classical
Making a Maestro: In Conversation With David August
Ahead of his latest release, we caught up with the virtuoso about balancing work and play.
Jute Gyte's 'Perdurance' Is a Modern Classical Black Metal Masterwork
Stream the challenging, punishing new album from one of black metal's most intriguing outliers.
Glenn Branca's Really Experimental Music: Why the Composer Is Still Punk After All These Years
If art music and rock music sat at either end of a scale, Glenn Branca would be standing on the fulcrum, smashing each side with as many guitars as possible.
The Con Artist: Talking Classical and Dub with Asdasfr Bawd
“I’m always taking music apart into its building blocks and rearranging them.”
How The 'X Files' Composer Made TV's Creepiest Theme Song, Partly By Accident
Doo doo dooo doo doo doooo. The composer of 'The X Files' tells Radio Motherboard how he made that iconic theme—partly by accident, and with some accompaniment from his wife.
Revolutionary Recording Techniques Are Bringing Bach Back
One contemporary classical musician's electronic counterfeit of Bach's fugues.
'Sparks' Fly in This Stunning Ballet Dance Film
A new dance film fuses new styles of sound and video production with classical ballet performance and presentation.
After Five Years, Floating Points' Debut Album 'Elaenia' Is Finally About to Drop
Watch "Silhouettes," a video shot in the distinctly alien landscape of the Spanish and Portuguese border.
“This is My Machine” : Leon Michener Makes Techno on a Piano
No samplers, no sequencers, no loopers, and no laptop. The only instrument at Michener's fingertips is a grand piano.
The Journey Ends Here: Bidding Farewell to Sir Christopher Lee, Heavy Metal's Champion
Paying our respects to the musical legacy of this revered British actor, author, singer, and metal fan.
Meet Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, the Opera Singer Who Combines African-American and Yiddish Folk Music
As a black, gay, opera singer who was raised Christian, Anthony Russell wasn't destined to be a Yiddish folk singer, but he's pretty great at it.
Let Chilly Gonzales School You on the Origins of Pop Music in This Sweet New Video for "Odessa"
Watch the Canadian composer take it back to the 19th Century.