Lou Reed's relationship with the rock 'n' roll press was never an easy one. After the release of Metal Machine Music in July 1975, it was much, much worse. Time hasn't healed, salvaged, redeemed or ...

Here experimental music ensemble Zeitkratzer offer an interpretation of Lou Reed's noise opus Metal Machine Music. Scoring the crazed feedback for strings and horns, they offer a new way to hear ...

Matmos had to burp the pump. The electronic music duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel, a Johns Hopkins assistant professor of English, were in Chicago going through the sound check for their concert ...

Lou Reed has collaborated with artists Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun for a special project called the Metal Machine Trio: ‘The Creation of the Universe.’ This audio installation is a modern ...

Lou Reed had Metal Machine Music. Musician and inventor Martin Molin has Marble Machine Music. Molin, who is a member of Swedish musical act Wintergatan, has designed a gigantic machine that is an ...

Ever caught yourself vibing to a slot machine’s beat? That’s no accident. Today’s slots feature full-on sound design—hip-hop beats, emotional cues, and psychological hooks—all engineered to keep you ...