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While watching Caterina Barbieri perform live at Brighton Digital Festival held at the Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts (ACCA), Paul Tucker wonders what experimental music does to our consciousness that makes it seem so powerful
The American composer and performer, along with her unique vocal ensemble, takes electronic music out of the AI box and into truly new territory, says David Bennun after attending Brighton Digital Festival at the Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts (ACCA)
Michael Hollingshead was the man who first gave LSD to Timothy Leary – and by his own account, also to a host of other celebrities, from Paul McCartney to Roman Polanski and Charles Mingus. But was there a darker side to the countercultural legend? Andy Roberts' new book digs deeper
The prolific Japanese electronic artist, who bridges the gap between traditional music from his home country with modern touches, talks with Patrick St. Michel about drawing from the past, nature and his nation’s government. Computer enhanced portraits by Yohsuke Matsuoka