Selwyn House School is an all-boys school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. For computer class, one of their teachers brought in a 30 year old Roland TR-808 drum machine for the students to play with.
Here’s …

Dave Smith instruments (Dave smith is the guy whop created the legendary Prophet 5 analogue synth) just released at NAMM 2011 the details of his new analogue drum machine, the Tempest.

A collaboration with Roger Linn, …

The cactus in the video below seems to be special – it can be played! Yes, this cactus is a playable musical instrument. In the video below, you see someone playing …

A very long time ago in high school, I bought (with my parents’ help) a Korg Poly 800. I was so proud of that synth… until a friend of mine started making fun of …

3D printing has come a long way – there are now stores that will print 3D objects on demand like this one in Belgium. It really gets the imagination flying, thinking of all the …

While I don’t think that I’m really part of Diesel’s target demographic, I think their their “SoundSystem” bedding set is pretty darn awesome.
It’s a duvet cover plus pillowcases set printed with pictures of analog audio …

The Elektron Octatrack DPS-1 promises to pretty much be “Ableton Live in a box”. Whether or not it lives up to this, I don’t know, but I do know that the following …

Simon Lanson has created all sorts of interesting projects, but his steam-powered record player is one of my favorites.

Simon built the DIY steam engine part completely from junk he had lying around his garage. …

Tim Franco is a photographer based in Shanghai, China. His photographic work tries to examine objects from different perspectives:
“My art pushes further the idea to investigate the documentary work through portraying certain kind of …

Dabbler & experimenter Paul Bower was browsing eBay looking at vintage steam engines one day, and decided to do something fun with it: he built a DIY steam-powered sequencer.
Using an old 1920′s steam engine …