Tara Busch of Analog Suicide has a new show over at Sonic State. In the first episode, Tara takes a look at Dan Mcpharlin’s miniature cardboard synths, an eerie old Welsh pump organ and footage of the very first Storytone Electric piano. What’s not to like? Congrats to Tara on the new show!
This is off topic and pretty insanely stupid, but it’s the only thing that brought tears to my eyes today. And made me blow coffee out my nose. Pat Metheny plays As It Is live, and reveals why he doesn’t gets a vocal mic. via the awesome WFMU
Bmmchk is Josh Richardson, with accompaniment by Jonathan Cox on bass and guitar and Vita Bowen spinning. “bmmchk, bmmchk, bmmchk is the sound a bass drum and high-hat cymbal make; the basis for four-on-flour, house, club, and techno style musics. A minimalist experimenter who developed his own sound from the relative isolation of owen sound,… Read More Bmmchk Live Performance
A collage of impressions from the recent Synth-DIY meeting in Cambridge/UK, focusing on the DIY aspects.
Nervous Squirrel‘s circuit bent mechanical Furby sequencer linked to a Korg SQ-10. One of a new batch of four Furby Gurdies. This model allows you to program your own rhythms by rearranging screws inserted into the four wheels. There is also a ‘trigger out’ socket, which has been used in the last section of the… Read More Circuit Bent Mechanical Furby Sequencer
The Chemical Brothers have released this awesomely freaky parcour-style video for the track Midnight Madness, from their upcoming greatest hits compilation Brotherhood, set for release Sept. 1st, 2008. Brotherhood is made up of 2 discs. The first is a collection of 13 singles from the band’s back catalog, and new track Keep My Composure which… Read More Chemical Brothers Awesome Midnight Madness Video
BigCityMusic delivers a some scrotum-smashing drums, courtesy of Metasonix. The snare is running into the Metasonix TM-6 Multimode filter and the kick drum is having its scrotum smashed by the TM-7. The Analogue Solutions SEMblance is just being a tool in the corner. The Jomox 888 provides the analog kick and snare as well as… Read More Metasonix Scrotum Smashing Drums
OT: This isn’t as cool as Chuck E Cheese robots doing Ms. New Booty, but it’s close. Bert & Ernie do M.O.P.’s Ante Up.
Moby’s Ooh Yeah video competition has been very successful, and a smart project, too. He’s giving away $10,000, but generated dozens of videos for Ooh Yeah in the process. This one, from Kasia Koniar, has two socks falling in stop-motion love.
Anders Bäckman‘s entry for Moby’s “Ooh Yeah” video competition: Filmmakers 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 the official music video for Ooh Yeah from Moby’s latest album, Last Night.
