Drake’s awkward "Hotline Bling" dancing is the ultimate in uncool as cool
Those goofy Hotline Bling moves show that “nerd culture” is now pop culture Drake, memes, and the art of being uncool
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What’s going on over at The Chinese Room?
A lot is going on at The Chinese Room at the moment. Perhaps not as much as before Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture was released, or necessarily more than any other studio out there, but what is going on is being documented in surprisingly personal and honest blogs. This is going to start off grim an
Steve Reich is being phased onto the Game Boy
Steve Reich composes music for humans, and good music at that. You could, however, be forgiven for thinking that there is something mechanical to his work. Phasing, the technique most commonly associated with Reich, involves the same sequence being played at gradually—and slightly—divergent speeds.
Videogames are helping to keep the symphony orchestra afloat
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With new album Yume, ambient electronica musician Helios seems to recall the beauty of lazing underneath a sun-crested sky. The music soothes by letting high notes drift out to a gold horizon. It seems to lift off from the soft fringes of grass and get carried out on a hot puff of wind. More precise