The Commodore 64 was the best-selling home computer system of all time, and still draws a large crowd of retro-gamers. Despite its popularity, though, the music of C64 games has rarely been analysed in academic articles. Karen Collins’ Loops And Bloops: Music of the Commodore 64 Games discusses the technical constraints of C64’s SID soundchip… Read More The Commodore 64 Musical Aesthetic
Octavian Walk Through was uploaded by: Bitnotic
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Brian Eno had some interesting comments on genius vs “scenius” at the Sydney Luminous Festival: I was an art student and, like all art students, I was encouraged to believe that there were a few great figures like Picasso and Kandinsky, Rembrandt and Giotto and so on who sort-of appeared out of nowhere and produced… Read More Brian Eno On Genius, And “Scenius”
In this documentary, David Toop discusses his thoughts on sound and their role in music. Toop speaks about his fascination with sound and how digital technology affects its creation and reception. He also explains the genesis of the ‘laptop orchestra’ as we see it in action during a recent workshop for new members. Give it… Read More David Toop On Making Sounds
Alesis Andromeda Atonal Synthesis was uploaded by: JeffreyPlaide
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Matti Niinimäki created this video, which visualizes William S. Burrough‘s thoughts on the origin and theory of Tape Cut-Ups. via RichardMetzger
Don’t watch this if you’re easily depressed! Charts Music, by Johannes Kreidler. The melodies are derived from stock charts, and then arranged with Microsoft’s Composition Software Songsmith. Kreidler is a provocateur and uses music to raise ethical questions. He’s best known for using his piece, product placements, to create a nightmare for GEMA (the German… Read More Johannes Kreidler + Microsoft Songsmith Make Music From Your Misfortune
zplane.development has released version 1.5 of vielklang, its audio harmonization instrument. The utilization of voice leading and harmony progression models allows vielklang to create harmony parts in a more musical way than traditional harmony processors and makes it a versatile and creative tool for musicians, songwriters and producers. The new version adds the following features: … Read More vielklang Automatic Harmony Plugin Updated
British composer, artist and activist Brian Eno was a founding member of the rock group Roxy Music, has produced recordings by Talking Heads and U2 and created the genre of ambient music. Eno’s latest album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is a collaboration with David Byrne. He recently talked with NPR, as part of… Read More Brian Eno On Singing
Matriosity is a free Mac application designed to help with serial matrix creation – in case you want to get your Schoenberg on, atonal style. It lets you enter in a prime row, either as numbers (1-11, and either 0 or 12 for C) or letters (C, C#, etc.). It then generates a serial matrix,… Read More Mac App For Serial Matrix Composition
