We discuss different subjects such as streaming, gender equality in music, the life of a label today and other subjects with Paul Clouvel, composer, performer and especially the one who runs Elektramusic. Let’s start with a subject that annoys many: revenue from music streaming. Elektramusic is a very active label online. Do you have a particular link to the internet? Yes from the start. For me the internet was emancipation. At the time, I was close to a major contemporary music institution in a small town in France. This kind of institution which has total contempt for the young composers th ..read more

A meeting in Berlin with the Canadian composer James O’Callaghan. James explains his links with electroacoustic music, his way of working, how concert is important, and also presents his work “Reasons” for amplified book and electronics. The post James O’Callaghan interview on our Youtube channel first appeared on ELEKTRAMUSIC ..read more

In this episode of Insight Music, music curator Wioleta Zochowska meets composer Juliana Hodkinson at Musikbrauerei in Berlin. Juliana is known for works that combine acoustic instruments, electronics, field recordings and installation and visual elements. The post Juliana Hodkinson – Insight Music first appeared on ELEKTRAMUSIC ..read more

In this second episode of Insight Music, music curator Wioleta Zochowska meets composer Ricardo Eizirik at Betahaus in Berlin. Ricardo Eizirik speaks about his musical life and practice as a composer, and also introduces his piece “Placeholder” The post  Ricardo Eizirik first appeared on ELEKTRAMUSIC ..read more

Drummer and improviser, Tiri Carreras started practicing the instrument as a teenager, playing immediately in a band. After a rocky start, Tiri turned to jazz and then to free improvisation.  Member of the duo zBlug, Tiri Carreras has composed this new album as a solo artist. Discover his new album here ! When and how did you discover contemporary music? Contemporary music came to me by chance through encounters. Even if I went through the conservatory, I did not follow a very advanced academic training. I mostly learned by playing in groups, first pop/rock, then jazz and finally free-j ..read more

Paris-born composer Gilles Fresnais studied acoustic and sound engineering. He attended the audio mixing of the Alain Robbe-Grillet film Trans-EuropExpress, performed by Michel Fano, which showed him the innate beauty of natural and ”concrete” sounds. Discover his new single here ! Why did you choose the release an isolated piece named “Sonner-résonner”? Sonner-Résonner was composed differently from the other pieces in my Des sons de la nature album. While the other pieces were all composed with sound objects sourced from nature, such as rocks, water, wind, or whale and bird songs, this ..read more

Doriene Marselje has been surrounded by music since before she was even born so naturally she started playing an instrument at a very young age. Much to her parents’ delight she chose the harp! Doriene Marselje’s career as a soloist includes performances in some of the most prestigious concert halls in The Netherlands and in various countries around Europe.  Discover her new album here ! Doriene Marselje introduces her new album entitled “in a landscape” in a filmed interview. She talks about her beginnings in music with the harp and her inspirations for the album. She also explains why ..read more

José Gallardo Arbeláez is a composer-Medellín EAFIT University. He graduated from the National University of Colombia with a Master of Aesthetics. He has composed for various ensembles, especially dedicated to experimenting with computer generated music and traditional instruments. Discover his new album here ! What was your first approach to contemporary/electroacoustic music and how did you start doing it? My first approach was listening to music from Xenakis, Varese, and latin american composers like: Adina Izarra, Jacqueline Nova, Juan Reyes. I was 14 or 15 years old and I was studying c ..read more

As Thu bird, composer Tuce Alba creates spatial and temporal spaces in different ways in the music with using analogue synthesizers, instruments, field recordings, all kinds of tools that break the silence that turns into sound. Discover her new album here ! How did you get interested in and start doing experimental music?   I have been into music since my childhood. That’s why sound expression has become a normal activity for me in the flow of life. It just made me concentrate on it more than anything else I’ve ever done. While my search for sound was in traditional music, it ..read more

Rafael Bresciani, or bresciani, is a sound and media artist who works with data and algorithms. In his work, he crafts sonic contexts by mixing composition, real instrumentation, generative music and field recording to introduce the listener into a whole universe of sound possibilities. Discover his new album here ! How did you discover contemporary/electroacoustic music and start doing it? It was a weird process because my first approach to contemporary/electroacoustic music became exactly from mainstream music. I think I have a very ordinary mainstream music basis from classic rock (6 ..read more