Detritus

      > Interesting interview with composer Alexandre Desplat who amongst others has scored a film I can’t wait to see Moonrise Kingdom. (He is also currently working on the same film that I am: Peter Webbers The Emperor)…

  > The Sound of Snow & Ice is a fascinating BBC radio doco about Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired, where kids learn to use sound to navigate….         thanks for the tip Michael!

FUTURE SELF brought together a media artist collective, rAndom International, a choreographer, Wayne McGregor, and composer Max Richter in a unique project at MADE   > The hypnagogic is the ultimate paradigm-busting tool, zzzzzzzzz….   > Sound waves 57 octaves…

“Taxi Driver” by Disney – genius by Bryan Boyce   > Interesting developments at soundcloud and also an interesting discussion of its growth & having to deal with the inevitable copyright issues… – I personally think issuing take down notices…

This project by Kouichi Okamoto is genius! 504 musical box movements which each play only a single note… imagine spatially what it must sound like in real life!!     > More on Neil Young, high(er) definition sound and mind…

> “The goal is not ‘perfect’ acoustics, but rather variable acoustics for different applications….” – check out this mechanical ceiling that can be tweaked in real time (thanks for tip Steve)   > Call for sound memories – must be…

  > The John Peel archive went online this morning starting with A….   > When it comes to designing creature vocals you simply cannot have enough source material, so if you’re working on a creature project these two new…

Music by: Dustin O’Halloran & animated by Phil Borst     > “Our keyboards are programmed with the hum of distant planets”   > No doubt you’ve seen/hear In Bflat (if not then you’re in for a treat) but I…