Music News Sigur Rós Drop Extra Orchestral Tour Dates After Selling Out in Record Time by Tammy Moir Sigur Rós fans, you asked, and they delivered – the Icelandic Post-Punk legends have added extra dates After their highly anticipated Australian orchestral tour sold out almost instantly, Secret Sounds…
News Pro Audio EastWest Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra by Oliver Ashby The sounds of magic and adventure, right under your fingers Do you dream of conducting and recording a vast orchestra of all of the obscure and interesting instruments you hear…
Music News Genesis Owusu is set to perform live with a full orchestra by Tom Disalvo Genesis Owusu will be flanked by 40-piece orchestras in Sydney and Brisbane for an upcoming concert series. Genesis Owusu is set to host a collaborative concert with the symphony orchestras…
Music News Politics An orchestra in Cardiff is under fire for cancelling a Tchaikovsky concert by Lochie Schuster Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are no longer playing music written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky due to the conflict in Ukraine. The world is piling bans on Russia at the moment, from…
Features Pro Audio Romanticism to Radiohead: the unlimited potential of string instruments by Josh Davies String instruments are some of the oldest and most popular instruments in history. Ranging from traditional Asian instruments, like the Erhu from China and Koto from Japan, to the electric…
Features Pro Audio Baroque, Beatles and beyond: exploring the impact of brass instruments by Josh Davies Brass instruments are capable of some of the most explosive effects of all instrument families. But, the members of the brass family are a diverse group of instruments that can…
News Pro Audio Spitfire launches Discover: a top-quality, yet affordable sample library by Dave Stano Spitfire Audio has recently released BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover, an affordable version of its high-quality orchestral sample library at a fraction of the cost. Discover offers 35 instruments and 47…
News A new supergroup led by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is set to re-score ‘Suspiria’ by Luke Haggart Horror movies and supergroups, two awesome things that can only work well together. This is exactly the point in mind for production company Hear My Eyes who are enlisting the…
News Meet the two Australians bringing classical music to the 21st century… with rubber chicken covers by Lara Smetannikov Classical music fans rejoice – your favourite pieces are being reinvented for the 21st century with “fun, humour and simplicity.” And it’s being revolutionised by two inventive violinists utilising the powerful…
Music Upcoming rapper? Matt Hsu has laid down the instrumental, now he just needs you by Stanley Widdison Brisbane multi-instrumentalist Matt Hsu needs your help for his latest and most ambitious project yet. His one-man Obscure Orchestra, that is made up of over 20 instruments, needs just one…
News Vinyl Watch the world’s first turntable orchestra scratch out a mind-blowing performance by Stanley Widdison The Panasonic Corporation has released a video of the world’s first full turntable orchestra in support of Japan’s Record Store Day. It’s not just a DJ with an orchestra, it’s…
Lists When a band isn’t enough: 7 times artists took it to the next level and toured with an orchestra by Freya McGahey Legendary DJ Pete Tong is touring Australia with a full orchestra and it triggered us to check in on which other acts across time have dared to take the stage…
News What would happen if your school band only played music by composers of colour? by Freya McGahey Music director of Spring Lake Middle School in Minnesota, Brian Lukkasson spoke to the NPR about the music program’s “commitment this year to only buy music from composers of [colour]”. The…
