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Bill Laswell / Opening Performance Orchestra / Iggy Pop / William S. Burroughs: The Acid Lands
by Nenad Georgievski
The legendary literary outlaw and cult personality William Burroughs has had a lasting influence on literature, pop music, film, and contemporary art. Although a controversial figure due to his impenitent heroin addiction, occult dabbling, the spread of conspiracy theories, and firsthand experiences in the criminal underworlds, he still inspired musicians from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and Rolling Stones to Kurt Cobain, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Joy Division and many others. All of these went ...
read moreStade: Freewheel
by Mark F. Turner
The relationship between electronics and acoustic instruments has evolved since Miles Davis' groundbreaking Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), with artists continuing to manipulate technologies within their current environments. These lines are becoming increasingly blurred on recordings such as Opsvik and Jennings' A Dream I Used To Remember (Loyal Label, 2009) and Humcrush's Rest at Worlds End (Rune Grammofon, 2008). Further proof of this techno-improv pandemic is witnessed in Stade's Freewheel, yet another brilliantly creative duo featuring keyboardist Pierre ...
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