Really cool video where one half of the video is juxtaposed with the other half:
Tag Archives: music
Forest Swords – Arms Out
Whilst I’m unfamiliar with their previous work, I’m really looking forward to the next Forest Swords album named “Compassion”. Release is due May 5th on Ninja Tune.
Romare – Come Close To Me
From his most recent “Love Songs: Pt. Two”:
Roméo Elvis & Le Motel – Morale
Yesterday, on my way to an Agnes Obel concert, I overheard this one on the radio by Roméo Elvis & Le Motel, taken from their album Morale:
Kaytranada – Leave Me Alone (ft. Shay Lia)
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a music video. Here’s one by Kaytranada, taken from his album “99.9%”.
The album has been on repeat ever since it dropped in May, and has already taken its place in my “Best Albums of 2016” list.
Kanye deconstructed: The human voice as the ultimate instrument
Once again a great video by the folks over at Vox — their videos are always insightful, clear, well narrated, edited nicely, etc. In this video they talk about Kanye West and usage of the human voice throughout his oeuvre:
Kanye West’s music orbits around the power and flexibility of the human voice.
Take “Wolves” from “The Life of Pablo” for example (track starts at around 1:00):
It’s that voice floating throughout the track – in contrast with that bass — which does all the heavy lifting.
Kanye deconstructed: the human voice as the ultimate instrument →
Note: “808s & Heartbreak” and “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy“ are two of my favourite Kanye West albums. His most recent “The Life of Pablo” also pleases me. I suggest you start with those if you haven’t been listening to his albums yet. I wouldn’t recommend the album “Yeezus” though, it doesn’t really click with me.
BlokDust – Visual web-based music making app
BlokDust is a web-based music making app. By joining blocks together, you can build synthesizers, put effects on your voice, remix & manipulate samples and arrange self-playing musical environments.
Wow!
react-music — Make beats with React!
The past few days Ken Wheeler has been tweeting some sneak peeks of what he’s been up to, after having heard that Akai was discontinuing its standalone hardware MPC drum machine offering:
I did what any geek that writes React code all day long would do: I wrote a library so that I can make beats with ReactJS.
The result is react-music:
react-musiclet you make beats using JSX code and hooks into the Web Audio API to turn your code into beautiful music. There is no UI, with the exception of a play/stop button and a spectrum analyzer that renders on your page.
No UI, only code:
<Song tempo={90}>
<Sequencer resolution={16} bars={1}>
<Sampler
sample="/samples/kick.wav"
steps={[0, 4, 8, 12]}
/>
</Sequencer>
</Song>Amazeballs!
Piano + Glacier =
Performance by pianist Ludovico Einaudi on the Arctic Ocean, organised by Greenpeace:
Through his music, acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million people from across the world demanding protection for the Arctic. Einaudi performed one of his own compositions on a floating platform in the middle of the Ocean, against the backdrop of the Wahlenbergbreen glacier (in Svalbard, Norway).
McDonald’s McTrax: Play the Placemat
McTrax, The McDonald’s placemat that turns into a full music production station! By the use of conductive ink on a piece of paper you can connect your smartphone to our placemat via Bluetooth.
Cool!