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‘Super Freak’ Rick James Dies at age 56

10 years ago today @ London’s Brixton Academy

10 years ago today Cabaret Voltaire last show

10 years ago today Jo Bruce from Afro Celts died

10 years ago today Radiohead got a gold record

10 years ago Twelfth Night’s Geoff Mann died

10th Anniversary of “Dark Side of the Moog”

10th Anniversary of Aphex Twin’s “Selected Ambient Works”

10th Anniversary of Autechre’s ‘Incunabula’

10th Anniversary of Mego label

10th Anniversary of Moloko

10th Anniversary of Plastikman - Sheet One

10th Anniversary of Raster Noton label

10th Anniversary of Tee Scott’s death

10th Anniversary of the Future Sound of London’s “Lifeforms”

10th Annual World Electronic Music Festival, July 23, Ontario

15 years ago today Acid House Genesis party in London

15 years ago today Fish quit Marillion

15 years ago today JM Jarre performed the Docklands

15 years ago today Level 42’s guitarist Alan Murphy died

15th Anniversary of Berlin Love Parade

17 years ago today Vincent Crane died

20 years ago Coil live debut

20 years ago Keith Emerson blew-off his thumb

20 years ago today A-ha released “Take On Me”

20 years ago today Genesis played at London’s Drury Lane

20 years ago today Human League’s “Dare” reached #1.

20 years ago today The Pretenders cancelled US Tour

20 years ago Tubeway Army bassist Paul Gardiner died

2004 :: Top News of the Year - Electronic and Alternative Music

2006 Memorial

20th Anniversary of Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock

20th Anniversary of Band Aid

20th Anniversary of Bjork’s live debut

20th Anniversary of Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again

20th Anniversary of EBM

20th Anniversary of Klaus Schulze’s “Blackdance”

20th Anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s “Hergest Ridge”

20th Anniversary of Vangelis’ “Blade Runner”

25 Anniversary of John Lennon’s death

25 years ago Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” reached # 1

25 years ago early Human League’s last concert

25 years ago Emerson Lake and Palmer last concert

25 years ago Frankie Goes to Hollywood reached # 1

25 years ago now Gary Numan’s “Replicas” reached # 1

25 years ago now John Foxx quit Ultravox

25 years ago Studio 54 closed

25 years ago today “Wish You Were Here” reached #1

25 years ago today OMD debuted in Liverpool

25 years ago today Rick Wakeman rejoined Yes

25 years ago today Sid Vicious was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend

25 years ago today Steve Hackett left Genesis

25 years ago today Steve Took from T. Rex died

25 years ago today Studio 54 club was sold

25 years ago today The Buggles reached #1

25 years ago today The Clash worked with Lee Scratch Perry

25th Anniversary of Anthony Phillips’ ‘The Geese & the Ghost’

25th Anniversary of Cabaret Voltaire’s “Mix Up”

25th Anniversary of Devo’s “Q: Are We Not Men?”

25th Anniversary of Genesis -And Then There Were Three-

25th Anniversary of Human League’s “Reproduction”

25th Anniversary of Japan’s “Adolescent Sex”

25th Anniversary of Jon and Vangelis - Short Stories

25th Anniversary of Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

25th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”

25th Anniversary of Throbbing Gristle’s “Second Annual Report”

25th Anniversary of Ultravox - Systems of Romance

27th Harmony Festival, Santa Rosa, 11-12 June

30 Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “Atom Heart Mother”

30 years ago Eno quit Roxy Music

30 years ago Krautrock Festival was held

30 years ago Led Zeppelin riot in Boston Garden

30 years ago Robert Wyatt was paralyzed

30 years ago today Genesis “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” was released

30 years ago today Peter Gabriel quit Genesis

30 years ago today Robert Wyatt’s benefit concert

30 years ago today Tubular Bells reached #1

30 years ago Vangelis debut show

30 years of quadraphonic sound

30th Anniversary of Blondie’s live debut

30th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s “Here Come the Warm Jets”

30th Anniversary of Fripp and Eno

30th Anniversary of Jon Anderson’s - Olias of Sunhillow-

30th Anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells”

30th Anniversary of Pete Sinfield’s “Still”

30th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”

30th Anniversary of Rick Wakeman’s “Journey to the Centre of the Earth”

30th Anniversary of Rick Wakeman’s “Six Wives of Henry VIII”

