Free Music Friday: Patrick Flanagan, band leader of the mostly robot band Jazari, let us know that he’s released a new EP, The Human Element, that’s available as a free download. Flanagan leads and controls Jazari, but his ‘bandmates’ are electroacoustic music robots. According to Flanagan, The Human Element “synthesizes three years of research into the… Read More Part Human, Mostly Robot: Jazari Releases Debut EP
Toa Mata Band Episode1 was uploaded by: Opificio Sonico
Duration: 164
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Moritz Simon Geist created the MR-808 – described as ‘the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80’s. The installation is a version of the famous Roland TR-808 – but with robots playing the drum sounds! “I decided to go back to the roots of sound generation – the physical sound generation – but… Read More The MR-808 Is An 808-style Mechanical Robot Drum Machine
Calum Scott’s GuitarGlitch features 3 classical guitars, mechanically actuated by a series of solenoids and dc motors. Here’s what Scott has to say about the project:
The Hubos Come Together was uploaded by: DrexelEngineering
Duration: 97
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Robot Band EOL covers Maroon 5 “Moves Like Jagger” was uploaded by: bd594
Duration: 244
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Reader Ken Palmer pointed out an interesting Smithsonian article about how emerging technology was thought of as a threat to musicians’ livelihood – way back in the 1930s! “I remember when it was argued that synthesizers and samplers were going to put many musicians out of work,” notes Palmer. But this alarmist view of technology in… Read More Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots
Three Pieces is a sound installation by Edinburgh-based art collective Found, a group best known for works involving ’emotional robotics”. Three Pieces is designed as a collaboration between robots, traditional instruments, and living things, housed in Victorian Palm House of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. A traditional Chinese dulcimer is played by a robot with many… Read More Three Pieces For Plants & Robots
robotarm is playing drum machine was uploaded by: daito
Duration: 121
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Herbie Hancock – Rockit 1985 was uploaded by: cminor7add9th
Duration: 574
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