Today, August 21, 2010, is the fifth anniversary of the death of Bob Moog. In honor of the date, the Bob Moog Foundation has published some wonderful pictures of Moog and some memories from people that were influenced by him, including Tangerine Dream’s Christopher Franke (above). Here’s the Archive’s story about this photo: In combing… Read More “Thank You Very Much, Bob Moog!”
If Justin Bieber was in the second level of dreams in Inception, his songs might sound something like this – U Smile, slowed down 800%. At this extreme range of time stretching, Bieber’s bubblegum pop sounds surprisingly like ambient space music – an improvement, if you ask me. Check it out and leave a comment… Read More Justin Bieber Meets Inception; U Smile 800% Slower
Native Instruments has announced Traktor Kontrol S4, a new integrated hardware/software package designed to be a state-of-the-art digital DJ system. Traktor Kontrol S4 Features: Integrated 4-deck TRAKTOR controller and software. Plug & play – all you need to start mixing is your computer and MP3s. 4-channel mixer with ergonomic layout, 2 high-res jog wheels. 2 analog… Read More Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ System May Make You Drool
Big City Music says that the $1,995.00 Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron is on the way – they expect to have stock in September. The M-4000 Digital Mellotron is a 24-bit digital, uncompressed audio playback unit with 100 Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. All 100 sounds are immediately accessible. According to Big City, “The front panel user… Read More The Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron Coming In September
iPhone Music Software: Akai has announced that it’s opening up the Synthstation iPhone MIDI keyboard to development by third-party developers, at no cost. This is a really interesting development – it means that we could soon have an explosion of Synthstation-compatible synths. This makes the $99 Synthstation a lot more interesting; download a $10 iPhone… Read More Akai Synthstation Controller Now Open To Developers At No Cost
History of Electronic Music: The Rhythmicon was an early drum machine created by Leon Theremin in 1931, at the request of the pioneering American composer Henry Cowell. This video shows the Russian scholar Andrey Smirnov demonstrating the how the Rhythmicon is played. The device shown in the video is thought to be a later version, developed in… Read More The Rhythmicon
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The 11th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival is scheduled for Sept 9-11. The event will offer three evenings of performances by internationally recognized artists and musicians in the electronic music field. Artists confirmed to be appearing include: Ben Bracken Caroliner Rainbow Shadow Walking Over Waves Somewhere John M. Chowning Alessandro Cortini with Don Buchla Jacqueline… Read More San Francisco Electronic Music Festival To Feature John Chowning, Alessandro Cortini & Don Buchla
Chris Carter’s Interloop, from The Space Between. Originally recorded between 1974 and 1978 at Industrial Records studio in London, Chris Carter’s The Space Between album was first released as a 90 minute cassette in 1980 on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records label. It wasn’t until 1991 that it was again released by Mute Records on CD.… Read More Chris Carter’s Interloop
Free Windows Music Software: Tactile Sounds has introduced Substance, a free Windows software synthesizer. Description: Substance is a virtual analog software synthesizer (VSTi) emphasizing simplicity, flexibility, and sound quality. The key factors in the design of Substance were that it should sound great, without effects, and that it should all fit on one page.
