> 10 Greatest Synths of all time
> Poor old James Horner is in fear of being relegated to the lowly ranks of sound effects – oh the shame!
> Two years ago I posted about the Kobe Biennale & their brilliant competition of art installations inside shipping containers…. And being a biennale means the 2009 festival has just finished and the winners have been announced While the overall winner looks brilliantly conceived, my eye & ear went to one of the special prize winners: Soundscape Harmony: Kobe by PioRyo aka Hajime Shimoyama “By transforming the tones and rhythms from a variety of scenes in Kobe into a circle of resounding light, I have created a new soundscape for the city. Inside the container, the viewer experiences the endless expanse of this ‘Forest of Harmony.’”
> Teux Deux is a lovely minimalist online To Do app
> Whats with the global pitch drop of blue whales?
> melody “is a capitalist plot to sell pianos.” – untitled, the movie
> The Mathematics of Electronic Music – love the fourier engine!
> Really great synth graffitti (love the Keith Haring-ish one)
> A collection of dodgy looking Santas
> If you’re a fan of Olafur Arnalds then check out this little documentary
> The coolest hat ever?
Regarding the Horner quote, I read that and thought he sounds like a spoiled sort of rumpelstiltskin. He needs to come out of the cave he’s been in for 25 years. What makes it most irritating is imagining that fake British accent saying it.
Also regarding the Horner quote, I’d rather listen to a room tone from MOON than one of his recent scores.