Never underestimate the power of scantily-clad women.
Duran Duran’s Rio has been named the greatest music video of all time in an MTV poll.
The 1982 video, featuring the band in suits on a Caribbean beach being teased by scantily-clad women, beat favorites such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Madonna’s Like a Prayer to claim the title.
I’m [...]
This cool video, Sound Reactive Boids In A Flowsphere, by Rui Madeira, uses generative video software to create an abstract take on Aphex Twin:
audio reative visuals made in c++ using the amazing openframeworks library
Song -> aphex twin - 4
i used a perlin noise class which can be found here :
flipcode.com/archives/Perlin_Noise_Class.shtml
and some of this is still [...]
Director Michel Gondry, who made a name for himself making music videos for the likes of Chemical Brothers, Björk, Daft Punk and others, has compiled a list of 25 music videos that you should see, and it’s got some classics:
Michael Jackson - ”Billie Jean” (1983)
Peter Gabriel - ‘Sledgehammer” (1986)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Give It Away” (1991)
Beastie Boys [...]
Apache Vs Electronica
These video mashups pit Tommy Seebach’s cheesetacular Apache video against classic electronica tracks:
Apache My Bitch Up
This video from Aphex Twin may be the creepiest electronica video ever:
The video, by directory Chris Cunningham, is considered one of the best music videos of all time. In one recent poll, it was number three, behind Johnny Cash’s Hurt and Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.
If they ever have a creepy electronica video award, though, Come [...]
This sprawling book traces the development of ambient music over the past 100 years, from composers like Mahler and Satie, to current musicians like Moby and Aphex Twin. It covers a huge amount of territory, and serves as an easy introduction to many of the significant composers and musicians of the twentieth century.
The Ambient Century: [...]
Aphex Twin one of the working names for Richard James, an artist with a unique, quirky angle on electronica. His Selected Ambient Works, Volume II, is a set of abstract musical pieces that add to the ambient genre started by Brian Eno.
On Volume II, each track is electronic tone painting, that explore a broader palette [...]
25 Years of Ambient Music
In 1978, Brian Eno released an album of music titled Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It got little attention at the time, and many of those that listened to it were put off by the lack of any songs or melodies, and because the music didn’t seem to go anywhere.
In 1978, most people were listening [...]



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