New fruit-based MIDI-controller

Check out this video with Dr. Robert Schneider and Elijah Wood presenting a new kind of synth controller: By the way, the new Apples in Stereo record is here

Oraison played on Haken Fingerboard

In this video, you’ll see Olivier Messiaens composition Oraison (1937) performed by Richard Leinhart. He’s playing the Haken Continuum Fingerboard (expensive controller) controlling the Buchla 200e (even more expencive synthesizer).  It’s very beautiful: Originally, the piece was written for six ondes martenots. Read more about the performance here. And another interesting post on Richard Leinhart, [...]

Pylon

Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley RIP Randy Bewely died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. Pylon was an american new wave / post punk band based in Athens, Georgia. They started in 1978 and they have released 5 albums and some eps and singles. They were one of a few important (and great) american post punk [...]

Scott Walker DVD

Have you seen the music documentary 30 Century Man about Scott Walker? It’s a must see, a really good documentary about the legendary artist that started out in The Walker Brother but has gone experimental on his later records. The movie has interviews with among others David Bowie, Radiohead, Brian Eno, Allison Goldfrapp, Rob Ellis [...]

Thåström – Kärlek är för dom

Endelig, ny plate fra Thåström Den svenske artisten Joachim Thåström kommer snart med ny plate. Den slippes 13. mars og har fått tittelen “Kärlek är för dom”. Ingen sanger er ennå tilgjengelig, og myspacesiden ser ut til å ligge brakk. Jeg har likt Thåström siden hans forrige plate “Skebokvarnsv. 209” som kom i 2005. Den [...]

Ultramar

Raphael Saadiq

I kinda like this funky dude!

Neko Case is kind to animals!

My favourite alt. country chick Neko Case has a new album, a tour that also includes Europe (but sadly not Norway), and she’s kind to animals as well. What a woman!

Best of ARS Electronica 08 – Animation Pt.1

I suddenly rediscovered some material from the ARS Electronica festival, I was there in Linz, Austria in october. One part of the festival program is digital animation, and one of the best music videos we saw there has to be the song Black/White by danish band The Raveonettes. Check it out: I really like Raveonettes [...]

Polly Scattergood

Finally I discovered some exciting new music. When browsing record company Mutes channel on YouTube I found this cool video. Then I had to check out some of her other music. And then I realized that this is probably the best new music I have heard in some time. Hear for yourself: Polly Scattergood on [...]