French producer Para One talks about his live setup and his forthcoming projects. The death of Institubes and the birth of MARBLE, let the man feel free to release his projetcs.

Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at #3 on its list of the “100 greatest guitarists of all time“. According to Edward M. Komara, King “introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed.” King has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Richard (Richie) Hawtin (born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno’s second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s. He is best known for his abstract, minimal works under the alias Plastikman, a pseudonym he still uses today.

Hawtin is known for DJing minimal techno sets making use of laptop computers and digital mixing equipment. In May 1990, Hawtin and fellow second-waver John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, which they named after their turntable’s pitch adjust function. In 1998, Hawtin launched Minus records.

Since more than 10 years, Emmanuel Santarromana plays as a DJ in clubs, and also for luxury industry events, such as fashion shows, products launches… He released 5 various albums and also 2 original soundtracks albums

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Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962),[ a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his “ambient techno” and “arctic ambient” styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track “Novelty Waves” was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi’s. His 1997 album Substrata was voted by www.hyperreal.org as one of the all time classic ambient albums.

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The Cinematic Orchestra is a British jazz and electronic outfit, created in the late 1990s by Jason Swinscoe. The band is signed to Ninja Tune independent record label. In addition to Swinscoe, the band includes PC former DJ Food member (Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers (drums), Tom Chant (Saxophone), Nick Ramm (piano), Stuart McCallum (guitar) and Phil France (double bass). Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), Federico Ughi (drums) and Alex James (piano). The most recent addition to the band is Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum.

The Cinematic Orchestra’s sound, in both live and studio contexts, employs a live band which improvises along with a turntablist and electronic elements such as samples provided by Swinscoe. In their studio releases Swinscoe will often remix the live source material to produce a combination of live jazz improvisation with electronica, such that it is difficult to tell where the improvisation ends and the production begins.

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Ludovico Einaudi OMRI (born 23 November 1955 in Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian contemporary music composer and pianist.

Although Einaudi would prefer not to be labeled as any particular type of genre, he is sometimes referred to as a Minimalist. However, Einaudi’s style differs from those of the Minimalism movement, and this attribution is likely more due to his work’s sparse orchestration and simple melodies. Many of his songs appear on the show Waterloo Road.

Einaudi’s own words on the matter reflect this viewpoint, with Einaudi referring to Minimalism as “elegance and openness”, despite its more formal definition as a musical movement to which he arguably does not belong.

Einaudi is signed to Sony Music Entertainment’s classical music division, Sony Classical.

Einaudi’s Nuvole Bianche was featured in the film Insidious(2010) directed by James Wan

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The  work  of   The  work  of  Nik  Bartsch  is  at  the  intersection  of  contemporary  music,  jazz,  and  fed  on   influences  from  funk.  The  use  of  repetition,  as  well  as  structures  based  interleaving   elements  in  his  music  suggests  the  influence  of  minimalist  music,  and  especially  Steve   Reich.  Bartsch  is  also  influenced  by  Eastern  philosophy  and  the  ostinato  of  James  Brown.   He  has  also  taken  a  close  interest  in  the  work  of  American  composers  John  Cage  and   Morton  Feldman.   Nik  Bärtsch  working  in  parallel  on  several  projects:  a  solo,  with  his  band  of  ”Zen  funk”   Ronin  and  with  the  acoustic  band  Mobile.  Solo,  he  plays  his  own  compositions  on   prepared  piano  and  percussion.  The  music  of  his  band  Ronin,  which  he  calls  ”Zen-­‐funk”is   more  inspired  by  jazz  and  funk.  The  group  consists  of  Kaspar  Rast,  Bjom  Meyer,  Andi   Pupato,  Stephan  Haslebacher.  He  builds  complex  rhythms  from  entralecement  rhythms   even  and  odd.     By  Joffrey    Nik  Bartsch  is  at  the  intersection  of  contemporary  music,  jazz,  and  fed  on   influences  from  funk.  The  use  of  repetition,  as  well  as  structures  based  interleaving   elements  in  his  music  suggests  the  influence  of  minimalist  music,  and  especially  Steve   Reich.  Bartsch  is  also  influenced  by  Eastern  philosophy  and  the  ostinato  of  James  Brown.   He  has  also  taken  a  close  interest  in  the  work  of  American  composers  John  Cage  and   Morton  Feldman.   Nik  Bärtsch  working  in  parallel  on  several  projects:  a  solo,  with  his  band  of  ”Zen  funk”   Ronin  and  with  the  acoustic  band  Mobile.  Solo,  he  plays  his  own  compositions  on   prepared  piano  and  percussion.  The  music  of  his  band  Ronin,  which  he  calls  ”Zen-­‐funk”is   more  inspired  by  jazz  and  funk.  The  group  consists  of  Kaspar  Rast,  Bjom  Meyer,  Andi   Pupato,  Stephan  Haslebacher.  He  builds  complex  rhythms  from  entralecement  rhythms   even  and  odd.

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The amazing duo (Tiga + Zombie Nation) is back with a new demo. Tiga first played it few months ago in his “My Name is Tiga” BBC Show. Tiga said that it was the best project he was involved in. Now we understand why.

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