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Getting down in D-town

(12/01/00 5:00am)

As Recess music editors and two of the biggest music fans at Duke, we set out to discover Durham's music scene. We picked up a copy of the Independent Weekly, turned toward the back and found the listings for live music in Durham: a Monday open mic night, Wednesday night traditional Irish music at the James Joyce and a weekend stocked with jazz. How were we ever going to balance our demanding coursework with the time it would take to research this thriving scene?



Jega

(11/03/00 5:00am)

Although he employs the same synthesizers and drum machines used by top DJs, Jega makes music for mathematicians, not for party kids. And anyone who's uncomfortable with the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality might be ill at ease with Jega's transient random-noise bursts.


Laurent Garnier

(11/03/00 5:00am)

In the world of dance music, Laurent Garnier is a grandaddy. While today's Duke students were in diapers, Garnier was spinning acid house at the Hacienda, the legendary Manchester, England, club where electronic music blew up before almost anywhere else. His career as a DJ and producer has lasted and thrived through countless fads. Laurent Garnier knows what's legitimate and what's rubbish--and much of what he hears today is rubbish.







Check your head

(10/06/00 4:00am)

How does a band follow up two consecutive near-perfect albums? In Radiohead's case, they make an album that is far from perfect but only adds to their reputation as perhaps the most important band of the moment. Kid A is the sound of Radiohead flirting with the boundaries of their ability; sometimes they score, sometimes they don't.