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Joseph Haydn – Der Philosoph

The contemplative symphony begins atypically with a slow adagio movement.

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A surrealist and a composer

Only very few surrealists actually composed. The poet Andre Souris was one of them.

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Will this Fever ever end?

Christian Rintelen is a Swiss-based freelance writer, AD, DIY audiophile and music lover with more than 1000 cover versions of the Blackwell’s Fever.

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Eero Hämeenniemi

Rhythm from the East, harmony from the West.

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Pierre Henry (1927 – 2017)

The father of concrete music, Pierre Henry, passed away leaving practioners of electro-acoustic music a model to follow.

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Musique Concrète

When concrete sounds form a basis for highly abstract music.

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A poet of electricity

Mika Vainio, one of the great pioneers of electronic music, passed away the other week, leaving us an abundant legacy.

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Slow down – Lacrimosa is coming

Lacrimosa of Mozart’s Requiem is one of the big hits of Western classic music. Very often it is used as background music for a slow-motion video or movie.

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Fortune Favours The Bold – Ernest Ansermet

Beginner’s luck can start off a career. But in the long run, fortune favours the bold: The story of Ernest Ansermet and the OSR.

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What makes a good recorder recording?

Not only are there different sounding recorder recordings, but also some recorder players sound better than the others.

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My four favorite lute CDs

Like to take a time travel? To experience the mystique of listening to music that have survived the centuries? Choose lute music.

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“Talk with my turntables“

“At the beginning, there is the alpenhorn. Then, there are the first few overtones. Bizarre sounds are generated before images of the sublime world of mountains.”

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Kanye West; ‘Yeezus’; listen for yourself…and wonder!

It is vital today, more perhaps than ever, to understand how certain groups operate the social networking media revolution through the music of Hip- Hop.

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Why Ringo Matters?

Ringo Starr has a wider impact on contemporary music than one would think at first glance.