Sumertime Blues!

Summer may finally be on her way, well it has felt like that for the last few days and raised my optimism slightly as I am struggling a bit of late having just been made redundant from my part time job. But such is life and I am happy to have some time to get my head down and work on some new material and get things moving with the live shows. New band line up and a feeling of much anticipation for the future months. We will be playing at the Aeon Festival in August http://www.aeonfestival.com/artists.html, so if any of you folks are based in the west country please come along..
Been trying to catch up on a load of movies as I just never seem to have the time these days. Mishima was amazing and was so bowled over by the sets and general look of this film.

Also anyone out there who would like to remix a track from Equestrienne please get in touch as I am putting together a remix album.



The other night I sat down to watch Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, a gritty northern tale of life. Albert Finney is just sublime as the main protagonist and his trials and tribulations round two loves.

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Women on Electronic Music

I am pleased to announce the publication of Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Duke University Press). The book is a collection of twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and performance artists.

Interviewees: Maria Chavez, Beth Coleman (M. Singe), Antye Greie (AGF), Jeannie Hopper, Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum), Christina Kubisch, Le Tigre, Annea Lockwood, Giulia Loli (DJ Mutamassik), Rekha Malhotra (DJ Rekha), Riz Maslen (Neotropic), Kaffe Matthews, Susan Morabito, Ikue Mori, Pauline Oliveros, Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix), Maggi Payne, Eliane Radigue, Jessica Rylan, Carla Scaletti, Laetitia Sonami, Bev Stanton (Arthur Loves Plastic), Keiko Uenishi (o.blaat), Pamela Z

For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit:
http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-4673-9

Pink Noises is also available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Noises-Women-Electronic-Music/dp/0822346737/

Reviews:

"Tara Rodgers's examination of women as central figures in the creative processes of twenty-first-century art and music is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of music in our hyper-connected and hyper-post-everything contemporary life." - Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky)

"Pink Noises is an excellent addition to a still-too-short shelf of anthologies that compile composer interviews such as Soundpieces by Cole Gagne and William Duckworth's Talking Music. Like Gagne and Duckworth, Rodgers heeds no boundaries, venturing across styles and genres... I'm hoping for a sequel." - Christopher DeLaurenti, The Stranger (Seattle)

Thank You

This is just so lovely and wanted to share it with you all.
I had the pleasure of hosting She Keeps Bees recently while they were here on their European Tour. If you get the opportunity to see them you won't be disappointed, I have very high hopes for these two... They will be playing tonight as part of Local a night curated/created by the wonderful Howard Monk at SXSW, if you happen to be there go check em out!
On anther note, popped into my neighbours the other evening and Rob introduced me to the sounds of Esbjorn Svensson Trio, amazing Jazz but with a twist, currently on rotation while I am editing new films.

War on the Streets of Bow

So just sitting here listening to some great music a la Morricone, from the soundtrack to the Italian show/film Danger Diabolik which was kindly sent to me by a friend, when all hell kicks off in the neighbourhood, fire bombs and a large group of guys brandishing sticks and shouting at one another, along with smashing everything in their way!
As much as I know I am living in the ghetto it feels all too much like there needs to be a little more cohesion in these parts.....
with the whirring of police helicopters in the sky, I could almost picture myself in downtown LA and not Bow East London!

I love my neighbourhood and love my home even though it is often feels a bit edgy its part of the attraction and fuels the creativity although at times I crave the peace and quiet of rolling green hills and possibly the sea. And at times I think it may be time to quit the city to find pastures new, peace and quiet....

But as I watch the smoke disappear into the night sky and view the flashing lights of an ambulance, fire brigade and police cars from my window, I do wonder would I really want to trade this in for something a little quieter??