The Telemegaphone Dale loudspeaker will continue to “speak” incoming phone calls until September 20th, 2008. For those of you who don’t know, Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the mountains of Norway and the nearby village of Dale. Read more about this [...]

We’ve all heard of experimental music, but what is experimental listening? George Khut, a Sydney based artist specializing in “body-focused interactive art systems” (e.g. biofeedback systems) is the creator of “Pillowsongs,” an installation exploring sleep and rest as a space for listening. A large collection of music and audio recordings were mixed semi-randomly [...]

Richard Widerberg from Göteborg, Sweden has some very odd and interesting sound recordings on his website including a track entitled “Sunrisescape” which makes use of light sensors and two oscillators to record the gradual illumination of a rising sun. You can find this recording here.
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Nick Cave, an artist and educator working out of Chicago, is the creator of full body “soundsuits” which are made from layers of metal, plastic, fabric, hair, found objects, and other things that rub together to make noise. Many of Cave’s soundsuits are politically/socially inspired and have deeper meanings than just looking fantastic and [...]

A monome, besides being contemporary sexy, is a key and light board which, using community created applications, can do virtually anything imaginable.

Expect to pay between $500 (for the 64 button) and $1,500 (128), that’s if you can even get on the waiting list OR you could buy a kit and do it yourself! Check [...]

Ken Butler’s “hybrid instruments” - Axe, crossbow, and assault rifle violins? Shovel tablas, easel guitars, umbrella igils, and toothbrush violas? Oh my! Watch Ken put a mic in his mouth and play his entire face!

Instrument ridiculousness!