30th Anniversary of Supertramp’s “Crime of the Century”

30th Anniversary of Talking Heads

30th Anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s “Phaedra”

30th Anniversary of the Cosmic Jokers

30th Anniversary of Yes “Relayer”

30th Anniversary of Yes “Tales from Topographic Oceans”

35 years ago King Crimson on fire

35 years ago today Janis Joplin died

35 years ago today Jimi Hendrix was buried

35 years ago today Pink Floyd and Soft Machine at the Roundhouse

35th Anniverary of “Led Zeppelin”

35th Anniversary of “Kraftwerk”

35th Anniversary of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”

35th Anniversary of King Crimson

35th Anniversary of King Crimson’s “In the Court of the Crimson King”

35th Anniversary of King Crimson’s debut

35th Anniversary of Peter Hammill- Nadirs Big Chance

40 years ago The Marquee club moved to Wardour St

40 years ago today electronic composer Edgar Varese died

40th Anniversary of Beatles in USA

40th Anniversary of Cream debut at The Marquee Club

45 years ago today Syd Barret quit Pink Floyd

5 Years ago now Kemistry died

5 years ago today David Bowie 1st download artist

50th Anniversary of Moog

5th Anniversary of Roni Size’s “New Forms”

7 Years of Intuitive Music

70 years ago Clara Rockmore 1st theremin concert

A Perfect Circle Interactive Video

Absolute Tracks

Adrian Belew USA tour, August/September 05

Adrian Belew’s new “Side One” album

Ahleuchatistas Southeast US Tour, February/April 06

Alan Parsons Project European Tour in April

Alec K.Redfearn & The Eyesores European tour

All Tomorrow’s Parties/Pacific, November 6-7, Long Beach

Allan Holdsworth & Alan Pasqua Band European Tour, March/April 06

Amon Tobin Does Music for Video Game

Amon Tobin USA Tour in May

Andy Bell and In_Vox Collaboration

Andy Bell of Erasure H.I.V. Positive

Animal Collective / Black Dice - US tour

Animal Collective USA Tour in April

Anne Clark with Jeff Aug and Implant

Antony & The Johnsons Get a Little Help From Friends

Antwerp is Burning, September 4, Antwerp

Aphex Twin to Release New Material

Aphex Twin wanted Madonna to squeal like a pig?

Apparat European tour August/October 05

Arakimentari featuring Björk and DJ Krush

Arc Closing Doors

Arista Dumps Tears For Fears

ARP synthesizer at “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind”

Ars Electronica in New York, May 21-July 18

Art of Noise new re-mix album

Arthur Brown’s Other World @ London Astoria, 12 March

Arthur Kane of New York Dolls Passing

Artists Now Have to Pay for all Samples Says Federal Court

Asia European tour January/March

Asia comeback for US Tour in September

Astigmatic Festival, September 6-8, Plock, Poland

Attrition U.S. Tour

Autechre New Album and Tour

Avant-garde composer Luc Ferrari dies

Avanto, November 18-21, Helsinki

Awakenings Festival, October 29, Netherlands

Award for Stevie Wonder

Baby Prompts Björk Move

Badly Drawn Boy Sues XL Recordings

Baja Prog Festival @ Mexicali, 30 March/2 April

Beach Boys: the good vibrations of the Polk Tannerin

Beck Returns!

Ben Watt (Everything But the Girl) releases new label and club night

Berio Lounge at RFH

Bill Bruford’s Earthworks UK Tour in May

Biosphere @ The Club, July 30, Bristol

Biosphere sound installation @ Scotland, Aug/Sept 05

Biosphere Tour, UK Picturehouse Cinema Tour, April 06

Bjork & i-D

Bjork and Kelis Collaboration

Bjork works in the film Drawing Restraint 9

Björk Singing at the Olympics

Black Dice European Tour, March 06

Black Dice Release New Album

Black Dice USA Tour 05, September/November

Blues Explosion UK Tour in april

BMI Icon award for Brian Wilson

Boards of Canada’s re-issued

Bob Barley 60th Birthday in Ethiopia

Bowie cancels European tour

Bowie says no to 007

Bowie show cancelled due to death of a stagehand

Bowie to Release Live DVD

Boz Burrell from Bad Company and King Crimson dies

Brian Eno Albums Re-Issued

Brian Wilson to Release Legendary ‘Smile’ Album

Brian Wilson’s Voices

Bryan Ferry Live UK Dates

Cabaret Voltaire DVD in October

Can to Release Remastered CDs

Caravan UK tour in May

Caribou New Album Info

Caribou tour April/June

Caribou US Tour, November/December

Caribou world European tour in April

Carter/Tutti Debut Album

CDs Die Too

Charisma Label’s Family Picture

Chris Carter and Cosey Fanny Tutti News

Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth concert for Tsunami Jan 30

