We believe Gary Numan needs no introduction but you should watch this really cool interview even if you don’t care.
It’s hard to ignore Bob Moog’s birthday today as Google is honoring him prominently. If you’re reading this and still don’t know who he is – please take a minute to learn more! Happy Birthday, Bob!
So you may or may not be a fan of Deadmau5 and his music but when it comes to marketing yourself he’s been a bit of an expert right from the start. In his blog he shares his secrets with the world and they are, no surprise here, very simple. If you’d like to make … Read more
Ableton has teamed up with SoundCloud and collaborated with some of our favorite artists for this very special contest. A free Live Pack featuring sounds from atmospheric pop titan M83, indie electronic stars Junior Boys, and LA beatmaker Nosaj Thing is available to all Live users from May 14th through May 28th. Use these loops, … Read more
3D print a custom iPhone case with your favorite sound from SoundCloud. The 3D-print specialists from Shapeways partnered with Soundcloud to let you create The Vibe – a one of a kind iPhone case with the waveform of your choice. The idea is quite cool but it’s actually hard to tell that the finished design … Read more
I DREAM OF WIRES is a forthcoming documentary film about the history and resurgence of modular synthesizers. The film is currently in production. This is the 3rd in a series of extended interviews, which will be produced and released in various formats throughout the production, and following the release, of the film. In January 2012, … Read more
Daft Punk’s latest release was the soundtrack to the Tron movie remake – a piece of music that is epic in every respect. And now there is “Da Chip”, a music project with the completely reversed intention to recreate the Daft Punk songs with 8-bit sounds. Still epic! Da Chip official website
The LA Times just released an interesting article about a team of scientist who have developed a method to measure the hit potential of a song. Naturally this method is not 100% accurate, they actually talk about 60%. From a musician’s perspective it basically doesn’t matter which song could be a hit but why. So … Read more
OK Go is back with probably the most amazing music videos ever made. But it’s not just a video to a song – they actually create the song in the video by driving a car over 1000 instruments. We can only imagine the amount of time needed to prepare the complete setup. Stunning.
Once in a while we discover products that are somewhere between superawesome and daf*ck? I don’t know where exactly I would put the Cat Scratch as it seems to have an actual purpose. Kind of like giving the “scratch your own itch” method a whole new meaning. The decks come flat packed and fold together … Read more
