Tristan Perich is a musician who has been doing some very interesting things with microcontroller-based music. He is a member of the Loud Objects, makers of the Loud Objects Noise Toy (itself microcontroller-based). Several years ago, Perich released 1-Bit Music, a microcontroller hot glued to the inside of a CD jewel case, along with a [...]
23 August 2010 – 11:45 pm
John Mellencamp has a new T-Bone Burnett-produced album, No Better Than This. It’s not a CODE release, just a regular CD. But T-Bone Burnett is a good musical iconoclast, so the rear cover proclaims “RECORDED IN MONO”. Be still, my fluttering heart. Apparently, the songs were recorded live into a single microphone onto a vintage [...]
The Arcade Fire chose a digital distribution model for their new album, The Suburbs. Digital-only is $7.99. CD plus download is $12.99. The deluxe edition is a double 12″ vinyl plus download for $24.99. Downloads are available in 320 kbps MP3, FLAC, or Apple Lossless. There is also an AAC version that has synchronized visuals. [...]
Last night, Machine Project hosted a contact microphone workshop followed by an art installation entitled Amplified Party. The evening was lead by sound artists John P. Hastings and Casey Anderson. Using simple piezo disks, workshop attendees soldered simple contact microphones. If you Google “making a contact microphone” you might find the resulting tutorials to be [...]
The first ever Handmade Music L.A. was a great success. There was some great music, some cool handmade instruments, and even a concerto written for MakerBots! There’s a video being edited, which I’ll link to. But here are a few pictures from the CRASHSpace Flickr: Sweaty Caps and his and his Monome-powered acoustic set. My [...]
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