Tag: Experimental

The Reel New York Film Festival

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I recently started watching "The Reel New York Film Festival," a show highlighting experimental works, shorts, documentaries, animated shorts and narratives made by New Yorkers and/or about New Yorkers on local cable. Now in its twelfth season, tonight's program features several shorts including Jane Nisselson’s “Electromagnetic Spectrum,†which—in the tradition of the Eames science films—communicates a basic science phenomena via an apparently non-scientific situation. Nisselson …

Four Tet: DJ-Kicks

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Lauded British experimental electronic musician Keiran Hebden, aka Four Tet, added DJ to his already impressive re´sume´ with a residency at London’s The End and more recently with a smashing mix CD for K7’s DJ-Kicks series. The selections are tasty, sometimes surprising, and wildly varied as you might expect from a DJ whose own music draws from folk, electronica, hip-hop, and jazz influences among others. …

Peeping Tom

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Famous for fronting Faith No More, Mike Patton's many other projects—from the early '90s metal funk of Mr. Bungle to recent collaborations with fellow California noise-maker Kid 606—have always been on the edge of experimentation and taste. Now the release of his latest album, Peeping Tom, brings in a bevy of big-name guest artists for a disc that Patton calls his "version of pop music." …