Art Deco Electrified Piano
Analog Suicide‘s Tara Busch visits Off The Wall Antiques to have a peek at the RCA-Victor “Electrified” Piano from 1939, a gorgeous Art Deco electroacoustic instrument.
Category: Strange
Control Music With Slime
The League Of Electronic Musical Urban Robots‘ Eric Singer demonstrates the Slime-o-Tron – a controller that works by moving conductive slime around copper nails. What do you think? Is this the most disgusting way to create music ever invented?
Alternative Musical Interfaces At The Maker Faire
Collin Cunningham made a short video showing just a few of the many musical interfaces on hand at Bay Area Maker Faire. “There were so many awesome instruments,” says Cunningham, “and so little time to play them all!” If you’ve got any info on these bizarre creations, let me know in the comments!
Psychedelic Synth Porn Video
Isotope of Me got a new camera and decided to to get out the old anamorphic lens, which had sitting around gathering dust, and use it to make a psychedelic synth porn video.
Moo Cow Music’s Band For The iPhone
Moo Cow Music‘s Band lets you record tunes on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Do you think these iPhone apps are anything more than music toys?
David Byrne Installation: Playing The Building
Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by David Byrne, will transform the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” Byrne’s project will consist of a retrofitted antique organ placed in the center of the building’s cavernous second-floor… Read More David Byrne Installation: Playing The Building
The Pod: Techno Is Not A Joke
Animated adventures of techno art collective The Pod. The Pod are a “late eighties electronic dance outfit trying to cope with the mid nineties post rave come down.” Says creator Tim Hope: “I made this about five years ago and has never really been seen except at a few screenings and festivals. Stars myself and… Read More The Pod: Techno Is Not A Joke
Walkman Analog Tape Delay
xelent‘s Tape Delay Machine uses two Walkman type tape players, a Realistic Stereo Mate and a Memorex XB, to create a tape delay. It’s Frippertronics on the cheap! A single tape loop runs through two modified cassettes (each which have had one of their left or right sides removed). The players themselves have had there… Read More Walkman Analog Tape Delay
Mouse Trap Joystick Synthesizer
Interesting synth DIY project, via noystoise, the Mouse Trap features quad frequency modulating oscillators built with 556 timers. The oscillator frequencies are controlled by a quadruple pot joystick. two of the four have switches to add a slow decay. The mouseball changes the pitch of the oscillators randomly. The thumb wheel pot sets the minimum… Read More Mouse Trap Joystick Synthesizer
Hamster Plays Bizarre Opal Sonome MIDI Keyboard
Hamster Sammy enjoys improvising on an Opal Sonome: She gives herself a little wash and clean while holding down a minor 9th chord! The plastic sphere is her means of transport while chasing humans across the kitchen floor, her equivalent to a skateboard or bike. The Opal Sonome looks substantially similar to the C-Thru Axis… Read More Hamster Plays Bizarre Opal Sonome MIDI Keyboard
