Goldfrapp's detour to a secret garden From Boston Globe ESSENTIAL "A & E" There is an adjustment period of about 30 seconds necessary when listening to Goldfrapp's radically new musical incarnation. What keeps "Seventh Tree" from lapsing into music for looming by is Goldfrapp and Gregory's inventive instrumentation, which harvests the warmth of electronic pop and marries it organically to acoustic instruments.

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Share Your Work: ( voai ) [Minimalist Dark Ambient, Experimental ... From createdigitalnoise.com// At any rate, time passed and my ambient music evolved into ( voai ): my own escape to an hadean waterworld, my own way of making a journey through time and space to reach the vast underworlds and the huge expanses of space. I worked on a demo titled "Lymniis" about a year ago, and on a mini-single back in August titled "Alogotoxo". This is "Oosterscheldekering", and although its titled is based on one of the most impressive man-made miracles, it is the implications of the size and setting...

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Bullhorns and Balance in DC From Washington Post I introduced the bill as a way to strike a balance between the right to enjoy peace and quiet at home and the right to make noise in public. The bill would close a loophole that makes the District the only major U.S. city with no limits on noncommercial amplified noise. As Cheh and I worked to fix the loophole, we listened to complaints about noise from residents across the city. The bill that came before the council has the support of civic associations across the city that represent the...

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John McLaughlin: Acid Jazz From Jazz.com Ironically, I don't know if this tune really qualifies as "acid jazz." From what I understand, acid jazz is sort of a soul-funk retro music that may feature some ambient electronics and even a DJ's vocals. What we do have is a multi-part long-form jam based upon the "Acid Jazz" melody introduced on the previous Heart of Things album.

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Ambient Findability and the “Semantic Web” From www.blogzinger.com According to Peter Morville, we are "at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet" however as he sees it, "the user experience is out of control," and "findability" will become the real story moving forward. Business intelligence systems, such as software built to find and sort based on patterns, will need to bring together taxonomies and tags so that browsing and search complement one another and enhance the user experience.

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