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My latest mix for Dazed & Confused focuses on the long, resonant vibration of strings. Just like the piano, stringed instruments have been modified, repurposed, and co-opted to create a stunning variety of sounds — from the ancient harps and droning tamburas of Mesopotamia to the violins and cellos of Renaissance chamber music. Tapping into this rich tradition, the sustained, harmonically...
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The Double Life of Terry Allen Synonym Journal, Issue 2 Brad Barry Terry Allen doesn’t see the disconnect between recording an outlaw country album in West Texas and making fine art for a gallery in New York. At 69 years old, the Lubbock native has created art that jumps between genre and audience, but somehow remains authentic. In his 50 years as an artist, he has worked in sculpture, music,...
Apr 15th
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I’m starting a new mix series for Dazed Digital in the UK. With this first edition, I wanted to look specifically at the piano. Mostly through necessity, the piano served as the primary instrument for early experimental music. Even though we now have access to more instruments than those early composers could have dreamed of, the piano is still being used to create novel, surprising, and...
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Boredom Precedes Action Maxime Guitton on Curation and Consumption Synonym Journal, Issue 1 Brad Barry It turns out that Maxime Guitton is a fixture of the French music and art scene, but my introduction to the 35-year-old Parisian came in a much more pedestrian manner.  Last fall, I discovered, and immediately fell in love with, a mix of late 60s and early 70s folk and Texas country that...
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