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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Baby Beats
October 23, 2009 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
Baby Beats

Brendan, aka DJ Expensive Jewelry, was obviously very inspired by Raymond Scott’s “Soothing Sounds for Baby” series when he came up with this mix. (Many people don’t know this, but Raymond Scott was Motown’s …

The Acid Symphony Orchestra
October 13, 2009 – 9:14 pm | One Comment
The Acid Symphony Orchestra

The Acid Symphony Orchestra is the brainchild of Jori Hulkkonen. Imagine 10 Roland TB-303′s one Roland TR-707 drum machine, and one Roland TR-808 drum machine. All wonderfully in sync, all tweaked by members …

Nintendo Jazz
October 10, 2009 – 10:23 am | 7 Comments
Nintendo Jazz

I love old Nintendo 8 bit games, and I love some of the music in these games. Well, Scott Bradlee and Ben Golder-Novick teamed up to bring you classic video game music recreated …

Speaking in code: Completely lost in the music
September 11, 2009 – 9:26 am | 2 Comments
Speaking in code: Completely lost in the music

The movie Speaking in Code is a lighthearted (and heartbreaking) account of people who are absolutely, completely lost in music. The award-winning documentary is a window into the the world of techno and people …

Birds on the wires: music by birds
September 10, 2009 – 4:00 pm | One Comment
Birds on the wires: music by birds

To you and I, this just looks like birds hanging out on power lines, but when Jarbas Agnelli saw this picture, she thought “music notation”. Since the picture of the birds on wires …

The History of Techno
September 8, 2009 – 3:29 pm | One Comment
The History of Techno

The documentary “High Tech Soul” is a documentary movie that reconstructs the history of techno music.
The movie is a fantastic look at the genesis of the techno genre, and includes interviews and footage …

The Breakcore Kid
September 1, 2009 – 4:12 pm | One Comment
The Breakcore Kid

Kukowa brings us this awesome little video, the Breakcore Kid. Combining video and audio sampling, it’s freaking hilarious.
Just watch:

8-bit Trip: Chiptunes and LEGO.
August 25, 2009 – 12:26 am | No Comment
8-bit Trip:  Chiptunes and LEGO.

8-Bit Trip is a stop motion LEGO video tribute to classic video games. It was created by the Swedish band Rymdreglage ,and took more than 1,500 hours of work.
The video is excellent, but my favorite part …

The Best CD case insert… ever.
August 19, 2009 – 4:14 pm | 2 Comments
The Best CD case insert… ever.

I’ve always been a fan of creative CD packaging, but Moldover’s Awesome Edition CD just blew my mind.
The CD insert is actually a circuit board that lists all the tracks and artist information – cool …

Oblique strategies for electronic music
July 27, 2009 – 10:15 am | 5 Comments
Oblique strategies for electronic music

Creativity and inspiration can often be quite elusive.  Sometimes I can sit down in my studio and great sounds and music simply pour out of me; other times I find myself staring at my computer …