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TEN YEARS, a strange loop… Echo-system. MCD magazine originated from our passion for electronic music: free parties, raves, sound-systems, clubbing… The editorial staff took root in this fertile ground, where musicians experimented with free culture and collaborative performances, mixing technological development with artistic creation. From home studios, we followed the creative development of emerging digital art, from DJs to VJs, from Live AV to WJ (webjaying), from Net art t...

Available on newsstands and on MCD's website December 13th. bilingual French / English 132 pages, 9 euros ART DIGGERS: TREASURES FROM THE WEB If, around a street corner, you happen to be hooked by a piece of street-art, the internet artists should equally surprise you when you surf the web. The network has become an essential space for creation where one can discover audio, visual, generative and interactive art, collaborative practices, telepresence projects… Artists ...

International Digital Festivals Guide French / english Available on our website Edito Festivals at the heart of digital creation For the sixth edition of this guide, we have chosen to feature on the front cover an enigmatic character encountered from festival to festival, riding his fluorescent scooter through the night. Who is this Blue Rider? Where does he come from? Where is he going? We met him at Elektra in Montreal and Mapping in Geneva. He leaves a luminous, poetic trail be...

“Road to Ruin”, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 2008, by Stanley Greene. Exclusive article from MCD magazine:  The culture of green tech For his “E-waste Trail” project, the cofounder of Noor photo agency is traveling around the world on the trail of electronic waste. Faithful to his line of conduct: to document and inform in order to change attitudes. With his Chechen flag beret, small round sunglasses and heavy silver rings, Stanley Greene hasn’t aged, hasn&...

  This interview of Edwin Van der heide was published in our Live A/V special issue (available on MCD shop online) dedicated to audio-video performances. Can you tell us about your background, your influences and artistic references? I have studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. After the study I have developed a strong interest in expanding the term composition into composing space, composing environ- ments and composing interaction.
I’m especially interested...