Client Release New Album and Single

Close Encounters of Electronic Music, Libourne, 5-7 August

CocoRosie European tour, June/July 05

COH - Post-Pop - February 2005

Conductor David Measham dies at 68

Conny Plank studios to close

Conny Plank’s Estate in Cologne is up FOR SALE!!!

Cream reunion onstage

Daedelus, Exquisite Corpse, New Release Info

DAT Politics USA tour in May

Dave Clarke Moves to CD

Dave Grohl Joins Nine Inch Nails

David Bowie & Polyphonic Spree, June 4, NYC

David Bowie -Stage and David Live - February 2005

David Bowie Live DVD

David Bowie’s ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ on DVD

David Byrne honored with Les Paul Award

David Gilmour European Tour, March/May 06

David O’List and Andy Tillison form Super Nice Group

David O’List From The Nice UK spring dates

Dead Can Dance New Album and Tour Plans?

Dead Can Dance USA tour 05, September/October

Deborah Anderson and Jon Anderson hand in hand

Deborah Anderson’s ‘Paperthin’

Delia Derbyshire & Doctor Who

Detroit’s Movement Festival in Danger

Devo USA tour, July/September 05

DJ Shadow In Tune and On Time Trailer

DJ Shadow Releases First Live Album

DJ Spooky @ Lincoln Center, July 21, 23, & 24, NYC

DJ Spooky Art Show at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

DJ Spooky Book gets one of the Books of the Year from Guardian

DJ Spooky Collaborates with Slayer Drummer

DRM Backlash

Drummer Ian Wallace dies at 60

Drummer Jay Schellen joins Asia

Drummer Pierre Moerlen dies

Drummer Pip Pyle dies

Dutch Electronic Art Festival, November 9-21, Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam

Earthdance Promotes Peace Another Year Worldwide

Eddie Jobson sold vintage keyboards

Edgar Reitz’s “Heimat” released on DVD

Eels New Album

Einstuerzende Neubauten 25th Anniversary Tour

Einsturzende Neubauten European Tour March/April

Electrelane European tour in May

Electrelane US Tour + New Single

Electronic Music Community Unites to Redefeat Bush

Elektra records kick Stereolab

Ellen Allien European Tour May/June

Ellen Allien Tours the World

Elton Dean Memorial Concerts, London May 9

Exit Festival, Serbia & Montenegro, July 7-10

Faust European Tour, April 06

Faust producer Uwe Nettelbeck dies

Faust reformed

Festival de L’alambic Electrique, Villers Yonne, France, 30-31 July

Fischerspooner Finishing up New Album

Flowering Treep ‘Song of Hope’

Former Tears for Fears manager gets 3 years

Four Tet Donate Track to War Child Music

Four Tet, ‘Everything Ecstatic’ in May 2005

Francis Grasso: The First Modern DJ

Francisco Lopez & Ilios, November 13 & 14, Athens

Francisco Lopez absolute Australia / New Zealand 2004 tour

Francisco Lopez, Michael Gendreau, Violet - Eastern Europe tour 05, June/July

Frankie Knuckles gets a street named after him

Full Empire State Human news

Funkstorung new album

Future Prophecies Tour Dates

Gary Numan Splits with Label, Starts Own

Gary Numan UK and European Tour, March/May 06

Genesis “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” remastered

Genesis P-Orridge gets breast implants

Genesis Platinum Collection and Video Show

Gentle Giant to re-issue

Geoff Downes reforms Asia

George Clinton European tour, July 05

German TV documentary on krautrock

Ghostly Art and Artifice 2004 AD Tour

Ghostly’s New Year’s Bash, NYC

Giger plagiarized?

