Ambient artist Robert Rich has made seven of his concerts, spanning twenty years of performance, available in downloadable digital format. Each concert is available separately. This release comes on the 20th anniversary of the 1989 radio concert in Paris that forms the first of these downloads. Each concert appears mostly in its entirety, lightly edited… Read More Robert Rich’s Live Archive
Fairlight’s Peter Vogel shared more information on his 30th Anniversary Fairlight CMI 30A with Sonic State. From the sound of it, the new Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument is going to be expensive, hard to get and awesome. According to Vogel: The 30A will look like and perform like the original CMI, although the mainframe will… Read More 30th Anniversary Fairlight CMI 30A Update
Image: Neil Vance Vince Clarke with his Yamaha DX7 in 1984. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
Restoring a CASIO toy keyboard was uploaded by: organfairy
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Dave Smith Instruments has introduced a new multitimbral synthesizer, the DSI Tetra. Tetra’s four voices feature a 100% analog signal path and four-part multitimbral operation with individual outputs per voice. Tetra takes the sound and features of the DSI Mopho, multiplies them by four, and packs them in a box less than half an inch… Read More Dave Smith Tetra Desktop Synthesizer Like 4 Mophos In One Synth
The 2009 MTV VMA nominees are out. But, unless you’re Beyoncé or Lady Gaga, you probably won’t care – because Beyoncé and Lady Gaga got nominated for pretty much everything. Somebody needs to invent a new music video awards, and call it The Awesome Music Video Awards. For the first year of The Awesome Music… Read More MTV Announces Video Music Award Nominations, But If You’re Not Beyonce Or Lady Gaga, It Doesn’t Matter
[flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjackson/3779338188/[/flickrvideo] Originally uploaded by adamjackson1984 Brian Transeau performs a laptop symphony in front of a iPhone Developers at Yahoo! Campus in Sunnyvale California on July 31st, 2009. The sold out conference saw attendees from all over the world (500 in total). More at Flickr!
Ambient electronica artist Robert Rich sends word that a collection of short stories, Enriched Visions, inspired by his music, is now available in paperback: A collection of short science fiction and surreal stories by Matt Howarth, based on the compositions of ambient pioneer Robert Rich. Embark on a series of fantastic voyages, where you’ll encounter:… Read More Science Fiction Inspired By The Ambient Electronica Of Robert Rich
Summer NAMM 2009: The Weird & Wonderful was uploaded by: soundonsoundvideo
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Social Synthesizer is composition that translates the idea of synthesis to the world of Flickr, Skype and new media: Social Synthesis is the audiovisual synthesis technique pioneered by Aetherbits that explores the aesthetic synergies emerging from the contemporary use of collaborative internet technologies. The result is a recombinant flux of sensory information aimed at holding… Read More The Social Synthesizer Generates Music Videos From Social Media
