Some places you might want to go next.

bands and musicians

Composer and sound designer Heather Perkins has been a fixture of the home-taper underground since the 1980s, and is half of Slaw.

Successor to well-known 80s pop band Game Theory, the Loud Family are required listening for anyone interested in quirky, intelligent pop.

They're funny, they're catchy, and I need to make this description longer than their band name or the formatting won't work. Hm, still not long enough. How about now? Cool.

You've probably heard of Switched-On Bach, but synthesis pioneer Carlos has far more interesting albums, such as the microtonal extravaganza Beauty In The Beast, and a web site full of interesting articles and other neat stuff. Check it out.

Musicians, sound artists, and provocateurs working with recycled audio. This is a link to the artists page, but you should definitely have a gander at the rest of the site as well.

Your musical amphibians.

Home of electronic musician James Potter and his thirteen luscious drones.

Bay area pop-slinger, former drummer for Hyaa!, current drummer for The Orange Peels.

music resources

Outstanding sound-mangling freeware, courtesy of Tom Erbe. If you use a Mac and work with audio, you need this.

Purveyors of Max, MSP, and other outstanding computer music software.

music writing

glenn mcdonald's unique and long-running music review column appears every Thursday like clockwork.

mr. pathetic keeps you informed. There's a comprehensive list of hidden tracks in there somewhere.

Lactose and music from the nation's dairyland.

record stores

Their CDemusic division is the most comprehensive source for historically significant electronic music I know of, and there's plenty more at this site.

The cutest little record store on the web makes the world a little safer for independent musicians.

visual arts

Our sister site, home of Josie Porter and her amazing assemblages.

Superb high-resolution scans of the work of Richard M. Powers, the brilliant science fiction illustrator.