1859-1860Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election, setting the scene for the outbreak of the American Civil War at the start of 1861 German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine. Japanese Chief Minister Ii Naosuke is assassinated by samurai outside the Sakurada …
The story you may have heard about the birth of sound recording goes something like this; Thomas Edison, alone in the lab after a hard day’s work, manages to record a recital of “Mary Had A Little Lamb” onto a wax cylinder. You may have even think you have heard the recording, but you haven’t. …
2016 was, by all accounts, a bit of a rough year. In terms of music, though, it will probably be better-remembered. Tracklist 0:00:00 David Bowie – Lazarus 0:03:13 Ian William Craig – Contain (Astoria Version) 0:04:26 Buz Ludzha – Basslines For Life 0:06:32 Nadia Rose – Skwod 0:09:13 Yussef Kamaal – Strings of Light 0:11:55 …
