May, 2008 archive

This video, by Matthew Davidson (stretta) is for NIN’s Ghosts 13:
When Nine Inch Nails announced their Ghosts Film Festival – an invitation for fans to submit videos from the new album, I was interested enough to write it down in my creative to do list, and consigned myself to forgetting about it or missing the [...]

This video captures Momus & Tomoko Miyata rehearsing their electroacoustic music for a May 24th Vienna installation performance. 
While primarily acoustic, their work combines electronically generated drones, alternate tunings and unusual keyboard instruments. 
 

Casper Electronics has announced the C1 edition Speak series – a ready-to-order collection of circuit bent instruments, based on classic Speak&Spell type children’s toys. 
The C1 is available in three styles:

CS1 Speak&Spell
CM1 Speak&Math
CR1 Speak&Read

The C1’s sell for $250. 
 
For more info:

videos
sounds
user’s manual

One of the interesting stories to come out of this year’s Movement 08 is the story of Grandma Techno, Patricia Lay-Dorsey.
She’s not a biological grandma – though she looks the part. She’s in her 60’s, gets around in a mobility scooter – and she rocks. She’s a social activist, a blogger, an artist, she’s [...]

LOUD Red Bull Music Academy part 2 was uploaded by: lakobrija
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LOUD Red Bull Music Academy part 1 was uploaded by: lakobrija
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LOUD Red Bull Music Academy part 3 was uploaded by: lakobrija
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Video Games Live – the touring orchestral multimedia event featuring performances of classic video game music – has announced tour dates for this summer.
Sure, it looks pretty cheesy, but you got to admit it looks kind of fun, too!

6/5 – Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB
6/14 – Henderson Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
6/21 – Younge-Dundas Square, Toronto, [...]

Trailer for the Loveparade 2008 in Dortmund, July 19th – what some call “the greatest Party in the world”.
Announced artists include: Richie Hawtin, Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Craig, Dubfire, Anja Schneider, Audion and Underworld.

Remember yesterday’s post about real-time 3D acoustic rendering?
I said:
Can you imagine entering into a 3D world of ambient sound-objects, where your perspective, and the location of the objects, affects what you hear?
This video, JumpBean Synth from Angry’s Tripping The Universe, appears to explore a similar idea, if on a basic level.