Glade split off from Glastonbury crisis

Glitch :: Failure is Correct

Goldfrapp Cancel Shows

Goldfrapp to Release Live DVD

Goldfrapp Working on Next Album

Gong, 2005 Unconventional Gathering, Glastonbury 21 and 22 OCtober

Gonzales December Dates

Governor Recognizes Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson with Award

Greg Lake UK tour 05, October/November

Groove Armada to Call it a Day (Temporarily)

Group Petitions Against Kanye West’s Grammy Nominations

Guitar Harps

Hammond B3 master Jimmy Smith dies

Happy Mondays Reform

Hatfield & The North’s archive series out

Hatfield and the North UK tour 05, October

Hatfield and The North, European dates 05, June

Hawkwind European Tour 05, May-June

Help New Orleans

Hood New Album and Tour Details

Hugh Davies Passing

Hundreds More Sued Over Music File Swaps

Ian Wallace forms The Crimson Jazz Trio

Iceland Airwaves, October 20-24, Reykjavik, Iceland

Implant European Tour 05, May-July

Interview with legendary producer Ken Scott

Interview-Lethargy

Interview-Plaid

Intuitive Music @ The Anachronic Herald

Intuitive Music at Myspace

Intuitive Music launches Version 5

It was 40 years ago today…

Italian DJ Fined for MP3 Piracy

Jaga Jazzist European Tour 05, May/July

Jaga Jazzist European Tour, April/May

Janek Schaefer and Philip Jeck Collaboration

Janek Schaefer Tour Dates December 2004

Jazzland Sessions, December 2-4, Oslo, Norway

Jean Laurendeau and the Ondes Martenot

Jean Michel Jarre New Album Details

Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden dies

Jethro Tull European tour 05, June/July

Jim Capaldi dies at 60

Jimi Hendrix Memorial in Danger

Jimmy Edgar Tour Dates

Jimmy Page and The Theremin

Jimmy Page’s boathouse on sale

Joe says no to royal festival

John Etheridge and Soft Machine Legacy Europe tour 05, December

John Etheridge UK tour 05, October / November

John Lees Barclay James Harvest back

John Lennon reads about Brian Jones death

John Peel Dies at Age 65

John Peel’s Successor Announced

Johnny Ramone Passes Away at Age 55

JON ANDERSON - Tour of the Universe - June 2005

Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe DVD - June 2005

Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman: 35 years of friendship and musicianship

Jon Anderson European tour, September/October 05

Jon Anderson US West Coast Tour Of The Universe, April/March 06

Jon Anderson USA tour 05, November

Jon Anderson working on Trance album

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion New Album

Joseph ‘Rev Run’ Simmons the poet

Jude Law to Play Ian Curtis in New Film?

Julian Cope Tour, February 06

Julian Cope UK Tour Dates

Julian Cope UK Tour Dates

Juno Reactor New Album Release

Kansas Attorney General Bans Outkast Among Others

Kansas European tour, June 05

Kante Tour Dates April/May

Kante Tour Dates,Europe

Karl Bartos Pulls Out of UK Concerts

Keith Emerson burning the American flag

Keith Emerson Europe Tour 05, November/December

Keith Knudsen from Doobie Brothers dies

Ken Ishii & Speedy J, May 28, NYC

Kevin Ayers hospitalized

Klaus Nomi on film

Klaus Schulze re-releases four albums

Koneisto, August 13-14, Helsinki, Finland

Kool & The Gang revisited

Kraftwerk to Re-release whole back catalog

Kraftwerk U.S. Tour May/June

Ladytron US Tour, April-May 06

Laibach New Album and North America Tour Dates

Lali Puna May Dates

Larvae October Tour Dates

Laurent Garnier Cancels U.S. Tour

Lawsuits against online piracy now hitting Europe

LCD Soundsystem Debut Album

LCD Soundsystem European tour in april

LCD Soundsystem USA tour in May/June

Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin Receive Lifetime Acheivement Awards

Legendary Film Composer Elmer Bernstein Passes Away

Lego Nord Lead synth

Legowelt European Tour, February/April 06

Legowelt US West Coast Tour

Leon Theremin: Music and Espionage

Les Georges Leningrad European tour, June/July 05

Les Georges Leningrad New Release and Tour Dates

Lethargy & bikes

Lethargy in Germany and Poland, 24-26 feb

Lethargy live @ Hertogenbosch 12 June

Lethargy release “In-Macula Remixes”

