Glitch is a genre of electronic music derived from a fascination with the sound of technology failing in interesting ways. While the music originated with musicians exploring things like CDs skipping, the sound of glitch has been absorbed into all types of electronic music, with musicians using glitch noises and effects within a rhythmic framework.… Read More 7 Free Ways To Get Your Glitch On
The Moon Modular 563 is a Moog modular format trigger sequencer. Four rows of toggles control eight steps of four trigger voices. Per YuSynth: This Moon Modular 563 module is apparently the commercial version of a module that was custom-made for Gert Jalass. For Xmas 2006, Gert Jalass sent me a Xmas card showing his… Read More Sexy Moon Modular Trigger Sequencer
Synch 2008 will bring new music and alternative music to Athens, Greece June 13-15. The line-up includes Parallel Worlds, Happy Mondays, Yo La Tengo, Holy Fuck, Sterolab, Juan Atkins and many others.
This Reactable demo from AHNE 2008 highlights a great DIY project. Do you think this is an instrument, though, or more of a music toy?
Netlabel Musica Excentrica has released a new album of free MP3s from Astrowind, Fresh Wind in the Valley of Dreams: Astrowind might be a slightly ridiculous band name, especially if you consider the fact these two Latvian guys play lush ambient music on Soviet synthesizers. But nevertheless, it’s a good name. An accurate name, at… Read More Free Psychedelic Ambient MP3s From AstroWind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXU-_YNUC0 The Korg M3 Music Workstation/Sampler represents the third generation of Music Workstations from Korg. It inherits elements from the company’s flagship OASYS workstation. All second-generation KARMA functions from the OASYS are included. 256 MB of ROM incorporates the “best-of” OASYS ROM into a new soundset. 512 Programs and 384 Combinations are onboard, with space for… Read More The Korg M3 Synthesizer
Lux is abstract HD film animated in After Effects. The soundtrack, The Beautiful Blue Sky, is a realtime electronic synthesizer improvisation for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum. The film, by Richard Lainhart, is a very cool exploration of abstract video & electronic music.
Mike Ayres & Dick Mills talk about the history of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Totally Wired is a documentary film about Andreas Schneider’s infamous Schneider’s Buero, the boutique electronic musical instrument Mecca in Berlin. The firm explores one man’s electric evangelism, and the interface he has built to connect analogue instrument inventors with their end-users. The film features a selection of inventors and artists, including: Dieter Doepfer Junior Boys… Read More Totally Wired – A Look At Schneider’s Buero
A long demo of a Roland TB-303, with the Borg modifications by Analogue Solutions. Also in the mix is a TR-808, acting as the master, with a little reverb; the 303 is 100% dry. via Matrix
