percussionlab.com – a fine selection of dj recordings
I´m glad i found out about percussionlab.com. I think this is by far the best collection of good dj sets i´ve seen on one place in the web. With great musical diversity, this website is rich on content, organized and visually appealing. Again Praveen and Sougwen Chung i blogged about, are involved. All thumbs up!
Visit here: http://percussionlab.com/
Wildlife by Mission Design
Actually it is not the newest Design stuff (2008), but it is timeless. Design, which i really appreciate, on the strength of the handling with the black white contrast and the composition of white space and figures. And of course it is always a challenge to combine photoghraphs with illustrations. It feels kind of real, but as a result of the overfilling illustration, the graphic gets a mystic and surrealistic touch, like an extract of a fairy-tale.
Mission Design:
“When working on client projects we occasionaly come up with concepts and ideas that not always fit the client brief, but still has great potential. “Wildlife” is one such idea.
We chose to invest quite some time on this project, together with the photographer Pål Laukli. It turned out to be a project we are very proud of.”
To see the whole portfolio visit this website Mission Design
This keeps Kids dancing by Shalla Bros
Business as usual: another banging minimal techno set by Shalla Bros. This one starts smooth and keeps growing until the end. I listened to the mix at work yesterday and i really enjoyed it. This keeps big kids dancing..
THIS KEEPS KIDS DANCING by shalla bros.
As always here´s more about Shalla Bros:
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Great Animation Effect by David Wilson
ALL THE ANIMATIONS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO WERE CREATED IN CAMERA.
Moray McLaren – We Got Time from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.
Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The transitions between each section of animation was created by simply cutting or wiping between the bits of footage.
All the animations were created, drawn and coloured by the director David Wilson. Good job!
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Sounds by Sbtrkt, James Blake, Sepalcure, Rumblejazz and more…
I decided to share some of the tunes i´ve been finding across the web these days and that i´m really into. Regular readers of the blog may have realized that dubstep, 2-step and the UK and US bass sounds really work for me. The smooth and deep atmosphere found in some of the chilled dubstep tracks is unique to me in electronic music and the melancholic feel to the burial-like sounds is great, specially for this time of the year in northern europe. On the other hand the new garage and 2-step sounds being produced have a really fresh and funky feel to them…So some of this stuff is reallly groovy and danceable, and some ist just to lean back and think about the last time you´ve felt sand and salt-water between your toes. And it should not forget to mention that most of these tracks are recent but that im just posting stuff i like without wanting to present the freshest sounds around. Big up!
(Note: If some of the soundcloud players are not working properly please follow the link on the bottom. It will work on the soundcloud page)
Sbtrkt
The first 2 tracks are from Sbtrkt. First one is a remix by Sbtrkt from MJ Cole´s track “Sanctuary” released originally in 1999. I listened to MJ Cole for many years and i think this remix works great for the new directions garage is going. The second is dubstep but goes for smooth danceable rythm (forthcoming on Brainmath Rec in March/April 2010). Sbtrkt is a London based producer..have a eye on him!
MJ Cole – Sanctuary (Sbtrkt Remix) by sbtrkt
SBTRKT – 2020 by sbtrkt
Shortstuff & Brackles
Third track ist from Shortstuff & Brackles, 2 producers based in south england. A future garage track, really nice melody and vibe. Shortstuff´s myspace is here, and Brackles here.
This track was released on the Compilation “Fabric Presents Elevator Music: Vol. 1″ in February 2010.
Chat roulette by Casey Neistat
Ever heard of the website chatroulette.com? It´s a “new service for one-on-one text-, webcam- and microphone based chat with people around the world.”
Casey Neistat did a great film about it. After watching this go see the 24 best chat roulette screenshots. I really had a good laugh..
By the way, i really like Casey´s other productions so don´t forget to check out his vimeo page.
Animation by Zoltán Lányi
For all who like amorphous structures. Which transforme and mutate to the sound of Amon Tobin feat.Bonobo. Everything in a dark, mechanical and industrial syle. Lean Back and enjoy the visuals.
Amon Tobin feat. Bonobo: I’ll have the waldorf salad – Animation by Zoltán Lányi from Zoltán Lányi on Vimeo.
Miss Bugs- Fresh Stuff “Cut Out And Fade Out”
The Street Art Artist Miss Bugs embellished the street of London with her new work. These life sized female figures are melting with the background of the streets. She is questioning the visibility of woman of the modern society.
