June 2011
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Boston-based video and audio artist Ben Houge has created an art installation called Kaleidoscope that, in his words, “takes a live microphone feed of the ambient sound around the gallery and algorithmically layers and filters it into a continuously evolving harmonic soundscape.” He’s started a Kickstarter campaign (see video above) to fund showing it at the Axiom Gallery in...
Jun 27th
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Jun 24th
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Muze is a electronic music instrument that plays along with you; it evolves notes and phrases over time, but also lets you tweak them. It’s a creation of Teague Labs, runs on an Arduino, and is open-source. Learn more about the project here. (hat tip: Suzanne)
Jun 23rd
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“Rooted by instinct in the Dark Ages, squintingly at odds with progress, metal...”
– James Parker wrote a fantastic essay for The Atlantic, of all places, on How Heavy Metal is Keeping Us Sane. Even if you’re not a metal fan, it’s worth the read.
Jun 22nd
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Jun 21st
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Jun 21st
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“So back to the League Unlimited Orchestra LP. This was an album that clocks in...”
– Geeta Dayal wrote a tribute to legendary artist and producer Martin Rushent, who passed away recently. Go read the whole thing.
Jun 20th
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The zed equals zee tumblr is a year old!
You can explore the archives here. Thanks for reading!
Jun 16th
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Scrobble is a Scrabble word! →
As of last month, the word ‘scrobble’ was added to the official Scrabble Dictionary. Matthew Hawn writes more about the links between music and Scrabble at the official Last.fm blog.
Jun 14th
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Jun 10th
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Jun 7th
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Concertgram →
Concertgram is a cool little hack made by Ethan Kaplan, designed to find photos of concerts. You enter an artist name, and then it uses the Songkick API to come up with their recent concerts. Pick one, and it searches for Instagram photos that match the location and the time. Read more about it here.
Jun 7th
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A new method of digital scratching: researchers at Stanford use the internal sensors of an iPod Touch to let you scratch-DJ vinyl. Read more at New Scientist. (via Rebecca)
Jun 6th
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Jun 3rd
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“…instead of pipes, there were sixteen cat heads each with its body...”
– The Birth of Sampling by Michael Betancourt Or, how the katzenkavalier presaged recombinant sampling and Autotune.
Jun 2nd
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Jun 1st
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