Musician: Use Technology To Make NY Subway Turnstiles Sing
Should a beep be replaced by a series of notes? (photo by Susan NYC via flickr)An off-the-cuff idea about re-tuning subway turnstiles is--pun alert!--striking a chord in New York.Musical legend David...
View ArticleJames Murphy On 'Betrayal,' Producing Arcade Fire, And Despacio
When Brooklyn dance band LCD Soundsystem hung up its hat in 2011, few thought that frontman James Murphy would be quiet for long. And in the years since, he’s been busy with all kinds of things, like...
View ArticleYour Subway Commute Unlikely To Become a Sonic Delight Anytime Soon
The sound you hear when you swipe a MetroCard is more of a toneless beep than anything approaching music. But former LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy is on a quixotic quest to change that."It's a...
View ArticleElizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” & a Musician Tries to Transform the New York...
Elizabeth Gilbert's huge bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" was created with lots of hard work and a little bit of fairy dust — which she's happy to sprinkle in your direction. Also, James Murphy of LCD...
View ArticleInterview: James Murphy Dreams of a Subway Symphony
James Murphy is best known as the brains behind LCD Soundsystem, a New York band that for a decade married vintage synth sounds with dance rhythms, krautrock and punk. Since the band's final show in...
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