Bittles‘ Magazine | Album Review Before the term Trance became something to be pitied, hated and despised as well as the dominant force in dance music it was seen as a creative revelation that brought the emotion back to House. The adrenaline-fuelled head-rush of rave was coming to an end, hardcore had become just too hard and the club kids were craving something new with which to get their chemical kicks. By JOHN BITTLES
Bittles‘ Magazine | Album Review You know what! I love January! It’s that whole sense of anticipation of what the new year is gonna bring that leads me to look forward to the upcoming year. Sure, no one is playing any gigs, or releasing music! But that just means you have to look that little bit harder to find the hidden gems. By JOHN BITTLES
Auch nach 20 Jahren gehören sie zu Deutschlands besten Gitarrenbands. Mit Alienation haben die Ingolstädter Slut 2013 vielleicht sogar ihr bislang bestes Album veröffentlicht!
Musik | Katarakt – Festival für experimentelle Musik, 15.-18. Januar Einen Eindruck vom ersten Tag des Festivals? Der Besuch ist ein Gewinn; man muss auf Kontraste vorbereitet sein. Im Mittelpunkt standen, wie bereits erwähnt, Kompositionen Phill Niblocks, der in der New Yorker Musikszene eine zentrale Figur ist. Gut, solche Formulierung gehört zur üblichen Ankündigungsrhetorik. Von WOLF SENFF
Oldschool, Newschool…any School. Funky Music – vorgestellt von TOM ASAM
Musik | Festival: »Katarakt« – Kampnagel Hamburg Was soll man lange herumreden: In jedem Fall ist es außerordentlich schwierig, experimentelle Musik zu beschreiben. Das liegt in der Natur der Sache. Theoretische Ansätze fruchten da wenig. Es gibt allerdings Leute, die darin einen Vorzug sehen. Doch. Von WOLF SENFF(Foto: Mark Bond)
Musik | Toms Plattencheck Die Tage kurz, die Himmel grau. Wir driften durch die mehr oder weniger kalte Jahreszeit – mit der passenden Musik am Ohr. Vorgestellt von TOM ASAM
Bittles‘ Magazine 2013 really has been an excellent year for music! Not that you would know it from a quick perusal of the official charts, mind you. It seemed this year, more than others that the truly great music was hiding, needing to be coaxed out and into our ears. Yet just below the surface of the usual banal MOR type crap that pacifies the nation there was a wealth of fantastic albums vying ever more eagerly for the attention of the discerning listener.
Musik | Toms Plattencheck Der Schwede Lars Bygdén fand seine musikalische Heimat über die Umwege Psychedelic und Southern Rock. Bereits Ende der 90er Jahre entdeckte er seine – damals noch eher ungewöhnliche – Liebe zu Americana zwischen Willie Nelson und Merle Haggard. Von TOM ASAM
Bittles‘ Magazine Once again it’s that time of year when everyone apart from the frustratingly organised is frantically striving to get just the right presents for all their friends and family. And as there is no better way to show someone that you love them than to embrace your part within a consumer society I thought I would use this week’s article to highlight some excellent new releases which will make the perfect gift for yourself and your family. By JOHN BITTLES