Controversy is brewing over a wall-mounted gadget that tortures teens and young adults with sound. The Mosquito, which is designed to target loiterers, projects a shrill noise reported to be only audible to teens and young adults. Nearly 1,000 units of the device have been sold in the United States and Canada, sold under the… Read More Should It Be Legal To Torture Kids With Sound?
This is a little off-topic, interesting just the same: Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot will be “conducting” the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) at a concert performance with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma at 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 13. Honda hopes ASIMO’s appearance will draw attention to the DSO’s youth music programs, and particularly DSO’s effort to encourage… Read More Honda’s ASIMO Robot To “Conduct” The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Davidson (stretta) has has the scoop on technoartgurl’s new tat – of a Monome! If you were going to get a synth tattoo, what would it be?
Leon Berry, popular Chicago organist, installed a Wurlitzer theatre organ in his basement in the 1950’s calling it the Beast in the Basement. The organ, complete with all the bells and whistles, was once used to accompany silent movies at the Lake Theater in Crystal Lake Illinois. Anybody have their own electronic music Beast in… Read More Leon Berry’s Beast In The Basement
Amazingly enough, this cat plays theremin about as well as most people.
We normally don’t get into celebrity gossip – but this rumor is too juicy to let pass by. FoxNews reports that not only does Moby have a crush on Britney Spears, but he wants to marry her: Moby has developed an unlikely crush on Britney Spears. The hip electronica artist said he’d marry the former… Read More Don’t Do It Moby! Britney’s No Good For You!
This 1970’s euro pop cover of YMCA, NMKY in Finnish, is beyond horrible. Just when you think this video can’t get any worse, the backup dancers come in with the shiny hot pants. Let me know what you think – were the seventies really that bad? Extra credit if you can name that synth.
Kammerl Audio has released a set of 5 free VST plugins for Win/OsX, complete with bizarro Goldfrapp-style synth babes: Pitcher Warm Distortion Scratcher Looper Slicer Let me know if you think the plugins are as disturbingly hot as their logos! via AudioLemon
Cheesy – but also an interesting piece of video sampling. How long does it take to put something like this together?
Over at BeatPortal, Industry Boy is blogging directly from Sasha & Digweed’s tour bus. It offers an interesting view behind the scenes of a superstar DJ tour: At the front of the bus is a lounge area with three couches, two giant Toshiba plasma screens, and an entertainment centre complete with a Marantz amp, a… Read More Take A Ride With Sasha & Digweed
