Classical minimalist composer Philip Glass, who wrote music for both the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2004 Athens Games, isn’t looking forward to the competitions in Beijing. “I think that we should pull out,” says Glass. “The Chinese are supposed to be taking care of human rights; they haven’t done it. The only reason… Read More Philip Glass Doesn’t Support Chinese Commie Olympics
Leon Berry, popular Chicago organist, installed a Wurlitzer theatre organ in his basement in the 1950’s calling it the Beast in the Basement. The organ, complete with all the bells and whistles, was once used to accompany silent movies at the Lake Theater in Crystal Lake Illinois. Anybody have their own electronic music Beast in… Read More Leon Berry’s Beast In The Basement
This is the most bizarre music synthesizer we’ve seen in a while. Every synth should come with a skeleton sequencer! via the Experimental Electronics-Blog
Here’s something out of left field: Shredz64 is a modern day game for the Commodore 64 that makes use of the Playstation guitar controller hooked through the PSX64 interface. Its design is modeled after the popular “Guitar Hero” series, geared toward the ability to play along to your favorite C64 music on the guitar. Correctly… Read More Shredz64 – Guitar Hero For Commodore 64
The Korg DS-10, the cool new virtual synth for the Nintendo DS, is going to get worldwide distribution, according to the DS-10 blog: Hi there! my name is Tomi from AQI Inc.and I’ll be in charge of this product for international territories. For those of you out there wondering the release of DS-10 other than… Read More Korg DS-10 To Get Worldwide Release
GrooveStep Digital Music Studio is a new music making application for the Nintendo DS. GrooveStep features an easy to use step sequencer for pattern based music making. You can make beats, melodies and full songs with GrooveStep.
Amazingly enough, this cat plays theremin about as well as most people.
We normally don’t get into celebrity gossip – but this rumor is too juicy to let pass by. FoxNews reports that not only does Moby have a crush on Britney Spears, but he wants to marry her: Moby has developed an unlikely crush on Britney Spears. The hip electronica artist said he’d marry the former… Read More Don’t Do It Moby! Britney’s No Good For You!
This 1970’s euro pop cover of YMCA, NMKY in Finnish, is beyond horrible. Just when you think this video can’t get any worse, the backup dancers come in with the shiny hot pants. Let me know what you think – were the seventies really that bad? Extra credit if you can name that synth.
Image: _annì_ (Anna Troisi) This beautiful photo caught my eye – but I was especially intrigued by the electronic instrument. The photo is labeled thereannina29, and it looks like a variation on the theremin. If you have any information on either the instrument or the performer, let me know in the comments!
