Ableton Live and Push on tour in Europe. The BBC tells the story of Arthur Russell. Pitchfork’s 50 best ambient albums.
Seamless Music Production with New Cubasis 2 App. Steinberg announce Cubasis 2, the next iteration of their award-winning music production app, bringing a number of new possibilities to recording, editing and mixing on the iPad, including user-requested features such as live time-stretching, pitch-shifting and much more. Watch the intro video above, and find more details here.
Arthur Russell: Vanished Into Music. For the BBC, writer Olivia Laing presents an imaginative portrait of avant-garde disco artist and cellist Arthur Russell, who was active in the New York downtown scene of the 1970s and a frequent collaborator with the likes of Steve Reich, Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass. Russell died from AIDS in 1992, still in relative obscurity and nearly broke. Listen here.
The 50 Best Ambient Albums. “As ignorable as it is interesting.” Pitchfork staff compile a list of their top 50 ambient albums in the 30 years since its inception, from genre originator Brian Eno‘s historic concept album Ambient 1: Music for Airports to ambient techno producer Biosphere‘s influential Poa Alpina. Read and listen here.
The Advanced MASCHINE JAM Workflow in Action. Beat-maker OddKidOut sketches, builds and performs an original track in minutes using Native Instruments‘ new MASCHINE JAM production and performance system. Watch above and find out more here.
Plug-In Collective Brings Monthly Plugin Deals. Focusrite‘s Plug-In Collective works with top plugin companies to provide exclusive plugin deals, tutorial content and more every month to registered customers – not just interface owners, but owners of any registered Focusrite product. In October, they’ve teamed up with Sound Radix to offer a free SurferEQ 2 Boogie plugin. Full details here.
Live and Push on tour in Europe. Throughout October and November, the Sample, Slice & Synthesize Tour will be making its way across Europe – free and open-to-all events hosted in-store at a range of leading music retailers, giving musicians of all kinds the opportunity to learn about Ableton Live and Push, and spend time with both. Find out more here.
The Audio Hunt and Abbey Road Red Announce New Partnership. Abbey Road has just announced that The Audio Hunt will join their music technology incubator – Abbey Road Red. The Audio Hunt aims to make rare audio gear and music services more readily available through a peer-to-peer online marketplace. Sign up for free here.
Amazing Machines’ 5th Anniversary Sale. Plugin and hardware makers Amazing Machines celebrate their fiftth anniversary with a week-long sale on their diverse range of products, offering 12.5% off hardware mod units and 33% off downloadable goods including Reaktor blocks and ensembles until September 30th. Visit Amazing Machines here.
Bandcamp introduce new payment methods. After repeated requests, Bandcamp have announced that fans can use a debit or credit card to purchase digital albums and tracks. For now, PayPal will remain the only payment option for physical merch orders. Find more details here.