Back in NY, just returned from an fantastic short break in Mexico with Steph. We stayed at the gorgeous Casa Malca in Tulum for 4-days. So beautiful and peaceful. Wish we could’ve stayed longer.
One made beats and played them with Ableton Live and a MIDI keyboard. The other jammed live with a chromatic harmonica & pedal FX. It was like deep space Vangelis. Perfect for the setting. Perfect for the vibe.
Needed the break after putting a shift in at work (see last few posts) but feeling recharged and inspired. Don’t spend your money on stuff. Spend it on experiences and memories.
You may have heard classic tunes recreated on barely functional pieces of electronics before, but this is a really impressive effort.
All made using:
a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old)
b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ
c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar
d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal
Vinyl will always hold a special place in my heart. So it’s nice to see people doing interesting things with the magic plates.
Linyl
Linyl are discs of light drawn from photos of past experiences that can be played on a special record player to create an ambience. They are inspired by our nostalgia for a time when the experience of music was slower and more environmental.
Analogue Vinyl Sampling
Experimental analog sampling with modified vinyls. Sectors from a vinyl record are cut and replaced by pieces with exact shape from other records. When played in a vinyl player the needle follows the grooves from both sectors creating sampled tunes or loops.
Sorry about the lack of updates. Work is taking up most of my time at the moment, but here’s some stuff I liked recently. Will try and share more of this kind of stuff in the future. Sound like a plan?
Chrome: SBTV
The first ad in the first break of the new series of X-Factor was this ad for Google Chrome, featuring youth site SBTV, and its founder Jamal Edwards. Inspiring da yoots. Excellent work.
DC Shoes: Ken Block’s Hollywood Megamercial
Gynkhama is back, this time he’s tearing around on the backlots of Universal Studios, California.
TableDrum
A virtual drumkit which syncs the sound of any object to high quality drum samples of your choice. /via Ad Bright
DragonTape HTML5 Mixmaker
Dragontape is an easy to use HTML5 video & sound editor that enables anyone to create mixtape playlists (up to 3 hours long) from YouTube and SoundCloud clips. /via Rubbishcorp http://www.dragontape.com/home
Nike+ City Runs
An installation for Nike retail stores which visualized a year’s worth of runs from the Nike+ website. Made with OpenFrameworks. http://yesyesno.com/nike-city-runs
Watch YouTube With Friends
Possibly the most interesting recent Google+ feature is a new button on YouTube that lets you start a hang out with friends around a video you’re watching. http://mashable.com/2011/08/18/watch-with-friends-youtube/
Wearable Electronic Sensors Stick Like Temporary Tattoos, Present Endless Possiblities
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign have developed small electronic devices that can be worn on the skin. http://www.geekosystem.com/sensor-temporary-tattoos/
IKEA Lullaby So many things I like I about this. Gorgeous HTML5 website, leading to branded content in Spotify and iTunes. http://demo.fb.se/pr/ikea/lullabies/
INNOVATION / TECHNIQUES
X-Men First Class – NFC Posterscope, Proxama, O2 and Nokia team up. The possibilities are HUGE!
Daft Punk – Anatomy of a Mashup The entire piece is composed from the latest HTML5 and CSS3 technology (canvas, audio, transforms & transitions). http://daftpunk.themaninblue.com/
MIT Mood Meter Isobar have already teamed up with MIT to look at applications for brands.
Androidify Dance Kinect + Android avatar. Love it.
Aurasma Object tracking non-QR AR for iPhone with multiple media (geo-located).
Paper Record Player A paper record player wedding invitation.
Kinect Live Music Performance Chris Vik uses Kinect with Ableton to control sound samples and produce an amazing live music performance.
YooToob Interactive Youtube Music Machine Just use your keyboard. It’s the Youtube interactive music machine.
The Wheels Of Steel Turntables in your browser with HTML5/CSS/JS and some Flash. Needs a kickass browser and machine. http://wheelsofsteel.net/
Human Jukebox This man is an owner of an electronics store in Stockholm. He swallowed a custom-made wireless soundsystem. People then request a song over the internet.
Borg & McEnroe Play Doubles on YouTube Separately, they are alright. But when played simultaneously, they interact perfectly.
The Verbalizer by Breakfast NY Enhancing Google Voice Search. Smart. Fast. Etc.
Face Projection Mapping Responsive projection mapping where everything is triggered by his face. Up close and personal.
Video Time Machine Handpicked popular culture from 1860 – 2011.
RobotFlaneur The idea is simple: pick a city, and every 30 seconds it will take you to a random place and show you the Google StreetView image. Each view is not important. What’s interesting is if you leave it running and occasionally glance at it. You might recognise some views in some cities, otherwise there’s a lot of mundanity: suburbs, motorways, traffic signs. These are the grain of the city and vary wildly. /via Dentsu Blog. http://robotflaneur.com/
Phil Collins: Requirements The site geolocates you, and updates the album artwork depending on the weather. London. 18º. No Jacket required. http://www.philcollinsrequirements.com
CULTURE
Glasto 2011 Nice vid made from 1000s of photos.
Masterchef Synesthesia Swede Mason steps up culture smash.
Three-Toed Sloth Crossing The Road In Costa Rica (Sloth’s Perspective) What’s not to love?
Andy Kinsella 