Articles in Strange and Weird
Kitty Clark is an artist and technology geek extraordinare. One day, she must have thought to herself: “What do you get when you combine a couple of fans, a remote-controlled car and a weird robotic …
Designers Rob Meek and Frank Müller have created a system that is a fusion of two very strange bedfellows, synths and typefaces. Meet the Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer:
The FM Typographic synthesizer consists of a knob-laden …
Forest Terry Jr. (from the “Forest Power Band) came up with one of the stranger frankenstein instruments that I’ve seen in a while, and way back in 1974 he put out an album to show …
The Octopulse is in practical terms, a knitted synthesizer that was made to turn “unapproachable technology into an easily approachable, tactile and emotional object”.
Developed for the Yamaha Musical Instruments Research Lab, this crazy looking alien-bagpipe-thing …
Daito Manabe is a computer programmer, artist, and all-around crazy DIY guy. He and some friends have interfaced some music with their faces.
The interface sends electrical impulses to muscles on their faces in …
Cats and synthesizers have become a bit of a synth-meme in the last year or two. I love synths, but I am definitely not a fan of cats . This is why the …
Peter Ablinger was born in Austria, in 1959. He’s a graphic artist and a student of jazz, and he is a fairly prolific composer. Peter has made it his mission to question the nature …
This is both crazy and completely awesome at the same time. A company called Face Removal Services has created a product called Beatmap. Beatmap is a musical instrument that transforms the entire face …
The organ and keyboard “chants” are such a staple of hockey games that this thing almost makes sense. This ingenious crazy looking device is a hockey game that is controlled by a Casio Sk1 keyboard.
Each …
Kukowa brings us this awesome little video, the Breakcore Kid. Combining video and audio sampling, it’s freaking hilarious.
Just watch:
