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(11/29/07 5:00am)
In less than a year, Trent Reznor has released his remix album of Year Zero just like Further Down the Spiral was released after The Downward Spiral in the mid '90s.\nIf you were expecting Reznor to recreate the magic of FDtS you're going to be let down. FDtS was remixed by Reznor himself to be what he felt Downward Spiral should have been. Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d is basically the same songs from Year Zero remixed by bands and artists such as The Faint, Kronos, New Order, and Saul Williams - many which have nothing close to the same musical sounds as Nine Inch Nails.\nThe result is a collection of electronic and disco tracks, with some hip hop flavor mixed in. Basically, everything that Reznor stood against when he began creating music is now what his songs have been turned into. While there are some tracks that stand out and still have that NIN aura, the rest sound like everything but Reznor, with almost no similarity to what you would imagine of a Nine Inch Nails track. However, a lot of this could be due to the fact once Trent Reznor got sober his music got somber.\nWhile the album itself isn't amazing, there is a redeeming feature. Reznor was able to convince Universal (the owners of his works) to release a DVD full of the master tracks to Year Zero in various formats for Mac and PC so that the fans can remix the tracks themselves. Reznor has even offered to host the remixes on his site so they can be downloaded by other fans. While this has caused some legal hassles with Universal, Reznor has always been a fan of innovation. It will be interesting to see if the next "Reznor" is out among the masses.
(07/19/07 12:22am)
The Festival Jazz Orchestra performed in front of an enthusiastic audience on Tuesday night at the Musical Arts Center auditorium as part of the Jacobs School of Music’s Summer Music Festival.\nConducted by professor David Baker, the orchestra was a reunion of IU faculty and students. \nBefore the concert, Baker spoke about the hardest part of rehearsing and preparing for the performance.\n“Time. Time to find time. So many things to be done,” he said. “There is an insatiable search for rest.”\nJazz music is Baker’s niche, he said. \n“Jazz is the synonym for who I am.”\nWorking with IU, his alma mater, Baker said he gives his best performances in front of friends and family.\n“It’s nice to be in the comforts of home perpetually,” he said.\nNick Stoneberger recently moved to Bloomington after eight years in Montreal, which features a large music scene with many renown names. Stoneberger lived three blocks from many venues in Montreal that featured free concerts and said he believes IU has a good environment for music.\n“IU does a good job of getting the word out,” he said. “The amount of music is comparable to Montreal.”\nThe concert itself featured music from composers such as Herbie Hancock, as well as solo performances. IU graduate and baritone saxophone player Ed Renz said the solos were all improvised.\n“Anytime you saw someone standing up, it was improvised,” he said.\nIU alumnus Roland Barber played trombone in the concert, while his twin brother Rahsaan, a saxaphone player, watched from the audience.\nRahsaan said he enjoyed watching his brother play and gave him a hug after the show.\n“I’ve got his back; he’s got mine,” he said. “You see your potential. Somebody with the same capabilities and passions. We feed off of each other.”\nStella Barber, mother of Roland and Rahsaan, said she was pleased with the concert.\n“It is nice to see (jazz) masterfully constructed by wonderfully centered people,” she said. “I enjoy hearing the grandness of the music and the nobleness of the musicians.”\nBaker said she believed the performance was great but was happy it was over after the long weeks of rehearsal.\n“It’s a relief, but a good relief,” he said. “They rose to the challenge.” \nThe Summer Music Festival began June 17 and continues through Aug. 4. In addition to the jazz concert, the Musical Arts Center will feature many classical performances and musicals, including L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love), in the near future. For more information on the Summer Music Festival, visit http://music.indiana.edu.
(05/31/07 1:34am)
The Buskirk-Chumley Theater will host its monthly art gallery reception Friday featuring photography by IU research scientist Kagan Tuncay.\nThe reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., and his work will be on display until June 29, according to www.buskirkchumley.org.. \nOriginally from Ankara, Turkey, Tuncay received his doctorate in engineering from Texas A&M in 1995. He has since taught in Turkey and Texas and worked as a researcher in Bloomington and Holland. Although his research job in Bloomington was originally temporary, his love for the town brought him back in 2003. \n“Bloomington is a comfortable place to live,” he said. “Finding a place to live in Holland is a challenge.”\nTuncay’s debut exhibit is titled “Southern Indiana Landscape.” His familiarity with the area led him to create his exhibit entirely of photos that were taken within approximately 40 miles of Bloomington.\n“If you go to Arizona, it’s just a snapshot,” he said. “You take the best photos in places you know.”\nHe said his work in fields like geoscience, chemistry and computational biology have also been a driving force for some of the ideas in his photography.\n“I am obsessed with angles and lines,” Tuncay said. “I try to pay attention to the location of clouds.”\nAshley Robison, gallery coordinator of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, said Tuncay’s photos have a classic look.\n“There is an Old Hollywood style, but applied to landscapes.”\nHis work as a photographer started when he was a child in Turkey, where he would develop his own photos at home. When he became a doctoral student, he no longer had time to continue with photography. But now, because his job offers him flexible hours, he has time to shoot photos in the morning, evening, or on weekends, he said.\nTuncay said that if he had the opportunity to become a professional photographer, he would be fine with settling for less money than he makes now, but expressed concern that it may not be a feasible way to make a living for other reasons.\n“I haven’t tested the market; I may be too conservative to try it,” he said. \nThis exhibit exemplifies his current stage in his life, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to move to the next one.\n“I had some idea (of what) I wanted to accomplish before I move on to the next project,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out the next one.” One of his dreams, for instance, is to travel to Nepal, he said.\nHe has been interested in opening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater because he photographed the theater, and his photo won second place in the Monroe County Postcard Contest. He donated a print of it to the Theater, where all artwork from that contest is on display and for sale.\nFor more information on the gallery or upcoming events at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, visit www.buskirkchumley.org.