New ears Sometimes recording yourself in the kitchen and running it through ProTools just isn’t enough. For those who reach that conclusion, Warrior Sound, a brand new recording studio in Chapel Hill, opened its doors last month. Studio operators Al Jacob and Mitchell Marlow have constructed a well-designed sound room equipped with plenty of digital […]
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Triangle transmissions
Under the cloak of digital media and the tentacle-like reach of the Web, electronic musicians can remain nearly invisible. But the Signal Southeast Electronic Music Festival, running from Thursday to Saturday in several Chapel Hill clubs, aims to raise public awareness of their community and send out a flare to other local artists sequestered in […]
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Short circuits
Who: Jason Forrest From: Berlin What: Breakcore, mash-up Where: Local 506 When: Saturday, midnight Why: When Forrest took Donna Summer as his nom de mouse, producing mash-ups and moving dance floors while teasing heavy metal into rhythmic chunks, he didn’t care about copyright. “There are too many people doing too much to stop sampling in […]
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Waxing academic
Uproot the knotted tree of beat music and underneath the mulched vinyl and decaying dubplates you might find DJ C and Wayne & Wax, spelunking and looking for rhythm’s compost. These Bostoners’ pursuits of hip hop, reggae and electronic music’s DNA meet as both business and pleasure. DJ C, also known as Jake Trussell, mixes […]
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Wilco
Before the lights dimmed in Memorial Hall on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus Sunday night, the excitement was palpable among Wilco fans. The band was about to play the first of two immediate sellouts in the recently refurbished venue. The stately interior added a touch of timeless grace to the proceedings: soft mocha and off-white walls accented […]
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Circle, Unbroken
In Finland, they study the cosmic wonder in Northern skies around the frigid Arctic perimeter as a mysterious natural phenomenon and geophysical puzzle. Blame experimental Finnish band Circle, therefore, on aurora borealis. Jussi Lehtisalo knows his homeland well, and the primal urges of his group Circle evoke its landscape and isolation in hypnotic waves. Though […]
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Stop Fripping around
When King Crimson founder Robert Fripp visits The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m., he will conclude his Solo Soundscapes set with a question-and-answer session. Ten questions–alternately whacky, idiotic, irreverent or too close to the bone–follow. None of these are recommended. 1) Hey Robert, I’m a huge fan of your collaborations […]
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Dirty Dozen’s road to healing
“New Orleans is on the road. The whole city is on the road,” Roger Lewis proclaims of the city’s musicians, including the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the tireless group with which he’s played saxophone for 28 years. The band’s current tour brings them back to the Triangle this week, with a stop at Raleigh’s Lincoln […]
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in merch mania
Every year, staid company Christmas parties dot the landscape like burned-out tree lights. But when Chapel Hill design biz The Merch throws their annual get-together Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Cat’s Cradle starting at 10 p.m., the punch is from the raucous music and atmosphere, not some lame plastic bowl. The screen prints coming off […]
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Culture-jamming on the cheap with the Minutemen
Brevity of song length initially gave the Minutemen their name, but their influence has been anything but brief even though the life of the band and founder guitarist D. Boon was cut short some 20 years ago this month. A new documentary, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, finally gives voice to the […]
