https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/categories/artists/Latest entries for the category ArtistsenWed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Amidst the chaos of a world marked by seemingly permanent crisis, producer and composer Hinako Omori encourages us to tune back into the stillness of our natural surroundings. Although she was raised in London, Omori’s work is rooted in a respect for nature and tranquility that she ascribes more to…Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/In an era of hyper-connectivity, most musicians have wondered whether it’s possible to play music in real time with friends around the world. The enforced lockdowns of the COVID pandemic only made this idea more appealing, as in-person jamming became impossible and music makers were confined to their homes and…Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:36:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/When she’s in the studio, machìna’s primary goal is to write music that satisfies her own creative urges. But when she’s on the stage, she performs her personal, idiosyncratic creations with the dazzling presence of a pop star. In July 2023, she met with Ableton’s own Craig Schuftan in Berlin…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shapednoise-accept-no-compromise/A devotee of industrial music orienting towards the dark side of metal, techno and drum and bass, Italian-born Nino Pedone moved to Milan to study sound engineering in 2010, starting MindTrip Music with techno producers Ascion and D. Carbone. Dulled by the city’s music culture, Pedone relocated to Berlin 12…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:25:20 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shapednoise-accept-no-compromise/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Formed in 2015 by Brooklyn duo Brady Keehn and Melissa Scaduto, LA-based Sextile began life as an “occult-inspired” post-punk band, with the line-up quickly expanded through the addition of bassist Kenny Elkin and guitarist Eddie Wuebben. Initially compared to psychobilly surf rockers The Cramps, their album A Thousand Hands was…Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:26:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loraine-james-gentle-confrontation-and-forward-motion/Loraine James gets restless when she makes music. “Sometimes I get this spark. With an album I like to dedicate a few months to writing it and then move on. I don't like things sitting.” Perhaps this is why she’s been so active lately. The London producer has released three…Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:46:05 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loraine-james-gentle-confrontation-and-forward-motion/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Comprising Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin, electronic indie band MUNA first came to public attention in 2016 when their infectious single “I Know A Place” landed in the Billboard Adult Pop Top 40. Clearly not your everyday mainstream pop act, the trio’s brand of melancholy, hook-based synth-pop was…Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Bound by their techno roots and call-and-response rap phraseology, Detroit-bred HiTech is a collaboration between producers and vocalists King Milo, Milf Melly and DJ 47Chops. Despite their individualized takes on Motor City culture, they held a shared desire to create a new blueprint for the gritty ghettotech sub-genre and spent…Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:57:00 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-see-wayne-snow-in-songwriting-mode/Wayne Snow’s studio sessions are physical, expressive, and often a lot of fun. When he’s in songwriting mode, he deploys acting techniques to explore and recall his experiences, and teams up with a producer to resurface them into creative energy for his music. In March 2023, he and producer Golo…Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:09:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-see-wayne-snow-in-songwriting-mode/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/processed-realities-exploring-the-psychedelic-future-music-of-special-guest-dj-perila-and-ben-bondy/Looking back through the history of music, it’s often communities that incubate the most exciting developments in sound. Individual pioneers do exist and should not be disregarded, but most tangible musical movements are formed by people exchanging ideas and creatively spurring each other on. In the online era, these movements…Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:57:21 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/processed-realities-exploring-the-psychedelic-future-music-of-special-guest-dj-perila-and-ben-bondy/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/cloudchord-tending-the-bloom-bap-garden/The cover art for Cloudchord’s latest album, Bloom Bap, features a guitar with a neck that loops around and morphs into a branch, passing by a tree stump that doubles as a turntable. The trippy nighttime gardenscape is a fitting visual representation for Derek VanScoten’s music, in which lush layers…Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:08:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/cloudchord-tending-the-bloom-bap-garden/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/melati-esp-collaboration-worldwide/How do you improvise in real time with collaborators who are halfway across the globe? This tricky proposition confronted the trio Asa Tone – Melati Malay, Erin Rioux aka Tristan Arp, and Izak Jerasimo aka Kaazi – as they set up to play an all-remote 2020 edition of the New…Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:43:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/melati-esp-collaboration-worldwide/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/water-from-your-eyes-microtonal-indie-pop/“Life is horribly dark right now. And yet, it is not unfunny.” Finding humor in fatalism is the ethos behind offbeat indie-pop band Water from Your Eyes. Comprising Rachel Brown and Nate Amos, the duo began collaborating in 2016 having found common ground in the serene yet somber sounds of…Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:11:17 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/water-from-your-eyes-microtonal-indie-pop/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sg-lewis-bridge-to-the-underground/Sam Lewis doesn’t usually enjoy making music on his own. “It’s like going to the pub by yourself,” he explains. “It can be fun, I guess. But I find working with other people so much more exciting.” It’s not a surprising sentiment to hear from someone whose long list of…Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:21:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sg-lewis-bridge-to-the-underground/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ai-and-music-making-part-two-tomorrow-is-the-question/Listen to this article. This is Part 2 of our deep-dive into AI music-making. In Part 1, we learned what AI is; examined the challenges of applying AI technology to music-making; and explored uses of AI such as MIDI generation, timbral transfer, and analog modeling. In this second part, we’ll…Thu, 01 Jun 2023 15:19:56 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ai-and-music-making-part-two-tomorrow-is-the-question/ArtistsNews