Birds on the Wires
Reading the newspaper one morning, I saw this picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.
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Henri Texier – Les La-Bas (Bonobo Remix)
Great remix by Bonobo of Henri Texier’s Les La-Bas; it’s a much richer sound than the original.
Available as a free download over at soundcloud
The Amen Break
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures.
Everything is a remix, indeed 🙂
Inside a performance of the London Symphony Orchestra
View performances from a new perspective, watch up to four cameras at one time, and use the orchestra visualisation to learn more about the instruments & musicians involved.
Neat! Would love to see an HTML5 based version of this, yet might not be possible at all to get the videos properly sync’d up.
Hover at the top and hit “Explore Orchestra” to get more info on the instruments
Mount Kimbie — Blood and Form
Top track!
Ellie Goulding – Tessellate
Excellent cover of alt-J’s already excellent Tessellate.
Agnes Obel — The Curse
Her new album Aventine has been on repeat all week.
Rhye — The Fall
As heard in Suits.