William Basinski played his Disintegration Loops on a Revox G36 held together with D batteriesMusic linernotes album music
Visions won a Juno and landed Oblivion on Pitchfork's best-of-decade listMusic linernotes album music
Virgin marketed the Dukes of Stratosphear as a lost 60s band — they were XTCMusic linernotes album music
The Jimi Hendrix Experience cut Axis: Bold as Love at Olympic Studios in London over five months in 1967Music linernotes album music
The Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main actMusic linernotes album music
The Dukes of Stratosphear was XTC in psychedelic disguise — funny names includedMusic linernotes album music
The Disintegration Loops happened because old tape disintegrated during transferMusic linernotes album music
Ronnie Montrose, Leon Ndugu Chancler, and José Chepito Areas appear on Herbie Hancock's OstinatoMusic linernotes album music
Reach for the Dead was the lead single from Boards of Canada's Tomorrow's HarvestMusic linernotes album music
Neutral Milk Hotel recorded In the Aeroplane Over the Sea at Pet Sounds Studio in DenverMusic linernotes album music
Mwandishi is Swahili for 'the composer' — Herbie Hancock's first departure from traditional jazz.Music linernotes album music
Labradford's 'By Chris Johnston, Craig Markva, Jamie Evans' scored The Young Pope.Music linernotes album music
John McClure produced Bruno Walter's New World Symphony for Columbia MasterworksMusic linernotes album music
Jimi Hendrix lost the stereo master for Axis: Bold as Love and had to re-mix itMusic linernotes album music
Illinois was the second state in Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Project — which he later called a gimmickMusic linernotes album music
Herbie Hancock recorded Mwandishi at Wally Heider Studios in San FranciscoMusic linernotes album music
Grimes recorded Visions on GarageBand in her Montreal apartment over three weeksMusic linernotes album music
George Clinton told Eddie Hazel to play the 'Maggot Brain' solo as if his mother had just died.Music linernotes album music
Donald Byrd recorded Black Byrd across two sessions at The Sound Factory in HollywoodMusic linernotes album music
Butch Vig produced Nevermind, Andy Wallace gave it the radio-friendly mixMusic linernotes album music
Bruno Walter recorded Dvorak's New World Symphony at American Legion Hall in HollywoodMusic linernotes album music
Black Byrd's title inspired Donald Byrd's apprentice group, The BlackbyrdsMusic linernotes album music
Bella Union was founded by Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde and Robin GuthrieMusic linernotes album music
Alva Noto is Carsten Nicolai, born in 1965 in what was then Karl-Marx-StadtMusic linernotes album music
Alva Noto co-founded Raster-Noton, an experimental label that won a Golden NicaMusic linernotes album music