Articles, Interviews, & Reviews:

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Gettin Jiggy With Stravinsky

Erin Belling, The Wake Magazine

J. Anthony Allen's thick textures and intense bursts of rhythm morphed from intense soundscapes
to an exhilarating ...more...

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U Music School Gets Wired for Sound

Chris Roberts, Minnesota Public Radio

St. Paul, Minn. - J. Anthony Allen's sound installations are like an aural hallucinogen. They have a pleasurably disorienting, even slightly disturbing effect inside your head. Allen is a ...more...

Full Article: Minnesota Public Radio Website
Link to radio broadcast audio: Real Player

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Fox TV Morning News

Greater Minnesota

Fox News in Minnesota did a 4 segment special on the Spark Festival. Brian Sacawa performers parts of Hyperacusis, and J. is interviewed about his earlier work, Firewire.

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WBZ/CBS News Radio--Boston

Boston, MA.

Interview by Jon Maclean about virtual instruments for their technology segment.

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Minneapolis: Building Digital Bridges

New Music Box, Justin Schell

Composer J. Anthony Allen, the festival's assistant director, believes, "You can go to plenty of electronic music festivals in the United States, some very good ones...more...

Full article: NewMusicBox

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Website Helps People Name That Tune

Jeannine Aquino, Minnesota Daily

It's one of life's little annoyances: the elusive title to that one song thatÕs been running through your head for the past week. ...more...

Full Article: MN Daily Website

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Spark Festival highlights musicians, kindles new interest

Minnesota Daily, Keri Carlson

In the 1980 film "Fame," Bruno Martelli stands apart from his fellow musician classmates. The others play traditional orchestral instruments such as violins, cellos, trumpets, clarinets ...more...

Full Article: MN Daily Website

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Computer Music Journal

SPARK: Review of third annual Spark Festival

Review of third Spark festival by A. William Smith in the Computer Music Journal.

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Full Article: MIT website

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Just think of it as jazz with a clang, a bang and fritz lang

Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, Ross Raihala, pop music critic

When Electropolis performs a live score for Fritz Lang's iconic silent film "Metropolis" on Sunday, the band will provide surround-sound the old-fashioned way. ...more...

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SPARK again, this weekend

University of Minnesota News

Unconventional musical devices will rule this weekend on the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis...more...

Full Article: UMN News

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Music festival with electronic ties

University of Minnesota News, Pauline Oo

What do you get when you shake and punch a boom box? Well, if it's been tinkered with and modified, you could get some really cool electronic music. ...more...

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