Après SOHN, c’est Shlohmo qui a produit le nouveau titre de la chanteuse Banks, intitulé « Brain » et extrait de son EP London. Le clip a été entièrement réalisé en noir et blanc avec une dimension graphique, psychédélique et symétrique très esthétique qui accompagne la voix envoutante de l’artiste.
A look at Henrik Vibskov’s Central Saint Martins student ID reveals a great deal about the formidable Danish designer: he’s curiously shirtless and sporting a pretty progressive haircut (particularly for 1998), but most telling are the…
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Books, records, plant pots and even shoes can be turned into musical instruments thanks to British designer Nick Brennan’s Sound Pegs device (+ slideshow).
Camberwell College of Arts graduate Nick Brennan created a device that features a series of enlarged wooden pegs, two speakers and a converter that changes the vibrations into a digital signal.
When the pegs are attached to any object, sensors inside the jaws can detect when the object is struck. The vibrations are then then passed to the converter, which feeds the signal to a laptop running Apple’s Garageband music software. The software triggers a sound, which is transmitted through the accompanying wood speakers.
“I work a lot with electronics and also natural materials,” explained Brennan. “I like to provide tactile experiences through my work.”
Objects can be used to create drums, pianos, guitars or any instrument stored in the software.
In a video demonstration, Brennan’s Sound Pegs are connected to shoes, books and old vinyl records that when struck sound like high hats, snares and kick drums.
“I use Garageband, but it can be used with any music generation software,” he said.
Brennan admits that some experimentation is required to discover which objects can provide the best platforms for sound: “Flat objects work better, as they’re easier for the pegs to grab onto.”
Brennan’s work follows in the footsteps of other designers who have used unexpected objects to generate sound: last year, London artist Di Mainstone developed an electronic instrument that enables performers to make music from the subtle vibrations of suspension bridge cables, and researchers in Canada designed a family of prosthetic musical instruments that create music in response to body gestures.
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A l’occasion du festival de Claypole, dans la banlieue de Buenos Aires, qui réunit des musiciens du monde entier, 2 artistes ont collaboré pour faire les posters de l’événement : le directeur artistique Max Rompo et le photographe Pontempie. Leurs posters vintage jouant avec des codes couleurs sont à découvrir dans la suite.
Le producteur ODDZ et les réalisateurs Koya Kamura et Matthias Jenny ont fait le dernier clip du groupe Vendredi, intitulé « Chiara » dans lequel nous suivons une jeune femme sauvage qui doit se battre pour survivre, comme une animale. Des effets graphiques très jolis et un clip primitif est à découvrir.
ECAL student Renaud Defrancesco has designed a transparent acrylic glass headband that passes music vibrations across its surface to the ears.
“It’s a new way to listen to music,” Renaud Defrancesco told Dezeen. “You are bathed in music without being isolated like with normal headphones, which can be dangerous because you don’t hear what’s around you.”
His Vibso headphones play tracks via Bluetooth and create sound using a vibrating electromagnet hidden in the top of the headband, beneath an opaque plastic cover. Similar to how a speaker works, the electromagnet moves a connecting element that in turn causes a membrane to pulsate.
However, instead of a black round plastic layer used in traditional speakers, this surface is formed from two-millimetre-thick transparent acrylic glass. “The membrane is in acrylic glass because it transmits the sound well, has a good flexibility and it’s easy to thermoform,” explained Defrancesco.
The vibrations spread across the curved membrane down to the sections that cover the ears, where they are heard as music without the user feeling the tiny movements. “The shape of the headphones directs the sound inward, so a person close by will not hear the music,” said Defrancesco.
Comparing his design to large padded noise-cancelling headphones, Defrancesco’s list of advantages includes being able to share music with others if they touch their ear to the other side of the headband and not causing sides of the head to overheat.
The band can also be covered in padded fabric for added comfort. Defrancesco showed the project at the Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne‘s Half-Time exhibition earlier this month.
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The German capital counts its nightlife among the best in the world, not just because of the sheer volume of clubs, but due to the wide variety and quality of music and “only in Berlin” attitude. The recently launched ,…
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by Leo Walton Like many of us, you may have already enjoyed the fascinating and utterly infectious music of William Onyeabor. A mysterious Nigerian producer of the late ’70s and early ’80s, Onyeabor’s cult-like status has…
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Afin de célébrer le 100ème anniversaire de l’International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, celle-ci nous propose de découvrir une vidéo Music Remains réalisée dans les studios d’Abbey Road, montrant en 90 secondes l’évolution et les grands moments de la musique, du phonographe à notre ère du streaming.
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