David Russel

The Ministry of Sound brand is famous for compiling high-quality dance and club music, and 21st Century Disco is no exception. The compilation brings together various artists and DJs from the dance and electronic music scene, mixing classic disco hits with modern house beats, funk, and electronic rhythms. The album’s title reflects its dual approach, combining the nostalgic influence of 1970s disco with the contemporary club culture of the early 2000s. The compilation provides a modern reimagining of the disco sound, often with remixes and updated versions of classic tracks, while still retaining the groove and energy that made disco such an iconic genre.

Green Mars is the second album release from Viriditas. Like it's predecessor Green Mars is loosely based on the events of the book of the same name by author Kim Stanley Robinson. The music portrays events and emotions drawn from the multitude of characters in the expansive and inspiring book, from the teenage runaway Nirgal on his journey of exploration and self discovery, to the scientist Sax Russel, a diminutive introvert quietly working out a way to thwart the plans of the blundering planetary government.

New and somewhat cheaper version of this box set first released in 2007, in only slightly less elaborate packaging. It is certainly surprising that until now an exhaustive recognition of the work of Charlotte Moorman has not been undertaken. The cellist can be numbered among the most charismatic and influential protagonists to have appeared on the avant-garde or experimental music scenes since the early '60s. A documentation of her activities as a performer is generally available only in various catalogues which document the crucial intersection with the work of Nam June Paik, or the association with manifestations and events connected with the so exquisitely realistic gestures of the Fluxus movement. To have accepted the transformation of herself into a "living icon" through the works realized in collaboration with Paik, has perhaps contributed to obscure a part of her individuality.