Photo of OysterCatchers shot 29th March 2012 at Oakura Bay, sound is from Kaikoura 21st August 2008 recorded with a pair of 416s and my good old DAP1 Dat Machine!

Shot in Matakana 4th December 2012

> I remember reading somewhere that Debussy considered the use of the pedals on the piano an artform unto itself, which makes this fascinating: the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano…. recorded a series of performances for posterity. The machine was designed to encode the nuances of a pianist’s playing, including pedaling and dynamics, onto piano rolls for later reproduction. Debussy plays La soirée dan Grenade, a 1913 Welte Mignon recording:

> Classic minimalism x100

Too funny, but some genuinely beautiful moments….

> Love this interactive script for Moonrise Kingdom (you can also download a PDF version)

> Just ordered another pair of contact mics to try out… – will do a side by side comparison one of these days!

Works For Turntable from Stephen Cornford on Vimeo.

> Great news for any non-ProTools users – Massey plugs are porting to VST!

> Interesting book for DIY analog synth

A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time (by Max Hattler) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.

Emperor directed by Peter Webber

(video embed is from Yahoo here – will update with youtube once its available)

primitive from enra on Vimeo.

NOTE: Watch this FULL SCREEN!!

Performar: Tachun, Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Saya Watatani, Yusaku Mochizuki, Maki Yokoyama
Director & Sound Designer: Nobuyuki Hanabusa