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1-Bit Symphony Posted by zenzenzen

Fed up with the music industries relentless pushing of hype over substance? Adding “value” to music in desperate ways to try to stay relevent in this ADHD age of stems, samples and synthesizers when in theory anyone with any interest in music can already produce any kind of music they want for free at home. The reality is even wider than the music company executives realise in that now people can not only use software on their home computers (such as the infamous garageband) but also create music online for free with such amazing services as Aviary:Myna, AudioTool and uJam, hell even check out jamstudio. Forget about music exec’s ideas on how people “should” interact with music by examing such pail concepts as Mxp4 and youSpins. In fact, audio hardware hacking has made a strong resurgance thanks to great products such as the Arduino and Processing, with a whole range of pocket synths and open source schematics available online. Recent favourite of mine has to be Tristan Perich’s fantastic 1-Bit Symphony…

Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally “performs” its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.

Getchy’own! http://bangonacan.org/store/product/181

More info:

Cantaloupe Music: http://www.cantaloupemusic.com

1-Bit Symphony: http://www.1bitsymphony.com

Tristan Perich: http://www.tristanperich.com

DJ Shadow forgets why Hip-Hop Sucked in ‘96 Posted by zenzenzen

Thanks to Quim Abella for the image

Well… another decade has passed, and here we are living full time in the future that is 2010. I can see that you all handled the change gracefully and are excited about the future! Well Done! Not everyone however has managed the transition. I recommend these individuals remain humbly quiet until they fully understand and master their necessary evolution. There will however be cases where people, frustrated with the change in their mediums decide instead to launch a public tirade, and try to change the world rather than themselves.

Case in point is the venerable DJ Shadow…

Gone are the recording studios (including the historically important Plant down the road from me in Sausalito), the record shops, and the music magazines. Replaced by the oh-so-cynical, oh-so-corrosive AM talk radio of the new millennium, the Internet.

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Two Tone T’Interview: The Stopouts Posted by Gargleman

The Stopouts: once got groped by a skinhead in Chester

The Stopouts – Idiot Box Download MP3

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The Stopouts – Mr Jones Download MP3

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The Stopouts – Pretty Girls Download MP3

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The Stopouts have been playing striking ska-punk and 2-tone around the North West since 2006, and went on a full cross-country, multi-date tour in 2008 to promote their second EP.

With a full-length debut on the way, singer Tom spoke exclusively to Nomad Radio about television, touring and fun-time music…

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