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Scientists have proven, with science, that wine tastes better with powerful, heavy music.
So, if you like your techno with some fava beans and a nice chianti, there may be a reason.
“It is widely acknowledged within the scientific community that music affects behaviour,” according to Prof Adrian North of Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. “However, this […]

You gotta love nourogg’s lo-fi studio invasion!
Check the link for more pics of his sweet studio setup.

Flight of Harmony’s Plague Bearer is a quad Voltage-Controlled Resonant Bandpass filter, designed with the goals of maximum signal alteration and maximum parameter controllability.
Flight of Harmony appears to subscribe to the Metasonix school of gear naming.
The Plague Bearer is currently sold out.
Description:
Each filter has controls for varying the high and low corner frequencies of the […]

Adobe has responded to calls from developers for better sound generation capabilities in Flash, and is introducing new features in Flash Player 10 that should lead to more sophisticated Flash based sound tools:
Dynamic Sound Generation — Dynamic sound generation extends the Sound class to play back dynamically created audio content through the use of an […]

Recently, we mentioned that one of Honda’s Asimo robots was scheduled to “conduct” the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The appearance was intended to attention to the DSO’s youth music programs, and particularly DSO’s effort to encourage and support involvement of children in Detroit. And to let people see a cool robot in action.
It doesn’t look like human […]

It’s science: chill out music music is good for you
According to research presented at the American Society of Hypertension’s Twenty Third Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2008), listening to just 30 minutes of rhythmically homogeneous music every day can significantly reduce high blood pressure.
By rhythmically homogeneous, they mean music with little or no variation […]

Ahhh. Times were simpler in the 70’s, when you could snap a picture of Santa next to his Moog and expect to sell some cheesy electronic music records.
If you know anything about this photo or the record it must have accompanied, let me know in the comments.
Image via dreamchimney

Autechre plans to follow up Quaristice with thirteen new songs to be released digitally, beginning May 19:
In a move guaranteed to annoy people charging crazy money for Autechre goods, their latest 140 minutes of music will arrive as MP3 files only, first exclusively via bleep.com over a course of two weeks from May 19, either […]

DJ Tiësto has announced a 24-city US & Canadian tour.
The tour focuses on smaller clubs, so it could be a great chance to see Tiesto in action.
Here are the dates:

Esthetic Evolution is a community based, participant driven music and art festival scheduled for June 20-22 in Idaho.
The event features live electronic music performances and art installations covering an entire weekend, and encourages attendees to contribute to the collective experience by any means of their imagination. The festival’s main premise is to provide a […]

Germany’s Paul van Dyk is looking for producers to remix his track with Giuseppe Ottaviani, Far Away, on Beatport.
The remix competition is open to producers from all genres, as van Dyk is looking for innovative, cutting-edge and thought-provoking mixes of his track.
You can download two of the track’s parts for remixing for free. To get […]

OT: South Park creators Trey Parker + Matt Stone have put together a wonderful animation to go along with Alan Watts’ ruminations on Music & Life.

Miniorgan is a fun site that features cool vintage music toys, mostly of the 70’s and 80’s.

Rock and Roll Daily has the scoop on Modern Guilt - the upcoming Beck release, produced by Danger Mouse.
“It was the most intensive work I’ve ever done on anything,” Beck says. “It was like trying to fit two years of songwriting into two and a half months,” Beck says. “I know I did at least […]