Free iPhone Synthesizer Lets You Freak It Like Xenakis!

iGendyn (App Store link)  is a free iPhone synthesizer that lets freak it, Iannis Xenakis style, exploring GENeral DYNamic stochastic synthesis. If you’ve never heard about GENeral DYNamic stochastic synthesis, or even electronic music pioneer Iannis Xenakis before, don’t worry. iGendyn offers psychedelic 3-voice polyphonic noise fun, and the fact that it’s an application of… Read More Free iPhone Synthesizer Lets You Freak It Like Xenakis!

Hip Hop Goes To College

Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections has announced that it has acquired “a significant archive on the history of hip hop and rap music, documenting its emergence in the Bronx in the 1970s and early 1980s.” The collection includes nearly one thousand sound recordings, the photographic archive of Bronx photographer Joe Conzo, Jr.,… Read More Hip Hop Goes To College