The Best of the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York
From April 28th to May 31st we did our best to bring something special to a city that we love. Below we present just a sampling of the things that we created, documented or participated in while we were here. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
VIDEOS
A number of videos were either premiered during – or produced at – the Academy in New York.
Studio team member Four Tet explained his live set to participants.
Brian Eno spoke to us about his visual art.
FEATURES
We published a number of articles taken from our newspaper in New York, The Daily Note, over the course of the last month. Featuring some of the best music writers in the world, we attempted to cover the many music styles that have soundtracked New York over the years.
Michaelangelo Matos offered up an in-depth history of house music in New York.
Simon Reynolds described the enormous creative output of Brian Eno’s years in New York.
For PDF versions of all issues of The Daily Note, click here.
PHOTOS
Throughout the month that we were in New York, we captured images at every event that we curated in the city. Here are some of the best.
Pantha Du Prince presented the US premiere of The Bell Laboratory.
Trouble & Bass took the crown at the first NYC edition of Culture Clash.
Mykki Blanco took a well-deserved break backstage at That!
The top tier of dubstep pioneers reunited for a nose-tingling bassfest, more than 3,000 miles away from their London homebase.
Things got emotional at Brooklyn Museum when soul goddess Erykah Badu appeared live and up close to her fans in the flesh.
Academy team members Benji B and Just Blaze led us through a wild night at Deviation.
LECTURES
Our lecture couch was filled with musical heroes, innovators and cutting-edge acts like Brian Eno, Julia Holter, Rakim and many more.
Night Slugs boss Bok Bok spoke about his efforts to make un-human music.
We welcomed Philip Glass, one of America’s greatest living composers, to talk about his collaborations with Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, David Bowie and the underlying philosophy behind his work.
For more lectures from the Academy, click here.
RBMA RADIO
The team at RBMA Radio was busy capturing recordings from events, doing a live show each weekday from our NYC HQ and doing interviews for future Headphones Highlights and Fireside Chats throughout the Academy.
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the entire Academy was Giorgio Moroder’s debut live/DJ set in America.
Vatican Shadow was among the clutch of experimental giants that performed at our Drone Activity In Progress event.
DFA Records co-founder James Murphy was the dance conductor everyone was waiting for on his label’s 12th anniversary celebration.
Grammy award-winning production team J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League were among the Drum Majors stepping from behind the scenes into the spotlight at Knitting Factory.
For more radio shows from the Academy, click here.
