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This is Paul Shillito’s Tomita-style version of Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring Introduction.
Shillito calls this his classitonic style – influenced by the electronic interpretations of classical music done by Isao Tomita and Wendy Carlos in the late 60’s and 70’s.
He plans a complete version of The Rite Of Spring.
Soft synths used on this included the Arturia Minimoog V2, Arturia Moog Modular, Arturia Jupiter 8V, Arturia Yamaha CS80V and soundtoys effects. Read more…
Goldie, who was taken out of his comfort zone of drum ‘n’ bass to conduct a classical orchestra for television, is here put back into his own world by Addictive TV. This time it’s the orchestra playing d ‘n’ b.
Who else would like to see their local orchestra take this on?
via VJTV
Is the Turntable a musical instrument?
Can it work as a ‘classical’ instrument?
These were the first questions posed by idea of a Concerto for Turntables.
Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra (Heritage Orchestra Feat. DJ Yoda) attempts to answer those questions.
Should the turntable join the instruments of the classical orchestra?
Give it a listen and let me know what you think.
via apc
Synthesis has changed a lot since the days of Switched On Bach – and it’s getting to the point that recordings of virtual instruments, and even virtual orchestras, are nearly indistinguishable from the “real” thing.
Of course, this begs the question – what is the real thing?
How close are virtual orchestras coming to traditional orchestras?
You be the judge.
I’ve embedded an example below that contains short sections from three symphonies, by Beethoven & Schumann. See if you can identify the one that is virtual – and if you can articulate why you think it sounds “virtual”.
Image: jordanfischer
This video offers an introduction to TTM (turntablist transcription method), a system of notation designed for notating turntable-based music.
TTM is derived from a graph of the rotation of the record vs. time. The vertical axis of the staff represents the rotation of the record, and the horizontal axis represents time. Read more…
