Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’ Unraveled, 20 questions with Robert Hood, Berlin nights and a Bob Moog exhibition debuts.
Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker Beat Unraveled. Lending a whole new definition to the term multi-instrumentalist, Binkbeats cunningly reworks Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’ for #9 of The Boiler Room’s Beats Unraveled series, recorded live in one take. Give it a watch above and find more from Beats Unraveled here.
Berlin Nights. The New Yorker reports from Berlin on the thrall of techno, the mystique of Berghain, and the rumours surrounding these, which continue to garner excitement in outsiders visiting both the club and the city here. (First published in March, no unlocked to non-subscribers.)
Bob Moog Exhibition debuts. Illustrating the story of Dr Robert Moog and the creation and evolution of the groundbreaking electronic instruments that bear his name, Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer provides museum visitors with a wide-ranging, interactive insight into Moog’s inventions and the creative process behind their design and development. More on Moog here and the exhibition here.
Chez Damier talks. An in-depth interview with the legendary figure and living embodiment of house on his experiences as a veteran producer-DJ and his take on the past, present and future of the music here.
20 Questions with Robert Hood. XLR8R interview the Underground Resistance co-founder and Detroit techno innovator on Kraftwerk, cheese grits and the number of upcoming reissues and events planned to celebrate his label M-Plant‘s two-decade milestone. Read here.
Skrillex: “Dance music is not a bubble.” The Guardian‘s in-depth analysis of the background and ambitions of Skrillex. Rave idealist, hippie capitalist, sci-fi dreamer and EDM star, the Californian talks about the promise of the Tumblr generation and the rebirth of LA’s music scene here.
Life of a 303. Scottish comedian Brian Limond philosophises on the significance of the Roland TB-303 as a metaphor for life and the value of accidents here.