This is the closest you’ll probably ever get to a free Moog Minimoog synthesizer – a downloadable design for a papercraft Minimoog. Like a real Minimoog, the back folds up for access to the controls. Unlike a real Minimoog, it’s scaled for Barbie. Download the PDF here. Detailed instructions at Instructables.
Moby reacted to the nearly $2 million judgment against Jammie Thomas-Rasset of Minnesota for file sharing 24 songs yesterday, calling for the RIAA to be disbanded: argh. what utter nonsense. this is how the record companies want to protect themselves? suing suburban moms for listening to music? charging $80,000 per song? punishing people for listening… Read More Moby: The RIAA Needs To Be Disbanded
French electronica duo Air has announced a new album, Love 2, to be release in October. The 12-track followup to 2007’s Pocket Symphony will be headed by the Love 2?s viral single, Do The Joy on July 7th. The first physical single, Sing Sang Sung will be released August 25th. Air is planning a European… Read More Air Announces Love 2
We like the synth t-shirts as much as anybody, but this Autobahn Nagelbett t-shirt has gone straight to the top of the list. Autobahn is the fictitional techno-pop band, Kraftwerk parody, from The Big Lebowski. Some Big Lebowski Autobahn trivia for you: The Autobahn album cover is stylistically similar to the cover of the Kraftwerk… Read More Autobahn Nagelbett T-Shirt (Big Lebowski)
Image: Shani Silver What’s wrong with this picture? Absolutely friggin’ nothing. Juliette Commagere, of the band Hello Stranger, melts faces and hearts alike, wielding a Moog Liberation as her axe of choice – something that helped establish Commagere as our first Goddess of the Keytar. There’s a whole slew of great Hello Stranger photos at… Read More Juliette Commagere, Keytar Goddess, Melts Faces
Concert organizers Paxahau announced today that Movement 2009, the Detroit electronic music festival, brought 83,332 people to Hart Plaza during the three-day Memorial Day Weekend. “Movement 2009 was an overwhelming success on so many levels,” said festival producer Jason Huvaere. “People loved the lineup of performances we were able to put together this year. Our… Read More Movement 2009 Draws Record Crowd To Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival
BT and Sonik Architects have released Sonifi (App Store link), a new $4.99 iPhone app that lets you “Remix, Record, Control dynamic live FX & beautiful visualizers AND Stutter Edit….. LIVE.” Features: Four channels of four tracks (Bass, Beats, Synth / FX and melody) with arrangement mapping for true and limitless remix options Three studio… Read More BT’s Sonifi For The iPhone
Smule: “Feel the Love” Contest for Leaf Trombone: World Stage on iPhone and iPod Touch was uploaded by: smuleage
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Johannes Kreidler’s Programming Electronic Music in Pd is a free textbook intended to make working the music programming language Pd accessible. Abstract: Pd was initiated by American software engineer Miller Puckette, who previous co-developed the well known and similarly structured software Max/Msp. Pd is not commercial software; i.e., it was not developed by a corporation… Read More Programming Electronic Music In Pd
