This might look like a best-of-2020 list, but it’s not. It is, rather, a random – albeit carefully curated – list of the...
There’s an incredible sense of liberation being able to say the words: “it’s released!”. Something that...
Friday is going to be an important day for me. Friday my album Intimate Spaces will be released! It’s my first proper album, the...
This might look like a best-of-2020 list, but it’s not. It is, rather, a random – albeit carefully curated – list of the following: albums or videos I was planning to write about in 2020 but didn’t manage to; albums that don’t really fit into the concept behind horizontalpitch, but which I find too cool […]
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Some things old and new. As mentioned in one of the previous Blinking Lights posts I do like to swap albums with other artists. So far, all these trades have brought me into possession of some wonderful albums, which perhaps I would otherwise never have found out about. I’m happy to say that the trend […]
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I’ve recently started to do album trades. It’s a fun way to discover new music and get in touch with other musicians. Through such a trade I got this lovely album, by the Portuguese musician João M. Santos, who goes under the name The Daily Misconceptions. It’s exactly the right amount of dreamy moods, bell-like […]
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Did you know that there is a Synth Museum in Switzerland? They are called Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments (SMEM) and are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund what they call Playroom: a space that will offer hands-on access to the museum’s collection and much more. So, now that you know, [...]
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[ecko_quote source=”Simon Reynolds – Ambient Archaeology”]Ambient is un-rock and roll because it’s built up by layers, whereas rock is about jamming: instruments fit together like cogs, forming a rhythmic engine that kicks your ass. Ambient is kind to your ass. It’s sofa rock, Erik Satie’s ‘furniture music’.[/ecko_quote]
“Modular Synthesizer Videos Are the YouTube Rabbit Hole You Won’t Want to Leave” says this article on Pitchfork, and we have a hard time disagreeing.
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Blinking Lights is a space for short intermissions. Things grabbed from the internet. Short and shiny. Few words leaving space to more pictures and sounds.
This fist Blinking Lights brings you episode four of a podcast by Nuun on radio.computer dedicated to modular music.
Blinking Lights is a space for short intermissions. Things grabbed from the internet. Short and shiny. Few words leaving space to more pictures and sounds. This fist Blinking Lights brings you episode four of a podcast by Nuun on radio.computer dedicated to modular music.
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