Lethargy split with Black Flames label claiming lack of payment

Levinhurst Tour Dates and Album

Lineup changes in David O List From The Nice

M83 New Releases

Maceo Parker European tour, July 05

Madness make comeback and change their name

Magnetic Fields @ Royal Festival Hall, October 10, London

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band European Tour March/April

Marc Almond in Critical Condition After Crash

Mark Mothersbaugh Does Game Soundtrack

Marsatac, September 22-25, Marseille, France

Martyn Bennett dies of cancer at 34

Maschinenfest 2004, September 30-October 3, Germany

Massive Attack Filmscore

Matmos @ Scala, London, June 6

Matthew Dear and Swayzak Tour

Maximilian Hecker Tour January-February 2005

Mercury Music Prize Finalists

Midnight Oil Former Singer Collapes

Mike Oldfield “Elements” on DVD

Mira Calix Releases New Album in September

Miss Kittin U.S. and Canada dates

Mod guitars

Modern 8-Track tapes

Molasses European Tour April

Montag North America Tour April/May

Moogfest @ NY, 18 May

More Autechre Details for New Album and Tour

More Details about New Ian Curtis Movie

More drug war measures in U.S.

More films on Ian Curtis

Moroder and Van Dyk at Billboard Dance Music Summit

Morr Music Tour, U.S.

Mothboy New Album in October

Mouse on Mars New Album and Dates

Mouse On Mars, Ratatat, Junior Boys Tour

Movement 2004, Detroit Electronic Music Festival

Moving Units Tour with Secret Machines

Moving Units U.S. Tour Dates

Music For Hangovers

Mustvote.com Gives Away Free Music

Mutek 05, Montreal 1-5 June

Mutek 06, Montreal, May 31/June 4

Mysterious instrument

Mæstoso - Fiddling Meanly - February 2005

Napoleon Coste guitars

Nektar remastered

New ‘Memory Protection’ Layer for CDs and DVDs

New Album From Alva Noto

New Album from The Album Leaf

New Alec Empire Album in March

New Beck Album Delayed

New Beck Album To Feature Remixes by Boards of Canada and Others

New Bjork Album Due in August

New Daft Punk Album, ‘Human After All’

New David Toop Book and CD

New DJ Spooky Book :: Rhythm Science

New Flaming Lips Album in Late 2005

New Howie B Album in October

New indie electronic band- Temp

New Kitaro Album Details

New Order Changes Line-Up + New Album

New Order New Album

New Panacea / Knifehandchop Release

New Prefuse 73 Album

New Release by Headset, Plug Research Collaboration

New Tuxedomoon Album

New York Dolls New Album

New York Dolls reformed!!

New York Dolls to Continue Tour

New York Hit Factory studios closing

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities

NIN Re-release of The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails New Album

Norberg Festival, Sweden 28-30 July 05

Nord Electro2 voted world’s best Portable Keyboard

OM Summer Solstice Festival 2004, June 18-21, Ontario, Canada

One World Project: stars Unite for Tsunami

Orbital Split

Orbital’s Last Show

Pan Sonic Get Prestigious Award

Patrick Wolf European tour 05, June/August

Patti Smith and Television @ Roseland Ballroom, October 2, NYC

Peaches Saves the Elephants

Peter Banks new band Harmony in Diversity

Peter Hammill announces Van Der Graaf Generator’s split

Peter Hammill European Tour, May 06

Peter Ulrich - Enter the Mysterium - 1 March 2005

Phonem New Name and Album

Pink Floyd reunion with Roger Waters for Live8

Pink Floyd Sued By Former Collaborator

Pink Floyd’s Broadway Musical

Pink Floyd’s Syd Barret dies

Pioneer psychedelic band Syn rejoined

Polybeat Live, December 4, London

Polyphonic Spree Drummer Caught in Bomb Scare

Polyphonic Spree European tour - August 05

Popular English Mags Go Belly Up

Prog at Classic Rock magazine

Prog rock logos and albums Photoshop brushes

Prog’Sud Festival @ Pennes-Mirabeau, 5/7 May

ProgAID single - All Around The World- for Tsunami

Progeny festival, November 20-22, London Astoria

Psyche compilation

Psychic TV Europe Tour Dates

Psychic TV U.S. Tour Dates

Queen of England Not Amused about Palace Rave

Quodi