«Virtual Dreams», parfums d’ambient – Culture / Next
We called it ambient house: the compromise between two a priori contradictory functions of electronic music, dance and daydreaming, which emerged as evidence on the … Read more
Electronic music
Blue fear, they defend their color
Emotionally, the music makes us see all the colors. This is all the more true when artists adopt a nickname in Technicolor. What to see … Read more
Charles Webster, renewed sweetness
House, youthful music and excited as a flea, was from its arrival in Chicago in the first half of the 80s inseparable from its adult … Read more
Tour-Maubourg, NTO, Nubya Garcia … The playlist of the “Liberation” music book
Discovery Tour-Maubourg, house takes its jazz quarters Chance of the calendar. As we celebrate 20 years of Tourist signed St Germain, an indestructible jazz-house mix … Read more
the images of Jean-Michel Jarre’s New Year’s concert
To celebrate the transition to 2021, Paris has chosen virtual reality, pushing the distance to the limit: a concert 2.0 by Jean-Michel Jarre was given … Read more
“Respecting Notre-Dame means respecting the innovation present at its genesis”
La Croix: Why did you offer a New Year’s concert in a virtual Notre-Dame cathedral? Jean Michel Jarre : Notre-Dame is a strong symbol of … Read more
Krust, héros drum’n’bass – Culture / Next
it was thirty years ago. Or almost. Electronic music gave rise to what is to this day its last real revolution. As if descended from … Read more
Matthew Halsall, background star tributes
Trumpeter Matthew Halsall has been publishing his work for ten years now on Gondwana Records, a label founded for this purpose. Albums marked by what … Read more
Autechre, double outlets – Culture / Next
We call it poptimism: an aberration of our time where the listener, thanks to the Internet, could finally appreciate everything according to the same criteria … Read more
Derrick May and the dark side of electronic music
This post comes from the daily newsletter of the Culture department of Release, sent free of charge every evening. On November 12, Ellie Flynn posted … Read more