D/B Recommended: Drawing in the age of electronic expression – Opening @ LEAP Berlin | Saturday, 28.01.2012
How has the role of the artist been transformed by the impact of digital technology? Can the producer leave the surface and program equipment, with data controlled by insects and machines, which in themselves turn into the actual producers or synthesize sounds into images?
D/B Recommended: CTM.12 Festival @ Different Venues in Berlin | from Monday, 30.01.2012 to Sunday, 05.01.2012
With an extensive program of concerts, discourses and an exhibition space, CTM.12 – Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts is appropriating the festival theme SPECTRAL to explore the current reemergence of all things ghostly and dark in experimental music, avant-pop, and art. The thirteenth edition of the Festival will be held from 30 January [...]
D/B Presents: Network Awesome Birthday Party w/ Chuckamuck @ Sophiensaele Berlin | Friday, 20.01.2012
Ever want to watch Alice Cooper host The Muppet Show or catch up on old episodes of HBO series Tales From the Crypt, but didn’t know where to find them? Maybe you just want to zone out for a few hours watching nostalgic old black-and-white TV shows like The Twilight Zone or documentaries on big-wave [...]
D/B Recommended: Faux Images IV @ LEAP Berlin | Tuesday, 13.12.2011
“Faux Images” is a regular meeting, which provides a platform for showing and exchanging work and networking for the Berlin animation and motion design scene. Besides the opportunity for artists to present themselves and their work, central to “Faux Images” is the idea of community and mutual inspiration.
D/B Tech Feature: Monome Interfaces
Monome aim to refine the way people consider control interfaces. And with their high-end controllers they do just that by combining minimal elegant design with practical functionality. With a sleek product palatte of just 3 LED-matrix USB devices on offer, their repertoire is small but very very beautiful.
D/B Recommended: Tom Bugs @ Kamine und Wein Berlin | Saturday, 08.10.2011
Tom Bugs (Bristol, UK) inhabits the fertile border between arts and science. Driven by a strong DIY ethic, the world of bugs flourishes in diverse directions, taking in hand-built electronic audio devices, ever-mutating musical progressions and the creative decorations of photographic and etched artwork. Coming from the background of music, Tom has been working with [...]
D/B Recommended: Digging in the Crates Installation @ Letters Are My Friends Berlin | 01.10.2011
Digging in the Crates is an interactive installation which offers possibilities to explore Sampling as a production technology of modern music. While dynamic data visualizations will be navigated using modified turntables, information graphics as well as auditory contributions helping to understand complex contents and relations.
D/B Recommended: Sound installation Bach_10K in Augbsurg / Germany
Bach_10K transforms the huge disused gas storage tank in Augsburg, Germany, into an ever-changing soundscape. The hypnotic swing of the 70m-long Foucault pendulum sets the beat for a very slow rendition of Bach’s prelude in C. Chords build up note by note conducted by this gargantuan metronome. At a pace of one note every 17 [...]
D/B Tech Feature: Maschine Mikro
Hot on the heels of recent software updates which have brought exciting new features such as plugin hosting, Native Instruments’ groove sequencer Maschine takes another giant leap forward with the new Mikro controller. Ideal for newcomers to Maschine or experienced users looking for an additional device with more portability, this highly versatile controller and its [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Source Code by Duncan Jones
Already one of our favourite Movies in 2011. Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction-techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones (Moon) and written by Ben Ripley. When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber [...]
D/B Tech Feature: Korg Monotribe
One exciting new Korg product to be unveiled at this years Frankfurt Musik Messe in the Korg Monotron. Combining some of the best features from Korg’s hugely popular Electribe sequencer and the recent monotron ribbon synth in a pocket sized instrument. In a world seemingly ruled by digital, Korg created an analog sensation with the [...]
D/B Tech Feature: Digital Harinezumi
The Digital Harinezumi is a tiny camera, created by the creative minds at Powershovel/Superheadz in Japan (a music label, art book publishing company and more). Released for the first time in 2009, the Harinezumi has become a cult item among photographers and artists, due to its peculiar qualities:
D/B Tech Feature: Razor by Errorsmith
Razor is the latest powered by Reaktor instrument that was released recently by Native Intruments. Designed and built by Berlin musician Errorsmith, the ensemble offers truly cutting edge synth sounds and amazing visualisation.
D/B Tech Feature: Flip UltraHD
The Cisco Flip UltraHD is the latest generation ultra-portable HD videocamera which are fast gaining popularity especially in the US. I received a test unit for a couple of weeks. Curious? Well, first of all the Flip is a brilliant piece of engineering. Very light and slim, with a “sexy” grip, it looks great.
D/B Tech Feature: Elektron Octatrack
After 2 years of rumors and teasers the Elektron Octatrack is finally among us. Will it be another must, like the company’s previous products? Only time will tell, but let’s have a look at the details. In Elektron’s words “The Octatrack DPS-1 is an 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical [...]
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