Remix the washing machine drummer and win Ableton Live
August 6, 2010 – 12:05 pm | 102 Comments

OK, I was just so infatuated with the washing machine drums video, that it would be criminal not to remix those drums into a song.
So we’re going to have a remix contest! Ableton has …

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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 | No 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 | 2 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 | One Comment
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. …

The Omega Orion: HAL 9000 would be proud
July 15, 2010 – 3:18 pm | 2 Comments
The Omega Orion:  HAL 9000 would be proud

Studio Electronics created a synthesizer a while ago, very much inspired by the movie 2001: A space Odyssey, and Hal 9000′s ominous glow. This huge (38 pounds) synth is an anlogue monster, with a beautiful …

Bassoforte: a piano-bass hybrid
June 29, 2010 – 10:23 pm | 2 Comments
Bassoforte: a piano-bass hybrid

Diego Stocco in an accomplished musician, sound designer and crazy instrument experimenter. He’s managed to combine parts of a piano and parts of an electric bass into a fantastic DIY instrument that he calls the …

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June 26, 2010 – 7:22 pm | One Comment
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This is “u_08-1″ from the album Unitxt, by Alva Noto.
The vocals are done by poet Anne-James Chaton.
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