Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With UK clubs closing faster than Donald Trump can find people to offend, finding a safe place to dance on a Saturday night can seem futile at times. Recently London institution Fabric joined the likes of Plastic People and The Arches in closing their doors for good! By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world 2016 is shaping up to be a vintage year for ambient music. Fantastic releases by Pye Corner Audio, 2814, Thomas Ragsdale, MJ Guider, Huerco S and Diamondstein illustrate how exciting this genre can be. With a whole generation of acid house disciples reaching an age where going to a club is more of a pain in the ass than a joy, it seems there has never been a better time for indulging in all things chilled. In September, renowned experimental composer Eluvium reaffirms this view with the
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With the Olympics failing to inspire, it can seem as if the only way to spend the long summer months is by playing endless rounds of tiddlywinks, or consuming copious amounts of Jammy Dodgers. But, that doesn’t have to be the case. There is a better way! For instance, you can take up ant farming, as my good friend Jeffrey has recently done, or immerse yourself in the wealth of fantastic new music which has recently come out. Personally, I would recommend the latter. By JOHN BITTLES
Musik | ›Case/Lang/Veirs‹ Fast zeitgleich zur Vinyl-Box ›Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule‹ veröffentlichte Neko Case im Trio mit K. D. Lang und Laura Veirs die CD ›Case/Lang/Veirs‹ Manche bezeichnen dies einfach als schönen Dreampop. Ich jedenfalls verliere jedesmal gleich das Interesse Neko Case zuzuhören, in welcher musikalischen Formation auch immer. Von TINA KAROLINA STAUNER
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world After a short break where Titel Kulturmagazin went on an 18-30 holiday by mistake, we return this week with more album reviews than any sane person could ever need. After having to endure the tortured strangulations of EBM, and the hen party screeches of Ibiza for the last fortnight, fantastic albums by 2814, Wild Beasts, Bryan Ferry, Dinosaur Jr., Conduct, Gerd Janson, John Roberts, Riley Reinhold, Carl Craig are like manna to our ears. By JOHN BITTLES
Roman | Musik | Hollow Skai: Samuel Hieronymus Hellborn – Memoiren eines Rockstar-Mörders Bei David Bowie oder Lemmy Kilmister hatte er seine Finger nicht im Spiel. Das kann aber purer Zufall sein: als die starben, war er selbst schon tot. Bei praktisch allen anderen Big Names aus der Branche »populäre Musik« dagegen hat sich Samuel Hieronymus Hellborn zum Herrn über (Markt/Nach-)Leben & Tod aufgespielt. Wie und warum, das hat Hollow Skai soeben veröffentlicht: in den ›Memoiren eines Rockstar-Mörders‹, nach Diktat von Hellborn persönlich. Von PIEKE BIERMANN
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Before TITEL goes on a well-deserved holiday for two weeks there is a load of new music, so good I simply had to review. In fact, with so many superb new releases by Thomas Ragsdale, Dinky, Synkro, Solar Bears, Kassem Mosse, Sepalcure and more hitting record store shelves this month, I shall dispense with the pleasantries altogether and get straight to the reviews. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Back in 1994 Sunday School famously declared that ›House Is A Feeling‹. This is a message that is all but forgotten by the majority of dance music producers today, yet acts such as Adventures In Daydreams keep the original ethos of house music alive. I first came across the duo’s work two years ago through the melodic headrush of their Spirits Of The Forest EP. The record’s lush electronica and hushed beats conjure a swirl of emotion which stays with you long after it has come to
Jugendbuch | Claudia Schreiber: Solo für Clara Ein besonderes Talent zu haben, ist großartig. Es ausüben zu können ohne mehr Grenzen, als das Gegebene einer setzt, fast ein Wunder. Aber alles hat zwei Seiten, der einen Freud ist bekanntlich anderer Leid. Daraus könnte man eine großartige Geschichte machen. Allerdings darf man sie nicht mit so steifen Fingern schreiben, wie Claudia Schreiber es hier in ›Solo für Clara‹ tut. Von MAGALI HEISSLER
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With festival season upon us quality new releases are somewhat thin on the ground. For some reason, once summer kicks in, people are more than happy to spend all their money listening to a crappy band playing on a rubbish sound system, while surrounded by idiots throwing lager in the air and rolling around in the mud. With the cost of going to a festival ever increasing, who has money left to buy new music these days? By JOHN BITTLES
