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A look at Tabletop and iPad music-making with Paul Salva [Video]
L.A. Times Tech BlogTabletop, a new music making app for the iPad from S.F. start-up Retronyms, recreates a musician's studio in an app, with drum machines, samples, keyboards, mixers and effects. Is this where the future of music production is headed? Or is this a fad?... -
Bassnectar: Ignored by the press, but not the populace
Pop & HissHow Bassnectar became one of the biggest draws in electronic music without any press or hipster baiting.... -
Premiere: Australian ambient beatmakers Seekae drop 'Sir'
Pop & HissAmerican ears often unintentionally miss the music emanating from Australia. Sure, there's Cut Copy, Tame Impala, Wolfmother and the Avalaches, but barring an encyclopedic knowledge of Oz, the average citizen of the United States could probably only... -
The country's biggest dance party
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJust in time for the June gloom to lift and the weather to turn hot, the country's biggest dance party returns to steam up the night life scene. The 13th annual Electric Daisy Carnival is back at the L.A. Coliseum, this time with an expanded lineup...Tags: Thievery Corporation (music group), Disc Jockeys, Punk (genre), Dance, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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Rethinking raves in the aftermath of the Electric Daisy Carnival
In the troubled aftermath of last week's mega electronic music festival at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, artists and local promoters are confronting a dauntingly familiar question: what to do about the "R" word and the "E" word. "R" stands for "rave," as...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Los Angeles Police Department, Deadmau5 (music group), Concerts, Substance Abuse
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California legislation would ban raves at publicly owned venues
Reporting from Sacramento -- Raves would be outlawed at publicly owned venues in California under a proposal made Wednesday by a lawmaker after the death of a teenager and scores of injuries at rave events in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Legislation...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Methamphetamine (drug), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Concerts, LSD
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Los Angeles Coliseum panel urged to reconsider ending rave ban
Two L.A. Coliseum commissioners Thursday urged their board to reconsider the surprise decision to lift a moratorium on raves that had been in place since the drug overdose death of a 15-year-old girl in June after she attended a massive festival at the...
Tags: Oakland Raiders, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Electronics, Recreational Substance Use, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Coachella preview: The revival of Duran Duran
Duran Duran — the seminal 1980s music outfit that emerged from Birmingham, England, to dominate the global pop scene with cinematic music videos for a catalog of catchy, guitar-inflected, groove-laden synth pop hit singles — has endured.
It's...Tags: Duran Duran (music group), David Lynch, YouTube, England, Radio Industry
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Milton Babbitt dies at 94; composer developed first electronic synthesizer
Composer Milton Babbitt, who was known for his complex orchestral compositions and credited with developing the first electronic synthesizer in the 1950s, has died. He was 94.
Babbitt died Saturday of natural causes at University Medical Center at...Tags: New York University, Colleges and Universities, Milton Babbitt, Electronics, Jackson (Hinds, Mississippi)
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The One AM Radio premieres Dntel remix, releases first album in four years
Pop & HissThe combination of the One AM Radio and Dntel seems almost preordained. Both One AM's Hrishikesh Hirway and Jimmy Tamborello, a.k.a. Dntel, have been making fragile, folk-tinted electronic music for years, with the latter practically inventing the sub-... -
Daft Punk's âLegacy' act
Pop & HissThe duo is inspired by Wendy Carlos, who scored âTron.' Daft Punk's mission in creating the music score for âTron: Legacyâ is doubly imposing. First, the French electronic music duo is charged with creating soundscapes to help director Joseph... -
Bringing it off the dance floor: Electronic music chills out
Brand XElectronic dance music is all the rage in L.A. these days, with electro and house DJs dropping beats at parties from Cinespace Tuesdays to Control Fridays at the Avalon. But some artists aren't content to just blast a big kick drum for the drunk masses...
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