2020-04-10

A New Compilation Celebrates the Futuristic Rave Music of the Late Colin Ward

A New Compilation Celebrates the Futuristic Rave Music of the Late Colin Ward

Outlet: Bandcamp Daily Author: Sam Goldner Published: April 10, 2020 URL: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/colin-ward-interview

Summary

Feature article timed to the release of Neotropical (Noumenal Loom, April 3, 2020), the posthumous Killd By compilation assembled by Isabel Barnes and Colin's collaborators. The piece profiles Colin's creative legacy and includes quotes from contributors and people who knew his work.

Key details from the article: - Isabel Barnes of Noumenal Loom (Rhode Island) assembled the compilation; described difficulty discussing Colin's work without thinking about the future of music. - Sam Goldner is the author. (Note: "Sam Goldner" should not be confused with "Sam Lefebvre" — separate journalists. Goldner covers Bandcamp Daily.) - Colin released music under: Killd By, alphabets, DJ POoLsiDe, Bangplay, phonebooks. - "Ward released music under numerous guises" — confirms the multi-project approach. - "More than forty albums between 2008 and 2013, releasing a new piece of work every three or four months" — this confirms the album-a-month project's scope and duration per Bandcamp Daily's reporting. - "Ward later passed away" — Bandcamp Daily is one of the few press outlets to provide biographical context on the circumstances of his death (as reported by web search summary; exact wording in article may vary).

Context

This is the longest-form Colin Ward profile published after his death by an outlet with national reach. It was tied to the Neotropical release, which brought his Killd By music to a wider experimental/electronic audience. It likely generated the highest traffic of any posthumous Colin press piece.

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