Ben Brown & his Monome-Guitar

Ben Brown & his Monome-Guitar

There’s Something from Ben Brown on Vimeo.

When it comes to procreation, the offspring tend to embody the traits of their parents. When it comes to this custom Monome-Guitar, there’s certainly no exception to that rule. Thanks to Ben Brown for this beautiful marriage, and offspring of a guitar and monome. Great video as well.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm and is filed under Gadgets, Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

In my formative high school years, my friends and I were discovering all sorts of amazing bands. My friend Stephen was hooked on The Ramones and tried to get me into them; quite unsuccessfully I might add. I just didn’t get it. There seemed to be nothing special at all about The Ramones but Stephen just couldn’t get enough. It all sounded the same to me. I told him, “Every song sounds the same to me” and he kind of paused for a bit. Then he got this look and said to me, “Yeah but it’s a great song.” Years later, after becoming a true Techno fan and DJ, I would remember Stephen’s words. Because they made total sense to me. Techno was my Ramones.

Dave & Philip of Kompakt

Speaking in Code is a documentary about the love of Techno, the people who produce it, and the people who are lost in it. The trailer is awesome and I’m really excited to see it because it seems so focused. Most documentaries on electronic music tend to focus on superstars and act as a starter kit for the uninitiated. Speaking in Code doesn’t really have that feel to me. From the press release:

“…an intimate account of people who are completely lost in music. A heartbreaking and lighthearted documentary, it’s a vérité glimpse into the world of techno.”

Features a stellar cast of producers (I’m really looking forward to the brothers Voigt footage): Modeselektor, Wighnomy Brothers, Monolake, Philip Sherburne, Ellen Allien, Tobias Thomas, Marc LeClair AKA Akufen, Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Reinhard Voigt, Sascha Ring AKA Apparat, Sascha Funke, Mario Willms AKA Douglas Greed, Miss Kittin, Dan Paluska AKA Six Million Dollar Dan, and Mike Uzzi AKA Smartypants.

Right now director/producer Amy Grill is trying to get the film into several film festivals so if anyone has any connections in their town give her a tweet. Also check out the behind the scenes trailer via Facebook.

Tags: Akufen, amy grill, Apparat, Dan Paluska, Douglas Greed, Ellen Allien, Marc LeClair, Mario Willms, Michael Mayer, Mike Uzzi, Miss Kittin, Modeselektor, Monolake, Philip Sherburne, Reinhard Voigt, Sascha Funke, Sascha Ring, Six Million Dollar Dan, Smartypants, speaking in code, Tobias Thomas, trailer, Wighnomy Brothers, Wolfgang Voigt

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 11:21 pm and is filed under Artists, Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 1)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 1)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 2)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 3)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 4)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 5)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 6)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 6)

Nueva Forma video spot (scene 6)

Nueva Forma video spot from Colorcubic on Vimeo.

The official Nueva Forma video spot. This twenty-eight second piece reveals the surrealistic world of the audio / visual record label, Nueva Forma.

Produced by: Colorcubic™.
Sound design by: Masmöd™.

To view a larger / HD version of the video, please visit the
Nueva Forma vimeo page. Thanks for watching.

Tags: Ambient, Cloudburst, Color Cubic, Colorcubic, critical, dubstep, Electronica, Hiphop, Hyphy, IDM, Masmod, Mothion Graphics, Nueva Forma, Pinscape, Record Label, White Car

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at 1:41 pm and is filed under Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Work it, own it!

Comes in several flavas: Bad, badder, and baddest.

Found this strange little novelty item while drooling over the Optimus Maximus. Not quite sure if the DJ scratch pad would make it in the winner’s circle. I can imagine some dude pulling this card out of his wallet and whispering slyly to his date, “Hey… check this…” then start scratching like he’s Kid Koala. Deal-breaker? Probably. At least the video is hilarious.

