Monday, October 03, 2005

NOLA-Tronic

"Despite New Orleans' reputation, prior to Hurricane Katrina, as a city immune to change, it changed me, and I listened to it grow," writes Marc Weidenbaum, an incredibly smart music writer and a friend.

His essay on web site Disquiet begins:

"For four sweaty years, beginning in the summer of 1999, I wrote about music from New Orleans. That sounds like a dream nexus — though probably less of one when your area of interest is abstract electronic music, as is mine. New Orleans is not exactly a center of such plugged-in activity. It is, however, helpfully located between Miami and Austin, which means tours came through regularly despite the city's predilection for trad jazz and party hip-hop." ...

Continue...