Ukrainian composer Heinali on preserving the sound of Kyiv: ‘I wanted to protect my city from harm’ | Experimental music

Oleh Shpudeiko pictured in 2020.

The latest album by Heinali is a rather beautiful piece created from field recordings made around his home city – recordings from rail stations, the sound of traffic and birdsong, the dripping of water in […]

‘It was a proper shebeen, man!’: how Sistermatic blazed a trail for Black queer sound systems | Music

Yvonne Taylor preparing a set for Sistermatic in 1990.

On a February morning in Brixton, old friends Yvonne Taylor and Eddie Lockhart are laughing about their first forays into London’s lesbian nightlife – and how they eventually went on to transform it. In 1984, […]

“The Core Sound of Who I Am”: ILLENIUM Reveals Fifth Album and World Tour – EDM.com

The cover art of ILLENIUM's self-titled album.

Illenials, strap in. Fresh off his first-ever Grammy nomination for his last album, ILLENIUM is doubling down by releasing his fifth LP in 2023. He took to social media today to reveal his upcoming self-titled […]

Creative founder Sim Wong Hoo, the man behind Sound Blaster, has died

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Creative Technologies founder, CEO and chairman Sim Wong Hoo has died, his company has confirmed. He “passed away peacefully on 4 January 2023,” according to a press release. He was 67 years old. It might […]

What does the earth sound like? An L.A. art exhibit offers an answer

Three screens: the left two have a woman with arms out and the far right screen shows lava of a volcano

Growing up in Crenshaw in the 1990s, Justen LeRoy was surrounded by the sounds of Destiny’s Child at the beginning of each “Proud Family” episode on Disney Channel, and of R&B artists who performed back-to-back […]

Thom Bell, ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dead at 79

Thom Bell speaks onstage during the GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends at Beacon Theatre on July 11, 2017, in New York City.

Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer who heavily influenced Philadelphia soul music, died Thursday. He was 79. His lawyer, Michael Silver, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Bell passed away at his home in Bellingham, Washington. A […]