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By tyler on Aug 16, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Noisemakers, Recordings | 1 Comment
L’Atrapa-sons is a television program from the Tv3 network in Catalonia. Check em out..
By tyler on Aug 16, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Noisemakers, Recordings | 1 Comment
L’Atrapa-sons is a television program from the Tv3 network in Catalonia. Check em out..
By tyler on Jul 25, 2008 in Electronic/Digital, Recordings, Technology | 3 Comments
Somebody pinch me, please…
“The microphone has a remarkable contact point design, through which it can detect minute sounds that are virtually inaudible to the human ear, such as an ant’s footsteps or the heart beat of a snail.”
Instead of using a traditional diaphragm, this microphone uses a small “pin” which, on contact with a sounding [...]
By tyler on Jul 18, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Electronic/Digital, Recordings, Technology | 0 Comments
iBand is a trio of techie musicians who play two iPhones and an iPod Touch (and occasionally a Nintendo DS).
By tyler on Jun 14, 2008 in Experimental, H2O Instruments, Metal, Recordings | 0 Comments
nitro2k01 from Gameboy Genius has a theory:
The cupper and aluminum works as a battery, much like the lemon battery taught in physics class. However because of the Al2O3 surface on the aluminum, which is released in an opscillating manner, you get spikes of voltage. This is what creates the sound. Compare it to the bubbles [...]
By tyler on Jun 13, 2008 in Art, Contemporary, H2O Instruments, Nature, Recordings | 0 Comments
Jamie Drouin and Lance Olsen have recorded themselves thoughtfully interacting with a plot of snow. Their 2 CD set is entitled “Snow:Field.” CD 1 features the recordings and CD 2 features the “remixes.” The music (if you should call it that) is interesting enough. I’ve had track 07 on loop for about [...]
By tyler on May 30, 2008 in Aerophones, Recordings | 3 Comments
Oh my goodness, beat that! Flight of the Bumble Bee on the accordion (a free-reed aerophone and also known as a squeeze box!) by Alexander Dmitriev.