According to creator Tal Frax, this video grew out of an interest in reproducing near-organic abstractions with a digital graphics synthesizer. “I was looking for a way to synthesize the look of snakeskin and the undulations of a slithering snake,” says Frax.
Remember Andy Moog Boy’s Transistor Ladder Filter tattoo? Last time we saw it, it was looking a bit sore and nasty. Now it doesn’t look sore at all. The tat reproduces the circuit design of Bob Moog’s seminal Transistor Ladder Filter. Now that’s hardcore!
If you’ve ever wondered how pictures of you French-kissing a giant chicken ended up on Flickr, you’ll be glad to know there’s a scientific explanation: bars use loud dance music to get you drunk. A study to be published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research on the effects of music levels on drinking in bars… Read More t’s Science: Bars Use Loud Musi# To Get You Drunk
bechillnow‘s awesome Rave Cat.
The Electric Pick Synth is one of the stranger circuit bent instrument ideas. Features: 2 Photo-Cells 1 Pitch/On-Off Tone range switch 8 Ohm Speaker Speaker On-Off switch Guitar contact hookup wire Runs on a 9 volt battery Suggested uses: Route the pick into a reverb and a wah-wah pedal for an instant analog filter Dazzle… Read More Bizarro Circuit-Bent Guitar Pick Synth
If you’re planning on going to a Russian rave, you may want to wear protective eyewear: Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow have been partially blinded after a laser light show burned their retinas, say Russian health officials. 12 cases of laser blindness were recorded at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic in the… Read More Dancers Blinded By Lasers At Russian Rave
[display_podcast] The Graphite Sequencer is an art piece that explores turning a record player into a tangible interface for sequencing music: Disc are coded with graphite, which conducts electricity. Two wires touch the paper discs as they spin. The wires are connected to a simple tone generator. When a line is drawn across the disk,… Read More Graphite Sequencer Makes Tangible Turntable Music
Remember the recent post about binaural beats? When two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately to your ears via headphones, the brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the loudness of a perceived sound. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally. According to some research,… Read More Free Binaural Beat Site Promises To Open Your Chakras
This simple but creeptacular video is a promo for Grace Jones’s album Hurricane, to be released in October 2008. Co-produced by Jones with Ivor Guest, the eight-track set will also feature contributions by long-time collaborators Sly and Robbie, Brian Eno, Wally Badarou, Tricky, Uzziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson, Mikey ‘Mao’ Chung, Barry Reynolds, John Justin, Martin Slattery,… Read More New Grace Jones Album To Feature Brian Eno, Tricky
This video showcases the Thingamakit, a fun DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker. Comes with: detailed instructions fully labeled components simply layed out circuit board with minimal hand wiring. 2 ready to blink LEDacles control panel and face stickers
