Deru
10 Ambient and Classical Records That Shaped CFCF and Jean-Michel Blais’ Music
From Alice Coltrane to a 70s Polish symphony, the Montreal artists share some of their favorite albums.
The Echo Society Is Pushing Classical Music into the Future
The LA ensemble's unique aural-visual performances are as likely to be inspired by Aphex Twin as they are by Mahler, featuring the likes of Chelsea Wolfe and The Haxan Cloak.
How Producers Are Breaking the Bland Limits of Plain Black Vinyl
Black vinyl is boring. For Record Store Day, we look at how artists like Shlohmo, Giraffage and Matthew Dear are pushing the boundaries of what a record should look like.
Why Taylor Swift is Wrong About the Value of Free Music
Taylor Swift's insistence that artists value their work by not giving music away for free is hopelessly outdated.
Deru's 'The Future Never Comes': The Strange Loop of Techno-Anxiety
Also: a strange and wonderful new way of releasing music, the Obverse box.
A Modern Day Time Capsule: "1979," the New Album and Interactive Website from Deru
The experimental composer wants to explore the different sides of nostalgia, and he made an album and a time capsule website to do it.
A Modern Day Time Capsule: "1979," The New Album And Interactive Website From Deru
A Q+A with Deru, whose interactive website includes user-submitted memories from the likes of Nigel Godrich, Amon Tobin, and How To Dress Well.