It looks like Matrix has died and gone to synth heaven. He’s posted a massive synth porn gallery at Flickr that explores Synthorama – a synthesizer museum in Switzerland. Each room in the museum has a theme based on manufacturer, and the majority of synthesizers are playable. Yowza.
Sorry guys – but we’re taking a break from the unrelenting onslaught of synth and electronic music news to take a look at Scarlett Johansson. She’s got a new album out – an iTunes exclusive – that showcases her pipes. It features a take on the Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry, along with several Tom Waits… Read More Scarlett Johansson Covers The Cure; It’s “Music To Slit Your Wrists To”
Spoken Wor(l)d’: In Celebration of Human Speech is the debut album of Peruvian electronic music artist Phileas. Phileas describes it as an electronic music celebration of human diversity through speech and language. Phileas spent three years wandering the globe collecting voice samples in more than 30 languages. Phileas has been experimenting with human speech for… Read More New Release Explores Spoken Word Through Electronica
Microscopics has announced the released of a remastered version of the cult electronica hit, Gas 0095. The CD also comes with the 320k mp3 version as an instant download and includes free shipping. Gas 0095, the debut album of electronic musician Mat Jarvis, was originally released on Em:t Records (Emit Records) in January 1995. You… Read More Microscopics Releases Updated Gas 0095
OT: PageTable has an interesting look at an audio archaeological project – reconstructing Apple 1 Basic from a 30 year-old cassette recording At that time, it was commonplace to store programs as audio recordings on cheap cassette tapes: The original output of the Apple I when writing the tape was a square wave, but the… Read More Audio Archaeology Of Apple 1 Basic
GeLoFi is sponsoring an Experimental Garage Sale at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on July 19th, 2008, between Noon-9 PM. Description: This free event will be a perfect opportunity for circuit benders and anyone interested to snag up toys for bending and to talk shop with all the Artists present. Already bent devices will be available… Read More Electronic Music Garage Sale In Chicago
Hercules has announced a DJ Sponsorship Initiative in which both future DJs and established DJs can secure support from Hercules. If you’re selected, you could win: One or more DJ Console RMX for free and / or other Hercules DJing products for DJs that work in pairs or have a small company with a few… Read More Hercules Looking For DJs To Sponsor
Sasha Grey is a model, porn star and Penthouse Pet. But when she’s not appearing in films like Sasha Grey Superslut & Teenage Anal Princess #5, she’s half of the experimental music/art project Atelecine, described as “experimental dub minimalist”. Here’s how she describes it: I have music/art project called atelecine. For my part in it… Read More Porn Star Sasha Grey Moonlights As Electronic Musician
NoiseBug is a new retail and online store, brought to you by Plan B’s Peter Grenader, that offers an unusual array of synth goodness. “We are arcane musical gear gleaming with forgotten gems of yesteryear and highlights of our present time,” explains Grenader. “Here you will find drum machines, keyboards, effects and other misc odds… Read More NoiseBug Hopes To Serve Your Arcane & Twisted Synth Needs
MixMiester Scratch, “the original DJ scratch tool for iPod touch and iPhone,” is now available as a free download. It’s more of a music game than a music tool – but try to do that on a Blackberry! To download and use MixMiester Scatch, you’ll need to be running the current versions of Apple’s iTunes… Read More Download MixMiester Scratch For iPhone For Free
