I’ve just stumbled upon the following article (link below), which describes the problem of ever-lowering barriers in the today’s process of making music. Since the 80ies equipment has become pretty cheap, and in the previous couple of years, the internet has offered a (nearly) free-of-charge distribution channel. The result: There are now billions of artists, with hardly any news ones being able to sustain a particular period of time they can live from making music, especially in the independent scene. Instead, everyone seems to be within the boundaries of making a dozen bucks (at best). I am afraid this is not too far from the truth.

Musik in Zeiten des Web 2.0

(I’m sorry, but the article is in German only.)

Update: Here is an English version ;)

Yeah, it’s a running gag for sound designers: The Wilhelm Scream. Used in so many films that start thinking “Wait, it is *this one*…again?”. Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music tells the story and makes the connection to James Blake’s recent song title.

Hauschka is one of those musicians you really have got to admire. His music is deep, versatile and perfectly matches certain moods. Of course this has nothing to do with your average DnB club nights, more with the morning after.

Click here for the interview with Hauschka

Dizplay is a Drum&Bass aesthete. While other producers demote themselves to mere audio engineers, for him the music is the key – without losing grip on sound. After the groundbreaking “Beautiful Bytes” album with n.phect on Basswerk in 2006 with its focus on Neurofunk, dizplay aka Henrik Wild now releases a beautiful electronic double album, labelled “Shift Happens”.

Whereas on disc1 he follows his energetic singles’ style, probably sounding even more mature, on disc2 dizplay advances further, using his musical skills for an electronic album beyond all boundaries. The total 26 tracks excel through both diverse facets and focus on detail, forming a soundtrack of modern urban life which seamlessly blends club and couch. But they all have that “Dizplay”-Sound in common. It is no coincidence the music-wise Cologne grown-up artist is sometimes referred to as “Trentemoller of Drum&Bass”.

“Shift Happens” features various collaborations, ranging from Drum&Bass joint ventures with his brother n.phect, TGM (The Green Man) and Swiss Lost Sequence to several vocal tracks, which will also appear in his upcoming live act.

The release of this album marks Basswerk’s third artist album in short time. By keeping up this ambitious pace, the label remains true to its aim of covering the complete Drum&Bass spectrum helping it album artists to bring out the best in an authentic way.