IN/OUTPUTS for 21 to 27 November

Posted on 24 November 2011

In/outputs - a taste plate of stuff that’s gone through my feeds this week Faker to give new album away for free In an open letter on their website, Sydney band Faker have announced they will release their third studio album Get Loved for free from their website from midday on 2 December. The letter, penned by front man Nathan Hudson, starts, ”We are giving our record away. For free.” Hudson continues, “The point and excitement in writing and releasing Get Loved is in danger of being missed.” While as yet I haven’t been able to find out anything about the licensing of the release, I think the move clearly demonstrates how confused and disjointed the music industry is right now. I hope the free download is everything you want…

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(Re)mixed responses – 360 covers Regurgitator

Posted on 18 November 2011

(Re)mixed responses - exploring il/legitimate appropriation from remix to sampling to blatant rip-off Melbourne-based rapper 360 reinterpreted Regurgitator‘s “! (The Song Formerly Known As)” as part of Triple J‘s Like a Version and this year’s Ausmusic Month. While I wouldn’t so much call it a cover, since it only adopts the original song’s chorus, it’s still worth a listen. It’s part of my cherry-picked tracks for Ausmusic Month. Haven’t sampled enough? Grab the (Re)mixed responses RSS feed for random moments of il/legitimate appropriation.

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Tagged: 360 (rapper), Ausmusic Month, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Like a Version, Regurgitator, Triple J

IN/OUTPUTS for 7 to 13 November

Posted on 8 November 2011

In/outputs - a taste plate of stuff that’s gone through my feeds this week New Neurons From Stem Cells Get Us Closer to Treating Parkinson’s 80beats has a post about new research published in Nature that reports successful (and very positive) treatment in mice and rats that may lead to a treatment for Parkinson’s. It’s a degenerative disorder that results from the death of dopamine-generating cells which affects motor functions. The researchers turned stem cells from human embryos into neurons that produce dopamine and injected 100,000+ of these neurons into the brains of mice suffering a rodent disease that also results in damaged dopamine-producing cells. The exciting bit: “Over the course of three to five months, the transplanted neurons thrived, connecting with surrounding brain cells, and…

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