I ordered a Stylophone Beatbox immediately after viewing this video.
It’s Karoake 2.0! God help us.
Amerinan Idol Star Studio – Players stand in front of a green screen while the game films them and creates a music video background while they sing. Their performance is then emailed to them or burnt onto a DVD players can take home.
Fortunately this project has been killed. Found via Berg.
Calvin Harris actually calls it the Humanthesizer. Whatever. It’s a synth, and it’s got bikini models. What more could one ask for. I wonder when the home version is coming out.
Check out the making of video too, it features a bunch of smart cats from the Royal College of Art.
Mr Bernal has a nice Dilla-esque instrumental sound. Actually the first cut of this short little compilation is titled ‘Diego’s Donut (RIP Dilla). Quite nice. 19 short little tracks that are perfect for mass consumption and repeated listening, just like the original ‘Donuts.’ Track 13 remixes an ‘86 track of MC Rakim and the Furious Boyz crew, hands down my favorite.
One copy of The Commodores “Too Hot To Trot” 45 single and an Akai Headrush looping pedal.
Here at the Acme Siren we link to a lot of music, for a change we thought we’d link to some of our own. Here’s a quick mix-up I did with 2 copies of Foghat Live, 2 turntables, and nothing more.
If your interested in downloading the actual album in its entirety check it out here.
Just popped over to the Cowboys from Sweden myspace blog to see what was new, and lo and behold! Smoke! A new mix tape! These guys put together some of the best mixes I’ve heard. Most of it is from the 60s and includes Serge Gainsbourg, Piero Umiliani, Sven Libaek, and Les Baxter.
Looks like bling may not be the investment it once was according to this article from the Wall Street Journal. Back in my day, you could trust your bling.
I came across numerous videos of this guy playing keyboard in the New York subway. Anything that can get a bunch of people to whip out their cameras and shoot some video AND THEN post it to YouTubey has got to be worthy of a sharing.
This man seems to embody the sublime. That which we don’t understand. That which draws us in and frightens us at the same time. He reaffirms my idea that life in New York happens on a different plane than elsewhere in the U.S. The sheer size of the city and the density at which people live imbues experiences with a vividness that does not occur in other cities.
Those of you who have been paying attention should have noticed that I never got around to posting TAS-T10-FMD-2008 – #1. Well, it’s been difficult to choose. There’s been a lot of back and forth here at the Siren. We’ve had internal voting, filibusters, and an arm wrestling tournament, all to no avail. But in the end we decided that the #1 free music download should be your choice. So let’s hear them. Send in links to the best/weirdest stuff you’ve found online. Or the stuff that you’ve made on your own, that’s cool too. But first some ground rules.
1. The download must be free in nature. I don’t want a bunch of crap Mediafire links to ripped versions of that last TV On The Radio album. Downloads should be originally provided either by the artist, label, or archivists (by archivists I mean someone with an appreciation for music who has made available online music from a source not widely available—think of the WFMU blog for example)
2. Put some effort into it. Links to stuff that everyone already knows about are boring. NIN’s The Slip was a great album but let’s really dig for some good stuff. Imagine getting on your hands and knees at your favorite record store and going through all the records that are kept in boxes on the floor. The ones UNDERNEATH the regularly shelved ones. You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones that aren’t even PRICED because the manager never expected to sell them.
3. Tell us why you picked it. Why do you think it’s interesting? Nothing long, just a little context.
4. Netiquette. If you found the link on another blog please let us know what it is and we’ll throw them some propers.
5. Have fun with it. It doesn’t even have to be music! Just vaguely musical in nature. Or hell, just something weird and interesting. (Remember that Longmont Potion Castle stuff I featured last year?)
So there it is. You can either post your links with a brief summary in the comments, or you can email them to me directly at acme_siren@hotmail.com
Thanks everyone!
