Foxy Digitalis
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Type of site | Online music magazine |
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| Available in | English |
| Created by | Brad Rose[1] |
| URL | foxydigitalis |
| Launched | 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
Foxy Digitalis is an online music magazine.[2][3][4] Aquarium Drunkard have called it "an online publication exploring the deepest corners of experimental music, they continue a project that has existed in various forms since the mid-1990s."[5]
History[edit]
Foxy Digitalis originally started as a music zine in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1996.[4][6] Rose launched the Foxy Digitalis website with his wife, Eden Hemming, when the two relocated from Tulsa to Seattle in 2003.[7][8] The site published reviews, interviews, and essays related to underground an experimental music, until ceasing publication in 2013.[9][10] Pitchfork wrote; "Since 2003, the webzine and its 40-plus writers have exposed a wide range of experimental music, and fostered a community of international artists and labels trading homemade cassettes and limited-run LPs."[11] The site relaunched in 2021.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Hill, Eric (29 June 2007). "The North Sea Exquisite Idols". Exclaim!.
Tulsa, OK native Brad Rose is king of all things foxy and/or digital, running two labels (Digitalis and Foxglove) and a webzine (Foxy Digitalis), and whenever a slow warm night comes along, recording a foxy digital disc.
- ^ Flotsa, Brian (2016). The Politics of Post-9/11 Music: Sound, Trauma, and the Music Industry in the Time of Terror (1 ed.). Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781317020264. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "About". Foxy Digitalis.
- ^ a b "Marisa Anderson With Country Wifi and Robbie Wing X Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Foxy Digitalis". Tulsa Artists Fellowship. 7 November 2022.
He created Foxy Digitalis to give space to those working at the edges of experimental music, beginning as a print zine in 1996 and eventually evolving into an online platform in 2003. It became a vital alternative to other publications and media, eschewing much of the gatekeeping and elitism that exists as a barrier for many artists to get their work heard and considered. After an eight-year hiatus, the site returned in January 2021 to again champion artists working on the fringes of experimental music, continuing to embody the DIY ethos and asserting its place in the outsider art tradition.
- ^ a b Locke, Jesse (15 November 2021). "Charlatan :: The Blades". Aquarium Drunkard.
With the recent relaunch of Foxy Digitalis, an online publication exploring the deepest corners of experimental music, they continue a project that has existed in various forms since the mid-1990s.
- ^ "The Tape Label Report, July 2022". Bandcamp. 1 August 2022.
- ^ Pequeno, ZE (31 January 2013). "Foxy Digitalis ends publication, will merge with Decoder next month". Tiny Mix Tapes.
Initially a dead tree zine from the late 90s created by Brad Rose, he resurrected the zine with his newly-wedded wife Eden Hemming after they moved to Seattle, this time using the web as the means of publication to maintain lower costs and keep things current.
- ^ Burns, Tod (12 February 2012). "Label of the month: Digitalis Recordings". Resident Advisor.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (9 December 2009). "Jack Rose, Versatile Master of the Guitar, Is Dead at 38". The New York Times.
In a 2007 interview that appeared on the Web site Foxy Digitalis (digitalisindustries.com/foxyd), Mr. Rose said much of his inspiration came from music of the pre-World War II era
- ^ "Foxy Digitalis and The Stool Pigeon shutting up shop". The Wire. 7 February 2013.
Both Rose's label Digitalis and the online Foxy Digitalis turn ten this year, and with a baby on the way and other time pressures Rose has made the decision to let Foxy Digitalis and its writers be absorbed into Decoder, in order to focus on the label.
- ^ "The End Is The Beginning". Condé Nast.