Ad Hoc is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between Ric Leichtung and Emilie Friedlander with music’s independent roots as its beating drum. The two founders were editors of a larger group, the former Altered Zones – a digital hub of 14 music blogs. Together, they are keen on underscoring the new grassroots and Internet-fueled DIY culture on the new site, adhoc.fm.
Altered Zones
Ad Hoc is a 100% independent, daily music and visual culture publication from…some of our favorite music bloggers, and active imaginations from all across our global grassroots community. – Ric Leichtung
Their world-wide community is composed of musicians and bloggers from Louisville, KY; Auckland, NZ; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; London, UK; Queens, NY; San Jose, Costa Rica; Berlin, Germany; Cambridge, UK and Brooklyn, NY. They need a place to call home on the interwebs for a new music hub. As of today, their Kickstarter has gone live. Take part in the community and help build adhoc.fm!
One of its radical ideas is empowering their audience to realize that materials to build anew are at their disposal. Adhoc.fm is the daily refinery for MP3s, videos, mixes, interviews, artist’s writings, and cultural commentary created by their trusted community of musicians, visual artists, writers and bloggers. In addition, they will also publish a digital and print quarterly zine that will include artwork and multi-media content. Here are some of the great ears and minds that hear and think alike:
Writing New Music
by pulplab5 on Jan 31, 2012 • 9:00 am No Commentswww.adhoc.fm
Ad Hoc is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between Ric Leichtung and Emilie Friedlander with music’s independent roots as its beating drum. The two founders were editors of a larger group, the former Altered Zones – a digital hub of 14 music blogs. Together, they are keen on underscoring the new grassroots and Internet-fueled DIY culture on the new site, adhoc.fm.
Altered Zones
Their world-wide community is composed of musicians and bloggers from Louisville, KY; Auckland, NZ; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; London, UK; Queens, NY; San Jose, Costa Rica; Berlin, Germany; Cambridge, UK and Brooklyn, NY. They need a place to call home on the interwebs for a new music hub. As of today, their Kickstarter has gone live. Take part in the community and help build adhoc.fm!
One of its radical ideas is empowering their audience to realize that materials to build anew are at their disposal. Adhoc.fm is the daily refinery for MP3s, videos, mixes, interviews, artist’s writings, and cultural commentary created by their trusted community of musicians, visual artists, writers and bloggers. In addition, they will also publish a digital and print quarterly zine that will include artwork and multi-media content. Here are some of the great ears and minds that hear and think alike:
Blogs: 20 Jazz Funk Greats*, Decoder, Dummy Magazine, International Tapes*, Mutant Sounds, No Pain In Pop, Visitation Rites*, Raven Sings The Blues, Rose Quartz*, and The Decibel Tolls*.
*Altered Zones
International Tapes
Visitation Rites
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Writers: Alex Bleeker (Real Estate, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks), Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches), Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Emil Amos (Holy Sons, Om), Emily Rose Epstien (Ty Segall), Jenn Pelly (Pitchfork, Village Voice), Jess Farkas (Future Shuttle), Kim Kelly (NPR, Brooklyn Vegan), Liz Pelly (Boston Phoenix), Maria Minerva, Marc Masters (Pitchfork, The Wire), Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy), James Leyland Kirby (The Caretaker), Justin Spicer (Tiny Mix Tapes), John Maus, Laurel Chartow, Taraka Larson (Prince Rama), and Todd P.
Artists have stood up and shown their support for Ad Hoc by donating unreleased tracks to their Kickstarter compilation including Balam Acab, Blondes, The Caretaker, Dan Lopatin, Ducktails, Emeralds, Grimes, How To Dress Well, Julia Holter, Julian Lynch, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Laurel Halo, Pictureplane, Pure X, Rhys Chatham, Sleep Over, Sun Araw, and dozens of others.
Tri Angle Records
Labels like Acephale, Captured Tracks, NNA Tapes, Not Not Fun, No Pain in Pop, Paw Tracks, RVNG Intl, Secretly Canadian, Software Records, Tri Angle, True Panther, Underwater Peoples, Warp, Woodsist, and loads more are all donating bundles for the Kickstarter.