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Wow. MaKey MaKey is an easy-to-use kit that lets you hook up anything (well, anything that can conduct a bit of electricity) to your computer using alligator keys and cables, and then hit these random objects as computer keys or mouse buttons. The power is yours to do this will cost you just US$49.99. If [...]
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This is the new generation of electric piano keyboards. Most keyboard pianos hardly register any difference in sound due to the players’ touch. But this new instrument by Roli is made to respond to your touch, just like an acoustic instrument. The user can create a huge variety of tones and colors just by moving [...]
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Every Day We Are Dying And Outer Space Does Not Give One Single Fuck: it is what it is. Another one of those cool things that pop up on the Internet and everyone shares it for a bit. My suggestion, get in the zone, have a relax, maybe it’ll be a nice time for reflection? Have [...]
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If you’re in the mood to see (or hear, rather) something amazing, this is the video for you. Austrian composer Peter Ablinger’s Speaking Piano project uses an ordinary piano to mimic the tones and inflections of the human voice, allowing listeners to understand the sounds as words. In the video, the piano keys are struck [...]
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Whether you call it nu-jazz, hip hop jazz, or any other variation of that, pianist Robert Glasper is at the forefront of it. The Robert Glasper Experiment, or simply The Experiment, is his head bobbing take on modern jazz featuring the great drummer Chris Dave, bassist Derrick Hodge and Casey Benjamin on horns. Throwing in [...]
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This is a brilliant radio documentary on the late Conlon Nancarrow. Often composing music too fast or complicated for the human player, he took to punching holes manually into piano rolls. In essence, he was one of the first composers to use musical instruments as mechanical machines to create music that couldn’t be replicated by playing the piano live: a forerunner to all electronic composition. [watch the documentary below]
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A piano, two eyes, a lens, various angles. Thus, these images can be summed up in this series of work by Brazilian photographer, Ariel Gricio.
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