Some utopian rhthyms worth investigating… Street Drummers Oh man, this is special. Thanks to our good friend Alex for suggesting I investigate this… Bike Bashers Thanks to Shiri for the first link: Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra’s album to stream: (more on this fine fine band here). Pot and Pan Pounders And I cannot mention utopian pot [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Utopian Rhythmics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bicycle music, Frank Zappa, Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra, music as protest, Rough Band, street drumming, The Slits, utopia and music, utopianism on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For Tomorrow. The Utopian Function of The Exploits of Elaine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anarchism, dystopia, Jameson, Kraftwerkm, post-capitalism, Utopia, utopianism on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What kind of utopia does our music call into being? There are two ways to answer such a question. The first is prefigurative and focuses on the political practices of our the interaction between those of us making the music. So there is a focus on the fact that our music is spontaneously and nonhierarchically [...]
