Linkage: September 7, 2007

- Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose unique, pristine voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71. R.I.P.

- Textura.org has a great interview with dub techno producers Rod Modell and Stephen Hitchell. The duo have recently released four 12-inch volumes of The Coldest Season and a corresponding full-length under the ‘Deepchord presents: Echospace' guise.

- British CD & vinyl outlet Juno Records has now a branch in Germany due to high vinyl sales in DE.

- Felix Da Housecat’s new album Virgo Blaktro and the Movie Disco will be realeased October 2nd, and features the new single "Something 4 Porno".

- Codswallop has a list of 101 tools that will allow you to convert just about anything - from old and audio tapes and vinyl, to CDs, video, images and more.

- Richie Hawtin's 1996 minimal series Concept 1 gets a re-release this month backed by a second CD of Thomas Brinkmann remixes.