Ellen Fullman’s Elemental View: a 100-stringed instrument creates endless possibilities

Ellen Fullman’s Elemental View: a 100-stringed instrument creates endless possibilities

Fullman’s unprecedented compositions feel more like magic than science. Ellen Fullman’s long-string instrument is the stuff of legend. Developed in the early ’80s, it consists of roughly 100 90-foot strings and is generally played by walking the length of said strings, rubbing them with rosin-coated fingers. The experience of hearing it in person has been…

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Malibu on making Vanities, being inspired by Enya

Malibu on making Vanities, being inspired by Enya

Beat Construction: How Malibu made her ambient heaven on Vanities The French artist’s long-awaited debut album is effortlessly engaging. By Jordan Darville Malibu. Photo by Igor Pjörrt.   The FADER’s longstanding series Beat Construction interviews today’s most crucial producers and their craft. “I could never do a beat,” Malibu says. “If somebody had a gun…

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Corridos Ketamina’s deep-fried outlaw music

Corridos Ketamina’s deep-fried outlaw music

The California/Phoenix duo want to start a multi-cultural movement with their new take on regional Mexican sounds. The premise was simple and tongue in cheek: “Let’s make the first corrido about doing K.” The idea wasn’t entirely unprecedented; the corrido, a form of Mexican regional music that dates back at least as far as the…

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