Hysterical DJ Spock Video
DJ Spock is in the house. I know – this is pretty insanely stupid. But you know what? It made me blow coffee out of my nose just the same. Enjoy. via Mookie
Category: Music Videos
iPhone Vs Open Labs NeKo
Open Labs product developer Matthew Presley demonstrates how to use the new iPhone application BeatMaker in conjunction with NeKo TSE. The highlight is the way Presley integrates BeatMaker with the NeKo.
Buchla Lightning III Announced
Buchla has introduced a new version of Don Buchla’s Lightning spatial MIDI controllers: Lightning III features improvements in sensitivity, resolution, accuracy, and response time. Perhaps the biggest difference is in the addition of a third axis of sensitivity. Yes, Lightning now responds in all three directions, adding proximity to the horizontal and vertical dimensions brought… Read More Buchla Lightning III Announced
Darth Vader Plays Last Manoeuvres in the Dark
Each Darth vader mask is equipped with a microprocessor connected to a central computer to give an artificial intelligence system developed to work out the darkest musical hit of all time. Fabien Giraud et Raphaël Siboni Last Manoeuvres in the Dark at the Palais de Tokyo Paris. via Make
10 Ableton Live Shortcuts
Infrasonik’s ten shortcuts for Ableton Live. The narration is a sort of cheesy – but there’s some good info here. via Oliver Chessler
Jordan Rudess Tenori-On Demo
A short performance and demo by Jordan Rudess of the Yamaha Tenori-On. Good discussion, but this would have been much more informative if it had been shot from Rudess’ viewpoint.
Steampunk Music Sequencer
Gijs Gieskes’ image scanning sequencer scans images and plays the image as MIDI notes: It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a selected threshold. When the threshold is reached the velocity will be set by the darkness at that point. the darker point the… Read More Steampunk Music Sequencer
New Electronic Music DVD: A Fistful Of Patchcords
This is the trailer for A Fistful of Patchcords, a DVD of a live electronic music performance from 2006 featuring Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart. I missed this when it came out in 2006 – but I saw it over at Matrix‘ site and thought it was worth noting for readers into a little “Moog… Read More New Electronic Music DVD: A Fistful Of Patchcords
Vangelis’ Sex Power
A short segment from Sex Power – a forgotten 1970 movie that Vangelis did the soundtrack for. “Sex-Power (L’homme coeur) is a film about what happens when imagination takes over. It is the story of a boy (Alain Noury) in search of himself and of the real meaning of freedom: a twenty-year-old face to face… Read More Vangelis’ Sex Power
“Playing Music On A Bike? That’s Outrageous!”
Check out this preview for Made In Queens, a new documentary directed by Nicolas Randall and Joe Stevens, that looks at the frankenbike sound systems of Queens, NY. Doesn’t this film look insanely fun? via apc
