▶ Before cellphones, Turkish “bird language” allowed farmers to communicate across long distances in the Pontic Mountains.     ▶ wow this is fantastic news: Fujifilm has announced it is releasing Acros II via google translate “The company…

    one for the god botherers?     Radioactive pianos from the Chernobyl exclusion zone? hope they include a geiger counter articulation 😉     “uncollected, unconnected, loose leaf, and blown.“ a beautiful read (thanks Vessel via lines)  …

    composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on creating the haunting score for ‘Chernobyl’ (with field recordist Chris Watson)     rip iTunes… my iTunes workflow: avoid it for music bandcamp/boomkat/bleep/etc are far more functionable and equitable (unlike spotify) and for OSX…

    great instagram account for Kuri companion – pack dog walker – if this video doesn’t put a smile on your dial then you are overdue some time outdoors! psa: contains loud cicadas, but wait for it…    …

    Not sure ‘enjoy’ is the right word, but the new series Chernobyl is very powerful = great score, sound design & mix – congrats to all involved! (wish it was in Russian language and subtitled tho)    …

    ▶ Quentin and his Birdbox Orchestra featuring his 18th Century hand teacher haircut     ▶ best instagram account ever: Animals and Synthesizers oh! & youtube channel here     ▶ THE HABIT OF ART: A Year Of…

    ▶ the Pianobook Project by Christian Henson (of Spitfire) helps people sample their piano & create a sampler version to share, which Spitfire “will be packaging and releasing it once its baked!”…. FAQ here and terms of use…

    ▶ Animals reacting to music     ▶ For whom the chronological timeline tolls     ▶ “…to be heard from afar, over a lake, on a moonlit evening in August…”     ▶ on the conductor and…

    ▶ Slow motion backdraft   ▶ Going viral, the results are not what you might expect     ▶ The Colors of Our Dreams     ▶ great news – Béla Tarr to premiere new film ‘Missing People’…

    ▶ Director Lexi Alexander on the politics of focus: equitable cinematography   ▶ Japanese illustrator Ariduka55 imagines a world where humans live among giant animals   ▶ fascinating read Data, Driven: Spotify Under Surveillance “Just as troubling is…

        ▶ Sound waves are a form of antigravity because they have negative mass!?   ▶ wow!! DEEP HISTORY: Beneath the waters of Lake Waikaremōana is a lost world – amazing photos!!   ▶ Hollywood: based on…

    ▶ beautiful painterly spectrum!   ▶ This is a fascinating and slightly scary read: “The more of your writing you put online the higher risk you’re taking on, for future language models fine tuned on your data to…

      ▶ “If this Sunday’s Oscars speeches are a little more bizarre than usual it may have something to do with what was in the nominees’ $100,000 gift bags. The legendary goodie bags, distributed to the 25 nominees…

▶ Japanese Noise Banker – Lucky People Center International via via   ▶ 40 years of music industry sales visualized   ▶ how to: preparing a toy piano   ▶ DISTORTION. A Stop motion Animation by Guldies   ▶ skills!!…

    (trigger warning: wonky pan) ▶ Saul Bass on making money vs quality work   ▶ new handheld recorder: Sony PCM-D10 – Yodobashi has it listed for Y53,870 = US$490   ▶ MIT used a laser to transmit audio…

    ▶ ultimate tax break? Kanye donates $10mill to James Turrells Roden Crater project   ▶ its a thing: quantum internet   ▶ “by selling you the powerful and seamless convenience of voice assistants, Google and Amazon have slowly…

    ▶ debonk debonk, a musical can opener…   ▶ “…what is the sea telling us? We need to listen”   ▶ “…you don’t want to give the brain that third time of hearing something…” – guess who is…

    Transient from Dustin Farrell (www.dfvc.com) on Vimeo. ▶ lightning shot at 1000fps via     ▶ nifty Japanese hyperlapse thingy – view on instagram or gfycat   ▶ Open Reel Kotatsu Session – Open Reel Ensemble   ▶…

    ▶ Half a century in the making: Tree ‘crop circles’ emerge in Japan   ▶ (some of the) Best Movie Posters of 2018   ▶ Japan releases a range of miniature furniture for cats   ▶ 33 lessons…