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ART / Fractal table + nice chair

« on: April 09, 2011, 06:25:56 am »

Fractal table, rapid prototyping, by Platform:



Lovely wooden chair by Erwan Bouroullec:

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Variety of Sound - virtual console strip released (free VST)

« on: May 08, 2010, 06:26:49 am »

http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/nastyvcs-released-today/

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OTHER MUSIC / Modern Minimalists (BBC TV 1997)

« on: May 03, 2010, 08:36:33 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixrSzIa264&NR=1
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTxvmlA95Q&feature=related

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ART / Céleste Boursier-Mougenot installation - zebra finches play a Les Paul

« on: February 04, 2010, 09:32:24 pm »

Apparently it's a YouTube hit, but if you haven't seen it:

http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=9713

Just out of interest, has anyone here ever had any animal interaction/intervention whilst field recording? Squirrels stealing bits of your kit, birds pecking mics, insects inside tape recorders...?

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Madrona Soundplane

« on: January 31, 2010, 09:49:06 am »

I really want one of these when they're in production:

http://madronalabs.com/hardware

Beautiful wood construction, and expressive control possibilities with x, y and pressure data transmitted at about 1000 samples per second!