Dr. Earth has launched a plan to use hedonism, sex and dance music to save the world. To forward this goal, Dr. Earth’s first step has been to launch a sustainable clubbing initiative: Working on the basis that a club should be self sufficient and not a drain on the environment, Club4Climate has come up… Read More Dr. Earth Launches Plan To Use Sex & Hedonism, And Some Urine Power, To Save The World
Yuri Suzuki is an artist and musician interested in “revamping and giving new forms and meanings to the turntable, a device which very few of us still have in their house. Music is become more and more digital and abstract, and Suzuki is interested in exploring the physical, tangible representation of sound. The Prepared Turntable,… Read More Yuri Suzuki Explores Physical Value Of Sound
Remain Calm has put together a list of its top 24 music apps for the Nintendo DS: bliptracker – a drum machine & sequencer dsmcu – MCU-compatible mix controller Protein[DS] – sample looper, scratcher, glitcher nitrotracker kaosDS – converts touchscreen data into midi over wifi sampling keyboard dstep v2 – a visual sequencer glitchDS –… Read More 24 Nintendo DS Music Programs
The Chemical Brothers have announced a new best-of album, Brotherhood, that will be released Sept 2. Brotherhood comprises 2 discs, the first is a collection of 13 undeniable benchmark singles from the band’s immense back catalogue and new track Keep My Composure which features the shimmering flow of Baltimore’s Spank Rock. The 2nd disc will… Read More Chemical Brothers Announce New Best-Of Album, Brotherhood
Post-punk pioneers Devo are suing McDonald’s over a Happy Meal doll that sports the band’s signature red flower pot hat. In April, McDonald’s introduced a series of American Idol Happy Meal toys based on a range of music styles, including Disco Dave, Country Clay, Rockin’ Riley and Soulful Selma. Devo’s complaint is that the toy… Read More Devo Sues McDonalds Over “New Wave Nigel” Happy Meal Toy
Digidesign has teamed with The Crystal Method, artist community Fuzz.com, and Remix magazine on a remix contest using a new track from The Crystal Method’s upcoming studio album, due in stores this fall. By visiting www.fuzz.com/remixingprotools, you can download The Crystal Method song session, create a remix, and then upload an MP3, by September 30,… Read More Crystal Method Remix Contest
Waxy’s Andy Baio has taken a statistical look at how the record industry has changed in the last fifty years, and it looks like there’s a good reason why you hate so much mainstream pop music: the variety of pop music is less than half of what it was in the sixties: According to Billboard,… Read More Here’s Why You Hate Pop Music
Nine Inch Nails has announced the first wave of tour dates for their Lights In The Sky: Over South America 2008 tour: Tuesday October 7, 2008 – via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Thursday October 9, 2008 – Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre, Brazil Sunday October 12, 2008 – Coliseo El Campin Bogota Colombia Wednesday October… Read More NIN Announces First Dates For Lights In The Sky Tour
Daft Punk’s Electroma – an art-house style movie that doesn’t feature their music and is only thematically related to their other work – is now out on DVD. The movie follows the two Daft Punk robots, Hero Robot No. 1 and Hero Robot No. 2, on a road trip across the US Southwest. The film… Read More Daft Punk’s Electroma Out On DVD
There’s a new interface project to watch at MachineCollective.org that looks to be like Legos for computer interfaces: In spite of all the smart, multifunctional and state-of-the-art controllers that are commercially available today, there has always been demand for custom physical interfaces and specialized controllers. That’s why we have developed a modular prototyping platform. The… Read More Awesome Open-Source Interface Modules