Tags: art lebedev, card, dj, kid koala, optimus maximus, scratch pad

This entry was posted on Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 4:23 am and is filed under Design, Gadgets, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Just found this informative video on how vinyl records are actually made, which is a crazy-complicated process. Despite the ups, downs, or chug-along of the music industry and the format wars, vinyl is still in popular demand (vinyl at Best Buy, anyone?), and I wouldn’t be surprised if it supersedes compact discs in the next couple years. We’ll have to see how vinyl dukes it out with USB albums, which is still the closest thing to a physical record that’s actually digital, for those who still care about the tactile experience. If you want to read up more on vinyl, check out wikipedia’s article on it.

via Core77

Tags: 45, albums, best buy, cd, digital music, format war, Nueva Forma, records, USB, video, vinyl

This entry was posted on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 1:57 am and is filed under Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

I had recently discovered Alarm Will Sound, a 20-piece chamber orchestra, only last year. And when I had heard them perform Aphex Twin’s compositions from their album Acoustica, it got me even more hooked. Unfortunately, my experience with AWS has never reached further than my stereo or computer, but those of you in the New York area,  particularly on July 22, 2009, have the chance to attend AWS’s 5-year anniversary concert at Le Poisson Rouge where they will be performing arrangements from the electronic composers Aphex Twin, Autechre, and Mochipet. Tickets are twenty-bucks and totally worth it. Now if I can just book that plane ticket to NY for July…

Tags: acoustica, Alarm Will Sound, aphex twin, autechre, concert, le poisson rouge, mochipet, new york, Nueva Forma, orchestra

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at 4:46 pm and is filed under Artists, Events, Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Came across this pretty helpful VJ site called VJ Kung Fu / http://vjkungfu.tv. From the looks of it, it’s more like a community site, where users upload videos that touch on DIY methods for VJs, and what helps to produce the best live shows. This particular episode touches on the structure of a VJ performance. Thought it was pretty helpful for any other VJs out there who’re either just getting their feet wet, or are looking to expand their live shows with something a little more dynamic…

Looks like the guy in the tutorial uses a monome 128 to split up the structure of his visuals. Kind of a dope way of “structuring” video, while still making it  more of a hands on experience.

Tags: Audio-Visual, DIY, Do It Yourself, Electronic Music, IDM, Nueva Forma, Performance, visuals, VJ Kung Fu, VJs

This entry was posted on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 4:24 am and is filed under Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Conscious Automata from Nueva Forma on Vimeo.

A cataloged, abstract visual journey, featuring Masmöd’s title track, from his future release, Conscious Automata, the follow up to his debut album, Axiom. Masmöd shares insight about his inspiration and process:

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Tags: Abstract, audio, Flying, Japan, Masmod, Nueva Forma, NuevaForma, Tokyo, Train, Traveling, video, Visual

This entry was posted on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 am and is filed under Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Relentless, The REV from flight404 on Vimeo.

Found this video a while back and it’s still playing through the back of my eyes. Check out flight404’s website. Super tasty and visually most satisfying.

Shout out to Processing for making such amazing, creative and deliciously open-source application.

Audio by The Flashbulb- “Six Months Without Light” from the album Kirlian Selections.

*jem

Tags: Design, experimental, film, flight404, processing, The Flashbulb, video, visuals

This entry was posted on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 10:27 pm and is filed under Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Masmöd live at Aleatoric from Nueva Forma on Vimeo.

Here is a video of Masmöd performing “Asphalt” from the Nueva Forma Social Club vol.1 at the Someday Lounge. The sound that night, as always with the Someday Lounge, was terrific. Props to Aleatoric for organizing the night as well as to Cloudburst, Demi & Cutter and Mike Jedlicka for bringing out the fine tunes that night.

Tags: Acousmatic Pop, Audio-Visual, Cloudburst, Coco Madrid, Demi & Cutter, Electronica, Events, HIP HOP, IDM, Live, Masmod, Masmod Media, Mike Jedlicka, Music, Nueva Forma, NuevaForma, Online Shop, Performance, Social Club Compilation, Someday Lounge, video

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm and is filed under Artists, Events, Music, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.