main protagonist Tyondai Braxton's increasingly overwrought and superfluous vocal jiggery-fuckery. Post-Braxton departing the band, conversely, this year's 'Gloss Drop' seemed to lose a tad in the songwriting department. Our worries prove unfounded: 'Ice Cream' and 'Wall Street' come ...

Wow this list was pretty fucking tough to make. Thankfully I had Spotify to check out as most songs/albums as I could this year which helped in making this list without feeling guilty about not listening to heavy contenders. Regardless, this list was VERY impossible to make considering the year we've had with so many good tracks. People are bound to get pissed about not including certain tracks, just as I have with many lists so far this year. I mean, has anybody seen Rolling Stone's top 10 songs of the year??? Jeez there's only like ...