Easy to set up, easier to use and with top-of-the-line Bluetooth sound streaming, Cambridge Audio’s Minx Xi Digital Music System is impressive and versatile. Here at CH HQ, we…
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Advertorial content: A good scent transports you—like a good playlist—to a better state of mind. Taking Diesel’s Loverdose, Only the Brave and Fuel for Life fragrances as inspiration, we gathered together some of our favorite tracks from recent memory. From…
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St. Vincent: Birth In Reverse David Byrne’s beloved sidekick is back on her own after their whirlwind world tour, and St. Vincent has never sounded so fresh. Annie Clark’s self-titled St. Vincent album hits record stores 24 February, but fans got a sneak…
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Dezeen Music Project: London artist Di Mainstone is developing an electronic instrument that enables performers to make music from the subtle vibrations of suspension bridge cables (+ movie).
“I would regularly go to Brooklyn Bridge [in New York] and it struck me that there’s a comparison between a suspension bridge and a harp,” said Mainstone, who presented the project at this week’s Wearable Futures conference in London.
“I started thinking about the cables of the bridge, which carry vibrations down them in the same way as a harp string. I wondered if there was a way to develop a parasitic interface that would enable people to ‘play’ the frequencies of the bridge, which is this beautiful deep groaning sound.”
She added: “I imagined these people called ‘movicians’ who were almost part bridge, part instrument with all of these cables attached to them.”
Mainstone’s Human Harp, which she is developing in partnership with Queen Mary University of London and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, consists of a series of eight electronic modules, which modify digital recordings of the sound of vibrating suspension bridge cables.
These devices, which Mainstone attaches to the structure of the bridge, contain retractable cables that control the volume, pitch and intensity of the sounds based on the length, speed and angle at which they are pulled.
Mainstone’s performers wear a special vest, which these cables clip on to, enabling them to alter the music by rolling and contorting their bodies.
Mainstone tested the Human Harp on Brooklyn Bridge earlier this year, using pre-recorded sounds from the bridge. She is now looking at developing technology to enable the modules to record the sounds of a bridge in real time and wants to create specific sound installations on bridges around the world.
“We plan to do a tour in the UK and then a global tour of suspension bridges after that,” she explained.
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Famed Austria-based energy drink company Red Bull may be best known for their involvement in alternative sports and prodigious adventure—from being a major sponsor in Travis Rice’s acclaimed snowboard film “The Art of Flight” to…
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The Pop Up Bass is a playful take on the bass speaker that makes clever use of the low frequency vibrations emitted during playback. Lightweight styrofoam balls react to the vibrations and go wild when you crank it up! They stay in sync with the beat, moving to the music and creating a visual experience in addition to the high quality audio.
Designer: Daniela Mata
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The Synaesynth is a twist on the synthesizer that transforms the colors of your life into audible sound. The combination hardware/software translates imagery directly into music by pulling color data from a video feed, allowing the user to determine the input. The result is an interesting simulated “synaesthetic” experience! See it in action ->
Designer: Daniel Kerris
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Jonathan Lagache et Julian Ansault ont réalisé ce joli clip pour illustrer le premier morceau Siblings du prochain album Mira de Gush. Cette vidéo nous propose de découvrir une histoire de frères partant à l’aventure, à la recherche d’une étoile échouée au fin fond des montagnes. Une production Kidam à découvrir dans la suite.
Stream nostalgia with the first ever Bluetooth gramophone, the Gramovox! The timeless design is not only aesthetically “old-school,” but also recreates the same resonant, vintage, organic sound by adhering to the same acoustical principles as the old gramophone. To achieve this, the designers worked around the philosophy that the fewer things they changed about the original, the more things would still work. Catch the vid to see how it blends classic acoustics with modern tech…
Designer: Gramovox
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