UNKLE’s fourth full length record, End Titles…Stories for Film, to be released in July, will be a collection of soundtrack work. The opening and closing tracks are from a documentary about director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) titled Odyssey in Rome. Another track comes from a Spike Jonze skate video, titled Fully Flared, and Trouble In… Read More Unkle’s Goes Soundtrack With End Titles….Stories For Film
I’ve written previously about the idea of virtual worlds made up of ambient sound-objects. The world of ambient music could use kick in the seat of the pants, and making it less passive might just do it. Brian Eno’s template for ambient music – infinite soundscapes structured around asynchronous loops – has been explored for… Read More Could Interactive 3D Holograms Be The Future Of Music?
David Battino over at EM has published a review of the Percussa AudioCubes, the exotic, illuminated music controller and audio processors. Boutique instruments naturally cost more, but you usually pay more for anything unique. Consider, too, that AudioCubes look striking, work with popular software, and offer enormous potential for customization. Inventor Bert Schiettecatte fairly bubbles… Read More Percussa AudioCubes Review
Daft Punk is working on a live concert DVD, created from footage shot by the audience at the Bercy Live Show in Paris. The Daft Punk Alive 2007 DVD looks like it will be the Cloverfield of concert DVDs. It will feature high-quality sound recorded by Daft Punk synced to audience footage. A preview is… Read More Daft Punk Working On Live Concert DVD Shot By Fans
Peter Gabriel has announced the launch of The Filter, a personalized discovery engine for digital entertainment content. Its aim is to make sense of the overwhelming amount of digital content available on the web by filtering out the stuff that an individual probably wouldn’t be interested in and filtering in the stuff they would be… Read More Peter Gabriel Launches The Filter Music Discovery Site
Artist and synth fan Dan McPharlin has update his flickr page with images of his latest synth miniatures.
RozzoBianca is a Swiss “Robotical Freak Show” – a band with 4 different robots playing guitar, drums, megaphone and accordion made out of old industrial parts, controlled by MIDI, plus a singing skeleton. Here’s a video of them in action: via MusicThing
Moby has launched a video competition for his single, ooh yeah. Moby announces details of an exclusive global $10,000 video competition going live on mobygratis.com. Directors are invited to submit their films for the track Ooh Yeah and the winner, chosen by Moby, will win the $10,000 prize money and have their video used as… Read More Make Moby’s Music Video; Win $10,000
Let’s get this out of the way up front: The Tablo, a new multitouch keyboard/drum controller integrating displacement and pressure, just doesn’t look as cool as other new music controllers, like the Tenori-On or even the MultiWind. In fact, it makes you look like you’re pitching a tent, instead of pitching a tune. Get beyond that,… Read More New Multitouch Music Controller Looks A Bit Naughty
Tony Amendolare at ElectroKraft has introduced Super Synth Drums – an NES cartridge that runs the machine into a drum synth. Super Synth Drums is a genuine Nintendo NES cartridge that transforms your original NES, or clone system (Yobo, Generation Nex) into an 8 bit percussion instrument. Just plug the cartridge into your Nintendo NES… Read More Turn Your NES Into A Drum Synthesizer
