This challenge is easy, you will have to explore new sounds, new genres, even new artists, maybe if you open now your music library, you will see that you have a lot of music, but mostly one kind of music only, I mean that media, TV and radio are strong beacause they only offer popular music all the time.


For some people a change is something to be scared of, but change is good.

If you listen to all kinds of music as much as you can, you have more resources to buy, listen or even to compose music.
A good example of this is Hanne Hukkelberg beacause this is not pop or electronica, but a timeless mix of all, So you are not listening to a kind of music only… If you can’t enjoy stuff like this, maybe it’s beacuse your ears are only for stream following proposes, not for changes.

Here you can listen to a song of her.

Is almost impossible to believe the fact that the instruments and machines involved in electronic music, are more than 120 years old.
here you will see the complete list and an evolution explanation of them, This evolution is divided in 4 steps:
1870-1915: Early Experiments
1915-1960: The Vacuum Tube Era.
1960-1980: Integrated Circuits.
1980-present: The Digital Revolution.
Some of this instruments have funny names like The celluphone and The variophone.
Surfing this web page I found this interesting story:
“Elisha Gray would have been known to us as the inventor of the telephone if Alexander Graham bell hadn’t got to the patent office one hour before him” nevertheless Elisha Gray accidentaly contributed with electronic music, because he built The Musical Telegraph in (1876) using electromagnetic circuits and a single note oscillator.

Max Mathews a.k.a “The father of computer music” predicts that by 2010, “almost all music will be made electronically, by digital circuits.”
Which will be the next step on this impredictable evolution?

Here you can see a video of one this crazy instruments.

Kid Koala was born in Vancouver in 1974, when he was just 12 years old he discovered the sound of scratch on his sister’s record player, he began saving money to buy his first turntable set, after many successful presentations in night clubs he signed with Ninja Tune in 1995, now with only 21 years of age, after recording his first album he opened shows from artists like Radiohead and Gorillaz.

This magnificent artist is not only a good dj, he is producer, a piano player, and even a great graphite illustrator, it is hard to explain exaclty what Kid Koala does as he’s mixing, because he incorporates turntables as if they were any other instrument, I mean he can scratch the records with such ease that you can even hear a saxophone-like sound only with him scratching.

If you ever have the chance to see one of his shows, be sure not miss it.
Here you can listen Spanky Panky.

One of the most prolific producers from Japan “Towa Tei” released his last album “Flash” this album offers a rich and fine sound gamma, mainly beacuse of the participation of artists like Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kylie Minogue, Luomo and Buffalo Daughter.Genres like Bossa Nova, Jazz, and House are blended by the unique electronic style of “Towa Tei“.
In The Flasher Tour created by “Towa Tei“, Jazztronic was one of the djs who opened the presentations, he is another innovating pianist, producer and dj, some of his material is full of break-beats, jazz, house and even 2step, he probably is one of best exponents in the Japanese House Scene.

It’s a shame that the “Flasher Tour” included Japan only.
You should listen this cd’s:
Towa Tei- Flasher
Jazztronic-Jazztronic-Present Jazztronic
Jazztronic-Samurai

Released in 2003, it was not only obviuosly missed by the media in Mexico but elsewhere, Muna Zul self titled production is a great album. The Japanese and American producing duo formed by Kazunori Sugiyama and avant-garde musician John Zorn, through Tzadik, Zorn’s label, singned the Mexico City trio formed by Dora Juárez, Leika Mochán and Sandra Cuevas.
The beautiful female a cappella sounds explore a wide spectrum of genres that goes from doo wop and hip-hop to jazz and Mexican folk, achieving this without sounding out of their own style and making it a delicious experience.
Highly recomended.
You can listen to a sample of “Voto de Silencio” here.

This incredible drum machine was the first to use digital samples and programming, some musicians on ’80s started using The Roland TR 808 in their productions, like 808 State, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Beastie Boys even Whitney Houston, some of them never thought 808 would be used in 2006, there is no doubt this one is a timeless drum machine, actually 808 is used for electronica, house, acid house, electroclash, and a lot more genres, you can listen the latest Chicken Lips album “Clicks, Acid ‘n’ Disco” this one is a perfect example of how you can use 808 in an renewed way.

If you prefer Electro you should listen the new material of Swayzak is a good example as well.
you can download a sample here to help you identify this sound.

The recomendation of this month is Nu:Tone-Brave nu World.
This album is not the classic drum & bass album, songs are happier than the usual dark atmospheres om other D&B albums, definitely Dan Gresham aka Nu:Tone has a strong influence of house music, The Remix of Lenny Fontana is awesome, he knows how to make an excellent union between drum & bass and house in an elegant mode.

If you like this album you should hear this guy DJ Patife

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