February 2012
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January 2012
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Snow Canon - 1982
Beautiful audio/visual work for a cold winter’s day in VHS heaven link
Star Rider (1983)
The concept is simple. You’re riding a space motorcycle through, you guessed it… SPACE! link
Glass House (1983)
Analog graphics accompanied by the proto-new age sounds of Emerald Web. link
Lillian Schwartz: Pixillation
Produced at Bell Labs with a super psychedelic score by Gershon Kingsley. link
Delia Derbyshire: Reel-to-Reel Beat Matching...
Electronic music pioneer best known for producing the Doctor Who theme shows us how to drop beats with tape. link
Computer Graphics Retrospective
Retrospective in retrospect. A short film from 1971. link
JOHN CAGE PLAYS A CACTUS
It’s just John Cage playing amplified cacti and plant materials with a feather. No big deal. link
Vangelis - Improvisation and the CS80
“In two minutes, we can go through the whole history of musical progression.” link
Actis Animation Demo 1987
Computer graphics demo reel from 1987 complete with wireframe DJ equipment and Fairlight-tinged new age. link
Microman/ Micronauts commerical
Vintage Japanese toy commercial with some seriously dark prog for the kids. link
Stockhausen addresses "dehumanization" in...
Stockhausen reflects on the idea of electronic music enthusiasts being the beginning of a new terrestrial mutation. link
Popol Vuh - Improvisation (1971)
Kraut pastoralists, Popol Vuh, take us on a sonic journey through rural Germany. link
Eurythmy Motion Studies (1985)
Early motion studies for the 1989 short computer graphics film, Eurythmy link
SILVER CIRCUITS
DG friend Eric Watson gifts us with holiday vocoders, synthesized sleigh bells and plenty of yule-tide cheer!
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MTV Brazil visits The Switched-On Garden
Check out ModTV’s coverage of our inaugural art and sound exhibition! How sharp is your Portuguese? link
Il magico mondo dei microfunghi - A. Marcantoni
Microfungi + Jean Michelle Jarre = love. link
Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and the Fairlight CMI
Herbie Hancock gives Quincy Jones a demo on using his Computer Musical Instrument. link
Robert Fripp at the Acoustic Research Lab
Frippertronics pioneer muses on the relationship between art and creativity. link
THE MUSIC OF GRADIUS
In 1985, female composer Miki Higashino created one of the most beautiful NES soundtracks. Explore it with us! link
Crash Course in Science - Cardboard Lamb
1981 post-punk classic using toy instruments, synths and kitchen appliances to augment distorted guitar link
Laurie Spiegel - Improvisations on a Concerto...
Cascading bleeps transmitted by Laurie Spiegel at Bell Labs. link
György Ligeti - Poème Symphonique For 100...
The score of György Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique reads like a guide to producing public art. link
STATION BALNÉAIRE /// VARIATION I
Images of the Almalfi Coast have been transformed by video feedback. link
Bits and Bytes vs. Neon Lights
The theme from this 1980s computer education program sounds oddly familiar. link
INTERVIEW: DINO LIONETTI, LEADER OF CHEAP...
Dino Lionetti takes a break from composing to answer a few questions about his synaesthesia, Japan and Italian Horror soundtracks. link
Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings
Brian Eno assembles digital seeds that can germinate for over 400 years. link
Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik (1973)
A live performance of German electronic dance music from 1973 link
Radio Event No. 20: Rhododendron
A vintage broadcast reveals an audience attempting to communicate with a Rhododendron plant. link
Space Shuttle Salvador Dali Wang Computers - 1982
From VHS loops to hobbyist espionage, Stephen Whetstone is the man for the job. link
David Vorhaus Analogue Electronic Music 1979
It took some respected composers 30 years to accept the pianoforte as a serious instrument. Judged on that timescale this revolution has hardly begun. link