Check this praxinoscope and other analog zoetropic magic by London-based audiovisual duo Sculpture. Viddy well, my brothers and sisters, this is lo-fi music and animation at its most creative. Here’s the jump to their website.
Sculpture Reel 1 from Sculpture on Vimeo.
After a several years of battling personal demons, the godfather of rap is back in full effect, better than ever! Truly amazing to hear how his revolutionary tone and aggressively sharp spoken word delivery has transformed into a gravelly blues presence.
African Vibez and Lazeme sound systems
DJ Kool Herc brought the concept of the sound system from Kingston to the Bronx in the 1970s, along with a style of of DJing focused on the “break” beat. The rest is history!
Vinyl record grooves at 500X magnification
. . . with this soulful & fun interactive beatbox experience from France!
And check out the loop technique of the sites creator, l’incredible Polo.
Fascinating video about how manufacture of vinyl records. Each disk of delicious black wax is pressed with over 100 tons of pressure! Let’s fire up the boiler and melt down some PVC pellets, yo!
Gotta Groove Records - “Groove With Us” from Nick Cavalier on Vimeo.
Persia represents in 1991!
. . . despite all the cool midi controllers announced this last week at NAMM.
Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.
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