Earlier in the year, we reported on Italians scientists that were studying the clubbing behavior rats on ecstasy. At the time, we thought that Italy was the place to be if you got reincarnated as a lab rat. But those Italians scientists didn’t stop with giving rats ecstasy and exposing them to music at club noise… Read More Scientific Proof That Clubbing Rats Have Lousy Sex Lives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSC8M6mSajU This documentary on prog-rock is narrated by a female robo-narrator. Strange, but interesting. via ProgAlbums
Electronic musicians and DJs think they have it tough – but robotic-DJs have it even tougher. They have to compete for attention with robo-strippers! From Mutate Britain, a five week exhibition of multiple media, presented by Urban Style & Hosted by Joe Rush and Wreckage International of the Mutoid Waste Company.
Merce Death plays a guitar with the tesla coil. Pretty cool – but it doesn’t beat Mark Smart’s outrageous tesla coil prog synth work. via hackaday
Sound Animals (App Store link) is a bizarre iPhone audio sampler app, and it’s free, too.
Here’s something that calls out to be adapted for musical purposes – the $29 Sonic Nausea: Sonic Nausea is a small electronic device which can really turn one’s stomach. It generates a unique combination of ultra-high frequency soundwaves which soon leads most in its vicinity to queasiness. It can also cause headaches, intense irritation, sweating, imbalance,… Read More Clear The Dance Floor With “Sonic Nausea”
The technicians from the Museum of Techno get inspired to write a love song with monster beats. Best line: “An enormous techno sausage”.
It’s an unfortunate law of the universe that guys always look stupid playing the keytar. While there are plenty of memorable keytar goddesses, Herbie Hancock is the only guy, ever, to look cool playing the keytar. Here’s Hancock looking pretty badass with a Roland AX-7: Jean Michel Jarre may have come pretty close to looking… Read More Proof That Herbie Hancock Is The Only Guy Ever To Look Cool Playing The Keytar
I’ve got no idea what’s going on here, but I think I might want to try it: SEX WITH NO HANDS features two amplified accordions and a vintage 80s keytar. Every member of the six-piece band sings and doubles on horns. Playing a wide range of genres, SEX WITH NO HANDS performances can last all night.… Read More Gear Porn Saturday: Sex With No Hands
jetdaisuke does his thing with the Korg nanoKey.
