Weepr is a new free music application that is sort of like a software Tenori-On. Not much information is available yet, and the site is in Italian, but you can download and try Weepr out here. Adobe’s Air is required. It’s limited in terms of what sounds are available, and timing is a little shaky,… Read More Weepr – A Software Alternative To The Tenori-On
Sonofcastille has published a set of videos demonstrating beautiful steampunk-style synths and noise generators. Here are a few of the coolest: WSG This is Ray Wilson’s Weird Sound Generator circuit off of musicfromouterspace.com, plus audio amp scavenged out of a Radio Shack amp. The case was an old telephone from the 70s.
In this video, new age artist Kitaro explains how and why he uses the synthesizer as he does. He also offers some criticism about the “wrong” use of that instrument.
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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
Omer Yosha’s AirPiano is a new musical interface which lets you play and control software instruments by moving hands in the air. Above the AirPiano is a virtual matrix of keys and faders, each assigned with MIDI messages and ready to be triggered. The length of a triggered note is equivalent to the time a… Read More AirPiano Lets You Control Music With Wave Of Your Hands
Keyboard Choir, a band described as “a journey through the history of electronic music” is a collective of six musicians who try to make music with the turbulence and dynamics of traditional ‘ensemble’ performance, using purely electronic sound sources and ‘found sound’. “When we started we toyed with the idea of being a loose, random… Read More Keyboard Choir – A Journey Through The History Of Electronic Music.
Director Michel Gondry, who made a name for himself making music videos for the likes of Chemical Brothers, Björk, Daft Punk and others, has compiled a list of 25 music videos that you should see, and it’s got some classics: Michael Jackson – ”Billie Jean” (1983) Peter Gabriel – ‘Sledgehammer” (1986) Red Hot Chili Peppers… Read More 25 Music Videos That Michel Gondry Says You Must See
This is insane, dangerous and, yes, awesome – the Mundo Piano Bike. It was a special project for Bicycle Music Festival: Paul Freedman of Rock the Bike mounts a seat and instrument rack on a Mundo utility bicycle. Watch as Janaysa performs her song, London Bridges, on the back of the bike on its maiden… Read More Rolling With Your Keyboard – The Mundo Piano Bike
[display_podcast] Remember David Byrne’s Julio – the creepy realistic animatronic singer? Byrne has written a post from the opening, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. In the post, he elaborates on the show and his throughts on his man-machine: I don’t think what I’ve addressed thus far really engages the… Read More David Byrne On Machines and Souls (Máquinas y Almas)
