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Moritz Von Oswald

The analog assassin has been taken ill after all.

The web’s been popping in certain quarters this week after Moritz von Oswald missed his slot at DEAF last week in Dublin. A rumour surfaced: he’d suffered a stroke on the flight over and was in very bad condition. I was alarmed, not because I was due to see Mr. Maurizio himself up in Leeds this weekend - and might conceivably miss him - but because one of modern music’s true icons was at risk. Screw this weekend. What about Moritz?

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By on 31/10/08

Stinson

A FACELESS MUSICIAN CONSUMED BY THE OCEAN.

An album on legendary British label Warp was re-released recently: the Elektroids LP, Elektroworld. The precise identities of the artists involved were never officially revealed, though it was fairly well known that at least one member of the equally mysterious Detroit duo Drexciya was behind it. The recent re-release confirmed as much: “Produced by Drexciya’s late James Stinson”, one of the great virtuosos of electronic music, yet a man we know so little about.

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By on 1/8/08

Techno Tree

ATTEMPTING TO TRACE THE ROOTS OF A NON-LINEAR CULT.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRACE A MUSICAL GENRE BACK TO A SPECIFIC FIGURE, PLACE OR MOMENT IN TIME? WHAT ABOUT TECHNO, PERHAPS THE BROADEST GENRE THERE IS?

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By on 1/7/08

The Live Performance Problem

ROBERT HENKE'S MONODECK OFFERS A WELCOME ALTERNATIVE TO THE LAPTOP EXPERIENCE.

I was at Bloc Weekend last, err, weekend. It was a strange experience to say the least: three nights at Pontins, that enduring luminary of British holidaying, with three arenas playing host to the cream of electronic music, both past and present. All in all it was a memorable trip and well worth the large fee, but one thing struck me, and I wasn’t alone: watching a guy in specks standing motionless behind a laptop isn’t always conducive to dancing.

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By on 21/3/08

Put Up Or Shut Up

“The best thing about Detroit is the people. They have to be some of the warmest people you’ll ever meet, and some of the strongest people you’ll meet."

“When somebody says, ‘W’re gonna do such and so,’ you say, ‘OK, that’s just talk.’ But when you do it, that’s when it means something in Detroit. That’s that working town ethic. It’s a put up or shut up town.” THEO PARRISH

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By on 20/2/08