How Budding Musicians are Escaping Their Internet Past

In the age of the internet, hiding one’s past is nearly impossible, especially for those in the public eye. Before emerging as musical superstars, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and FKA Twigs (to name a few) were young artists taking on sometimes embarrassing gigs in hopes of hitting their big break. As Noisey points out, this inescapable past is one of the main troubles plaguing the …

Interview: Graham Dunning and the Mechanical Techno Machine

How the experimental sound artist improvises with his self-playing Frankenstein turntable

Multiple layers of modified records rotate on the turntable. Some of the vinyl has been sliced and bent, while others have little nuts and bolts drilled in or are covered in stickers to blank out certain sections. A ring standnormally used to clamp test tubes in laboratoriesholds a few contact mics. The tonearm is precariously held in place, tethered by a string leash. With every …

Danny L Harle: Broken Flowers

“Teardrops feel like showers / I thought I was free / Lying awake for hours / With just your broken flowers.” These loaded, somber lyrics juxtapose with effervescent arpeggiated synths, a bouncy upbeat tempo, and a female vocalist (Ellen Roberts) not of our world—and that is the beauty of Danny L Harle’s moving-or-trivial pop song “Broken Flowers.” Though an early version of the song has …