Today I listened to a news story on NPR’s All Things Considered called Pantha Du Prince: Techno Music A Rock Fan Can Love. This story was to highlight the German producer’s latest production, “Black Noise.” A woman introduces the story by stating that an audience for indie rock and techno don’t mix. Michaelangelo Matos tells the story through a serious of one or two sentence facts amidst background music that is from Pantha Du Prince. In between each statement, a clip of the music is played alone. This patter occurs throughout the whole story while various aspects such as descriptions of the tracs, history, impact of the melody and how the CD is set up. Pantha has gained major name recognition for innovation with “Black Noise.” I liked the balance between narrative and music such that the facts were straightforward and there was the opportunity to hear samples of the music being discussed. Overall this was a great news story that integrated sound bites in a unique and appropriate way for the story.