This is an interesting watch – I especially liked how she illustrated the difference between reading music & interpreting it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3V6zNER4g
Beautiful packaging!
I don’t quite see the point of the photos people post of unboxing their new synth/toy/whatever… at best they are crappy cardboard boxes and at worst an environmental hazard (i especially hate those polystyrene beads!) and at least big chunks…
Moving the server…
so no more posts for a day or two…. back soon
Circuit Bent TV
Dont try this at home, but you can buy it on ebay – a circuit bent TV! The youtube vid doesnt do it justice… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfDib9HMuM If you do have the skills to work with high voltages, theres more info here…
PT8 is Shipping!
Wahooo! Xmas comes early!!!! – wonder if DV Toolkit Complete is also shipping? Just checked the pricing: PT8 HD upgrade US$249.95, PT8 LE upgrade US$149.95, cant find order form for Complete Toolkit
The machine that goes ping…
This is a brilliant ad by Spike Jonze – if you havent seen it at what point did you get it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVY04NQUpxk I’m intrigued to see Spike Jonzes new film: Where the Wild Things Roam, but its been in post…
How to get that nice crunchy sound…
prepare to grimace! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shAq8Df1YnY
Album Artwork – Past, Present, Future…
First with the advent of CDs & then downloading many people have been mourning the death of LP size artwork & while I still believe we haven’t seen even a fraction of the potential of embedded artwork there is no…
Inspiring Words
I often read books & articles on how people approach & think about their work in other creative fields, as the techniques are often either transferrable or inspire other ways of thinking about sound design and music. So if you…
Are you GENERIC?
There was one sentence in the quotes from the previous post by Ryuichi Sakmoto that has stuck in my head as it has interesting ramifications: “I don’t like ‘experimental music’ that’s only point is experimentation.” Its an interesting point &…
Life – an installation by Ryuichi Sakamoto & Shiro Takatani
Last time I was in Tokyo I went to an excellent installation by visual artist Shiro Takatani and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto at the icc Gallery and as I just stumbled across a couple of videos on youtube I thought I…
Modified Toy Orchestra
This band arent japanese, but the japanese word for cute is ‘kawaii’ & the Modified Toy Orchestra are sickly cute, like candyfloss… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erkV7gOv09M Nothing in that tune feels too modified, but check the little drum solo one of the guys…
My kind of gardening!
Micro Garden by Arius Blaze of Folktek While its very intriguing & makes some great sounds, it reminds me of a Len Lye kinetic sculpture which also made very beautiful sounds, without the aid of any electricity! Actually thats a…
Prepare thy piano!
Wired has an interesting interview; ‘How to mod a piano’ with the musician who goes by the name of Hauschka Wired.com: Is there a way to categorize the modifications? Is it like, things that bounce and things that tamp the…
Obsessed with Drum Machines?
Do I have the auction for you! NZ$25,000 worth of drum machines in fact! (whats that one bottom right?) Units include: Roland CR5000 Roland CR8000 RolAND CR68 RolAND CR78 Roland TR33 Roland TR66 ROland TR330 Roland PB-300 Roland TR505 Roland…
Felix’s Mechanoid Music
Arg! moving – the very word makes my back ache… especially up four floors of stairs… still, progress has been made & my interweb feed is reconnected, phew! So heres a couple of very cool videos people sent me while…
Ólafur Arnalds
Thanks to Giles Petersons latest Worldwide show on BBC Radio One I am now a fan of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds – check this beautiful track ‘Fok’ below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih2sWFAGYs Next stop boomkat
Mix Stage Essentials: the ping pong table
There is a great tradition of ping pong & post production. When I first started working on films we were mixing to/from 24 track reel to reel recorders & when we finished a reel & it was time for a…
I love Tina Weymouth
Can I tell you my Talking Heads story? It takes a little while, so bear with me.. and no, it doesnt involve me literally loving Tina Weymouth, mores the pity… but it does go right back to year zero for…
The Quiet Revolution: Processing 1.0
Its not often a software v1.0 release is celebrated by the users – historically it often means its been rushed to market & will be buggy as all hell, but it would seem the opposite is true of the release…