Remix Contest: Sounds from the Large Hadron Collider
December 30, 2010 – 10:05 pm | 416 Comments

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator that resides in a tunnel 27km in circumference beneath the earth near Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the LHC is to help us understand some …

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“Ronald”
February 10, 2011 – 12:29 pm | 4 Comments
“Ronald”

Ron Mael is one-half of the band (along with his brother) Sparks. From wikipedia:
When the band hit the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, he was well-known for his strange appearance, often remaining motionless …

Pinball Wizardry
January 4, 2011 – 11:33 am | No Comment
Pinball Wizardry

In this clip from an old episode of Omni (hosted by Peter Ustinov), electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani describes working on the music and sounds for the 1980 pinball game, Xenon – one of …

Now that’s what I call MIDI!
December 22, 2010 – 9:04 pm | No Comment
Now that’s what I call MIDI!

Internet Archaeology is an organization that “seeks to explore, recover, archive and showcase the graphic artifacts found within earlier Internet Culture.”
Basically, they want to save early internet content to acknowledge its importance, and save …

Edison – Monome Ninja
August 31, 2010 – 2:58 pm | 2 Comments
Edison – Monome Ninja

The video below is Edison, playing the track “Tonka Truck” from his album “All the Information at Hand”.
What is completely remarkable about this track is not just that it’s played entirely on a Monome, but …

Vince Clarke’s Analogue Monologues
August 26, 2010 – 6:45 pm | No Comment
Vince Clarke’s Analogue Monologues

The legendary Vince Clarke has put together a great series of mini synth demos called “Analogue Monologues”. The demos take place in his mouth-watering Maine Studio, and will feature a different synth each episode.

The …

The secret lair of Hans Zimmer
August 10, 2010 – 10:38 am | One Comment
The secret lair of Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer is the famous German composer known mainly for his film scores – He’s done about a hundred of them, such as Rain Man, The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, …

Herbie Hancock shows his Fairlight CMI to the Sesame Street kids
July 20, 2010 – 1:16 pm | 2 Comments
Herbie Hancock shows his Fairlight CMI to the Sesame Street kids

I always loved how Sesame Street brought in all sorts of fantastic musical guests for the kids and viewers. Here’s a great clip of Herbie Hancock showing the Sesame Street gang his Fairlight CMI:

My …

Thomas Dolby’s solar-powered boat studio
July 19, 2010 – 9:03 pm | 3 Comments
Thomas Dolby’s solar-powered boat studio

Keyboard magazine recently did an interview with Thomas Dolby in his home studio, which just happens to be… a boat.
Powered by both solar and wind power, the studio is located somewhere on the north coast …

Kung Fu + Chemical Brothers + video editing = masterpiece
July 19, 2010 – 9:58 am | 2 Comments
Kung Fu + Chemical Brothers + video editing = masterpiece

For the music video “Get Yourself High”, the Chemical brothers turned to director Joseph Kahn to create a music video via some creative video editing.
“Get Yourself High” was a bonus track on The Chemical …

Richard Eigner: Denoising Field Recordings
July 16, 2010 – 8:56 am | One Comment
Richard Eigner: Denoising Field Recordings

Most people who are familiar with computer-based music production have used or seen de-noise plugins. They basically take a snapshot of the noise, and remove the noise from the wanted sound via various algorithms. …