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The Boston University Arts Initiative collaborated with BU Gaming Club on Friday to host a Minecraft block party DJed by DJ Zander in a virtual replica of the Tsai Performance Center. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU arts, gaming join forces to host Minecraft block party

Molly Farrar December 9, 2020
BU student, "DJ Zander," performed in the Tsai Performance Center on Friday, but the event wasn’t held in a building. Instead, he played in a Minecraft replica of the auditorium.
Miley Cyrus released her studio album “Plastic Hearts” on Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Miley Cyrus’ ‘Plastic Hearts’ takes musical samples and leaps

David Simon November 29, 2020

“Plastic Hearts,” released Friday, represents a return to form for Miley Cyrus. For the past decade, she had cycled genres between albums — from the hip-hop stylings on 2013’s “Bangerz”...

The Boston Music Awards, which highlights musicians throughout the Commonwealth, will announce this year’s winners on the award show’s website on Dec. 11. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Local musicians gear up for annual Boston Music Awards, now digital

Nicole Bartuch November 12, 2020
There’s no tribute to talent quite like an awards show, and in terms of local talent, look no further than the upcoming Boston Music Awards, which will highlight musicians throughout the Commonwealth.
Courses in Boston University teach students how to create manipulated sounds with the goal of producing certain emotions in their listeners. COURTESY OF PEAKPX

BU courses aim to teach understanding of music, sound from a scientific lens

Sarah Readdean February 20, 2020
People constantly categorize their interests and strengths into polarized spheres of science or art, but these disciplines aren’t as separate as one may think, and understanding of one can be advantageous in the practice of the other, professors say.
“Collapse,” the latest album by electronic musician Richard James, known by his alias “Aphex Twin,” released Sept. 14. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: Aphex Twin’s new EP experiments with style, deviates from his strange norm

Kai Hellberg September 16, 2018
Aphex Twin's new album “Collapse EP” will prove any doubts about their legacy wrong. By today’s standards, this EP is extremely outlandish.
Nosaj Thing demonstrates his work at the Apple Store on Boylston Street Tuesday. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus DJs spin stigma on Macbook musicianship

Steve Friedman April 9, 2015

The stigma surrounding electronic musicians such as Skrillex is nothing new. They get on stage, the stereotype goes, then press play, dance around and their job is done — there’s nothing else to it....

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