Hackney (UK) based studio complex The Premises is going solar. Its solar-powered Studio A – the first solar-powered facility in the UK – officially opens in June and marks the final stage of a three-year project to rebuild The Premises’ 14 studios and save them from the developers. As part of the rebuild, Studio A… Read More First Solar-Powered Recording Studio
Have you ever asked yourself, why are the new Korg Radias synths so damn powerful? Texas Instruments knows the secret. Texas Instruments has revealed that the secret to Korg Synth Power is the high performance, low power TMS320VC5502 digital signal processor (DSP). For those not in the know, TI’s TMS320VC5502 16 bit, fixed-point digital signal… Read More The Secret of Korg Synth Power
Eno fans will be interested in a surprising April 1 discover regarding The Da Roxy Code: via EnoWeb
In the 1980’s Brian Eno experimented with video painting, creating an interesting collection of work that few people were able to see. A new DVD collection has been released that features Eno’s work from that era. 14 Video Paintings is comprised of two separate works (“Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan” and “Thursday Afternoon”) created in… Read More Brian Eno Releases Video Paintings as DVD
Now you can learn your future from Vangelis. No, not Vangelis, the Oscar award-winning synthesist and composer of the score for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and dozens of albums. Vangelis, the specialist in superstitions, the meaning of flowers and names, dreams and remote viewing. Visitors to his site can get a dream analyzed for… Read More Learn Your Future….From Vangelis
Following the success of his latest album, The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties, Barry Manilow is already working on his next release, and he’s listening to a lot of electronica. Manilow is “loving the work of artists like Underworld and Basement Jaxx right now, and would even love for an electronic artist to take one… Read More Is DJ Barry Manilow the Future of Electronica?
Emerald Suspension has created a CD of experimental music that plays the market – conceptual audio arrangements are structured based on patterns created by the stock market, economic indicators, algorithms, and other data sources. What’s it sound like? It’s definitely experimental, incorporating found audio, random elements and lots of creative weirdness. As one reviewer put… Read More New Music Plays the Market
Musicians may soon have a new instrument to play – their phone. Can an Eddie Van Halen phone be far away? Motorola is patenting a cellphone that displays the layout of a guitar neck on its screen, and allows its keypad to be plucked or strummed by a user. Cell phone user’s shredding will be… Read More Motorola Patents Guitar Phone
Google Video has an interesting free video of a historical performance of Alvin Lucier’s famous sound piece for human brainwaves Music for Solo Performer. This interpretation was done directly from the poetic score, never having heard or seen the original music performance. Performance Details Brainwave performer: Andrew Brouse Audification by Automates Ki: Maxime Rioux Video… Read More Music from Brain Waves
NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Ibanez had a very cool display of guitars styled by HR Giger, best known for the creature of “Alien” fame. “H.R. Giger’s collaboration with Ibanez is a natural pairing when delving into the world of string instruments,” commented H.R. Giger’s agent Les Barany at the convention site. “Mr. Giger is an… Read More NAMM Sighting: HR Giger Guitars
