To celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, the Red Bull Music Academy has curated Conversations with masterminds and trailblazers in today\'s Music on their perspectives and strategies for success.
If you can imagine a place that\'s equal parts science lab, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and Kraftwerk\'s home studio, you\'re halfway there..
The Academy began back in 1998 and has been traversing the globe ever since: from Berlin, Cape Town, and S o Paulo to Barcelona, London, Toronto, New York, and beyond.
FEATURED CONVERSATIONS: Jo o Barbosa x Kalaf ngelo x Mulatu Astatke Bernard Purdie x Jaki Liebezeit Martyn Ware x Nile Rodgers Kerri Chandler x Patrick Adams Gareth Jones x Metro Area Carsten Nicolai x Olaf Bender x Uwe Schmidt Benny Ill x Moritz von Oswald Adrian Sherwood x Lee "Scratch" Perry Matias Aguayo x Sly & Robbie Ben UFO x DJ Harvey Cosey Fanni Tutti x Nik Void Modeselektor x Mykki Blanco Erykah Badu x The Underachievers Just Blaze x Paul Riser Robert Henke x Tom Oberheim ABOUT THE ACADEMY: The Red Bull Music Academy is a world-traveling series of Music workshops and festivals--a platform for those who make a difference in today\'s musical landscape.
Together with its stunning visual design by Chris Rehberger\'s agency Double Standards, the results make for one of the most insightful publications on the current state of Music and the Music industry.
In a similar fashion, For the Record also explores topics that include live performance, instruments/interfaces, conceptualism, drumming, rhythm, and many more.
Those familiar with Perry\'s unique worldview will not be disappointed by this surprising and funny conversation.
Jamaican visionary Lee "Scratch" Perry is paired with UK dub producer Adrian Sherwood.
DJ Harvey and Ben UFO, two different generations of DJs, talk about the good old days, the present day, and the uncertain future of selecting records for a living.
Erykah Badu, one of neo-soul\'s defining voices, shares career advice and psychedelic wisdom with up-and-coming New York rap duo The Underachievers.
For the Record includes Conversations between luminaries such as Nile Rodgers and Martyn Ware--the forces behind some of the biggest tunes in disco and pop from the likes of Chic, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Madonna, The Human League, and Heaven 17--who compare notes on the best way to create chart-topping hits.
In the book For the Record, the leaders shaping the current musical landscape offer their insights on today\'s most relevant topics and how they will affect the evolution of Music production.
The Red Bull Music Academy is creating the future of Music by bringing the vanguard of the industry together.
To celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, the Red Bull Music Academy has curated Conversations with masterminds and trailblazers in today\'s Music on their perspectives and strategies for success
