Pixelh8: the New Media Museum-home computing exhibition

more on this at this link here________>>>>. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/digitalp

Pixelh8 is a genius!!! Treading that fine line that is very intelligent, or even geeky-in a video game programmer kind of way AND waayyyy hip, foreward thinking, audio jock; Pixelh8 is doing wonderful things in the music, design, and even historical worlds.

he approached the new media museum in london, england about a sound project. the new media museum basically houses all of the oldest computers you can ever think of. So he goes, records them, mics their hisses and buzzing, and beeping, and blirping, as well as the other atmospheric qualities of the place, like the sound of all these archaic machines on together at once. You know, like the sound of your office space at work that you never pay attention to until you're the only one there and its just you and the machines in some kind of weird harmony.

Either way, go to FutureMusic's online site to read, see, hear more about it-he's in the latest edition. Pick it up in a store near you as well.

and just so you can see the shit i'm talking about, enjoy these videos from Pixelh8's 'Obsolete' release that came out a couple of weeks ago and check my blog roll for his site.
"Math" from 'Obsolete'

Math from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.

MONSTER:

Monster from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.

"Rewind the Tape" from 'Obsolete'

Rewind The Tape from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.

and you know what else is sick...how this dude created an easy to use music software and gave it away for free so that UK schools could use it as a teaching tool. America's 'Save the Music' where you at?!

Yamaha Tenori-On

Yamaha is on some other shit-for reals. If you haven't seen this in your Future Music magazine or other electronic music publication, take a glance at the site:

http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/tenori-on/

A completely wicked portable music making device, that is MIDI ready, and has a built in sampler and memory card slot. You can use it like an advanced monome box or simply 'light bright' the thing by making shapes on the x/y grid of led's and the image will generate a unique sound. Really get the scoop on the site-where mp3 downloads exist, as well as video clips where select users testify to its coolness, weirdness, functionality,etc.

I guarantee you it will shut your next gig down, or completely lift it up and separate it from the set before or after your.

note: Bjork has some video somewhere of her using it in her stage set.