October, 2008 archive

Icelandic original Björk has penned an interesting essay for the Guardian that looks at why she loves Karlheinz Stockhausen. 
Here’s an excerpt:
For my generation, Stockhausen’s published lectures had unbelievable impact. He was the most hopeful of figures: the 21st century was going to be great. The classical teachers in my school, meanwhile, kept moaning about the [...]

Live electronic music from SWiY (Someone Who Isn’t You).
Free LIVE ONLINE CONCERT on Halloween Night. 10/31/08 Starting at 11:30P.M. EST

audiomidicom’s preview of the prototype of the Waldorf Blofeld keyboard synthesizer.
The keyboard version adds 60MB of user sample memory (accessed via USB) and a solid semi-weighted keyboard.
The Waldorf Blofeld is scheduled for release this December.

littlescale can’t get enough of that classic lofi sound – so he made a MIDI interface that provides full control over the sound output of an Atari 2600, effectively turning it into a synth module!
If you’re interested, there’s a Google group for the project.

bigcitymusic demos the Analogue Solutions Trans Bass Xpress TB-303 Clone, a faithful clone of the synth engine of the Roland TB-303. 
The Trans Bass Xpress does not have a sequencer built in, so you have to use a MIDI sequencer with it. But this offers possibilities for more interesting patterns and greater performance capabilities.

I’m testing out SoundCloud – a music sharing and distribution service – and I’d like to see if it could be a useful tool for letting Synthtopia readers get their music heard.
If you haven’t tried out SoundCloud, it’s a site that lets you upload your tracks and then share them via websites, blogs, email, Digg, [...]

live visuals
Brian McBride of Stars of the Lid
Wordless Music Series performance
projected on May 26, 2007, Good-Shepherd Faith Church, New York City

Head Muzak – an installation by Michael Prior, March 7-25 2007.
Video documentation by Forepaw.

Director/Animator/Characterdesign: Kristofer Ström
AE/Filmmaestro/Cutting: Erik Buchholtz
Producers: Bart Yates, Nicholas Wakeham
Studio: varelsen.com / ljudbilden.com
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Music: Minilogue.com
Track: Animals
Label: cocoon.net

MTV Music doesn’t do it for me.
The entire site is shovelware pablum. It’s a leach sucking life from the already tarnished MTV brand.
Haven’t these guys ever heard of the long tail. Or of YouTube?
Try finding videos by Autechre, Buuren, BT, Brian Eno, Jean Michel Jarre, Thievery Corporation, Orb, Sasha, Digweed, Kompressor, Lords of Acid, Future Sound [...]