Geologist, librettist and adventurer in sound and music, Dr Peter Zinovieff was the first person to own a home computer – or rather a computer at home, as his huge device is unrecognizable from the ...

Returning to New York City for a third consecutive year, we presented a month-long festival that explored and celebrated the city’s rich cultural heritage while simultaneously spotlighting the modern ...

The Red Bull Music Academy Festival Paris returned to the French capital for the third straight year, following 2016’s inaugural edition of the festival and RBMA Paris 2015 before that. From September ...

Red Bull Music Academy was founded to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and inspiration between influential music-makers and up-and-coming artists representing different backgrounds, genres and ...

In the early ’70s, Michael Rother quit Kraftwerk, a move that may seem insane if not for his going on to take part in several seminal krautrock bands which influenced the likes of Brian Eno, David ...

The New York Times called Steve Reich “our greatest living composer.” Experienced in the field of Western classical, Reich managed to transcend regional and cultural boundaries, incorporating ...

For the 20th anniversary of Red Bull Music Academy in 2018, we headed back to the city where it all started. Berlin is a city that’s stayed close to our hearts since RBMA’s first edition back in 1998 ...

As part of the Red Bull Music Academy World Tour 2011, five hip-hop legends – each representing one of the five boroughs of New York, the birthplace of hip-hop – took to the couch over five days, ...

Every year, artists from around the world came together in a different host city to learn from musical luminaries – and each other – and collaborate in custom-built studios. Many Academy alumni went ...

Liberation of soul and mind is essential to the work of Devonté Hynes. Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in East London, Hynes has called New York City home for close to a decade. A musical ...

He may have pioneered electro-rap with “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, but Arthur Baker’s career has encompassed virtually every genre with a groove. Beginning in his native ...

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