“It seemed like a performance from another dimension”, Studio stories from Butch Vig with Sonic Youth, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana

Garbage’s Butch Vig has produced some of the most important artists of the ’90s, including Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth and singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston. In Rolling Stone, Vig talks about a few of his most unforgettable moments in the studio. About recording “Theresa’s Sound-World,” from Sonic Youth‘s Dirty (DGC): “We turned the lights down […]

The summer of 2017 captured in pics and music moments

How is this summer working out for you? We show you the memorable moments of some of the artists that visit the Frequenzy stage and tell you where you can see them this summer. Mihael Hrustelj Trio went everywhere; from Taipei.. to Slovenia…     … The summer was the time of saying goodbye to […]

What is the function of music? Watch this creative eye-opener

Is it to there to communicate, to create a deeper meaning of it all, or is it some kind of soul food? It is for sure a question with many answers: What is the function of music? Animator and director Mac Premo asked this to composer and Radiolab producer Jad Abumrad. The interview became a creative […]

When inspiration hits you by accident

The story behind seventies classic  “American Woman” – You never know when inspiration hits you. Sometimes it can be a broken string on the right time on the right place. Watch this fabulous animated story on Vimeo about the birth of an iconic riff. Randy Bachman from The Guess Who tells how “American Woman” was […]