William Clarke-Fields writes, "Hi All, I am pleased to announce the release of my latest work entitled "The Ruby-Leif", on the net-label Kikapu. It is a 5 track mini-album, and it is free to download. As the label describes it: 'file under: warm and melodic electronics, experimental compositions, beautiful ambience.' Download [47MB ZIP] Listen now / Stream Official release page "The first review has also just come in: 'The handful of songs present on this EP rely on a quiet storm of liquid bass grooves and synths with just a hint of reverb for maximum laid-back pleasure. [...] Fields puts on a really smooth show, and it's evident not one full listen through that he's done this before. [...] Fields has succeeded in releasing a free album that's worth more than that in both quality control and replay value.' --Patrick Masterson, Audiversity Thanks for listening, and as always, your feedback is welcome. -Bill"
Music Thing reports on the Sequencer controlled by a Rubik's Cube "American/Frenchman Douglas Edric Stanley is professor of digital arts at Aix-en-Provence school of art, where he gets to build things like this sequencer controlled by a rubiks cube. It's an installation thing, not very clearly illustrated in this video. More excitingly, there's a playable online version (instructions here). This is Douglas' point: Most electronic instruments have a more-or-less obscure interface (lots of knobs and buttons), which can be intimidating. However, once you know what the knobs do, they're often very simple to use, with limited possibilities. With this thing, the interface is very immediate (everyone knows how to manipulate a rubiks cube) but it's phenomenally difficult and complicated to actually play - because every move messes up another side."
Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know the video. Her solo material is still quite similar to Moloko but has lost some of it's quirkiness. However, her dress sence and dancing make up for it.