Miss Bugs is famous for her pop imagery minted and inspired by Action Heros, Comic firgures and models. Her intension to use these Symbols of Society:” They are such strong iconic figures, each with a set of values good and bad, they send an immediate message making them powerful images to play with.” But she is not using matarials from familiar mainstream figures known by the publicity. What seems to have gotten street art fans in a froth is that Miss Bugs is not using old campy print advertisements or bits of classic paintings as reference; rather, it is that the work is using very recent and pretty well-known pieces of Street Art in the Street Art.
And here some old stuff dony by Miss Bugs
Fresh downtempo mixes from Gelka
Sergio and Alex aka Gelka produced one of the best chill albums from 2008 and their track “Soon” is among my all time favourites. Such a positive groove. The gelka mixtapes are a nice mixture of old-school chill, jazz, nu-jazz, downtempo and hip hop. Perfect for home listening, chilling after a party or just for your way to work. Go for their soundcloud for the tracklisting. Full respect Gelka!!
Sepalcure: Lovestep featuring Praveen in the mix and Sougwen Chung
Sepalcure is a collaboration of Brooklyn’s Praveen and Machinedrum. The two are creating something they call Lovestep, a combination of soulful house and 2 step beats. Here´s what they write about themselves:
“Sepalcure’s combination of love for bass and 90s house acapellas is the culmination of a cathartic two week collaboration between Machinedrum and Praveen. Their mix of tribal dub, house and two step beats works equally well for both late nights in the club and rainy, introspective nights at home. Detroit techno chords cut through wooden beats, neon synths and dubbed out atmospherics. Future lovestep.”I really like the idea and the´ve got proper support with the art direction by Sougwen Chung who produces imagery that goes with the music.
Sepalcure – Feeling That I Know So Well from sougwen on Vimeo.
This mix by Preaveen is from November 2009 and features some of the best mellow dubstep tracks from 2009. This works so well for the frosty winter here in Berlin..some of my favourite tracks are among these.
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Tracklist:
Pangaea – Memories
Burial – You Hurt Me
TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn Remix)
Untold – Dante
DFRNT – Tripped (Synkro Mix)
Synkro – Inhale
Sines – Memories Are Here
DFRNT – Tripped (Ital Tek Remix)
FaltyDL – Party
Joy Orbison – J. Doe
Sepalcure – Deep City Insects
Floating Points – K&G Beat
The Art of Alex Varanese – The Imprint
He has a fabulous intergrated Design Style. Everything he designs melts in the same Design look, but it is never boring, rather more facinating, that he creates a world perfectly fitting. He understands himself as an artist more than a Designer. He doesn’t want that Design objects only have an aesthetic and beautiful appearance. The matter, the idea, the context and an all- embracing topic is the creator of his work.
“Our formative years are spent in a sponge-like state, our minds pummeled by an onslaught of stimuli that carves and etches a landscape in our grey matter like a planet being formed in a shower of asteroids, until adolescence arrives, our muscles tense, and we make our first attempt at standing up in the face the fusillade.”
But see for yourself and decide. His he either an Designer or an Artist. The Art of Alex Varanese
The work of Michael Johansson
I really like organized, symmetric objects and Michael Johansson builds them out of everything he can find. It must take ages to find the right things to build these things. Very impressive and with its own beauty. He does more things..have a look here.
Tapetronic by Alexis Malbert
Oldskool = Newskool. Alexis Malbert aka Tapetronic did some serious upgrades to oldskool tape players and appears to have some skills on them. He does live performances on these machines..
Find out more on his website - http://www.alexismalbert.com/
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Motion Graphics Created with Programming and Music as a Symbiont
In this article I want to summarize an exploration of digital artworks born and influenced by sound, a collaboration between programmers, artists, musicians and animators. Forms, colours, structures and sculptures generated with programming. I show you my 5 favorites, mostly choosen because of my liking of music by Four Tet, The Flashbulb and Alva Noto.
For more informations about the theme, tools and tutorials and of course more examples visit this blog www.smashingmagazine.com.
Here for now a fast introduction into the topic, a visualization of abstract micro graphics and mellow forms evolved by a energized idm sound.
Advanced Beauty 13 of 18 / Directed by Maxim Zhestkov from Universal Everything on Vimeo.
This motion graphic was born by the sound of The Flashbulb.
Relentless, The REV from flight404 on Vimeo.
Deniz Kader & Candas Sisman – Surface Trailer
Step in.In this world of blured sharpness. Always traveling between the borders of abstract forms and attuned objects. The sound is sensitive reflecting the surface of the pictures. Get lost and try to find your figure in it.
SURFACE TRAILER from Silo1 on Vimeo.
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