D/B Recommended: Zero ‘n’ One. Composing in the digital age @ Akademie der Künste | 15-18.09.2010
This four-day festival, staged by the Akademie der Künste in partnership with its own electro-acoustic studio and the ZKM, undertakes a survey of the multi-facetted landscapes of digitally-assisted musical creation. What happens when we transform music into zeros and ones? The computer has long been an essential tool in the creation and enjoyment of music.
D/B Recommended: SEVEN SPEAKERS – a listening environment in Berlin | 15. Juli to 14. August 2010
Seven Speakers is a great listening environment in Berlin Kreuzberg from July 15th to August 14th. Admission is free! The space will present works by Kreidler, CFM, Barbara Morgenstern und der Chor der Kulturen der Welt, Marcus Schmickler, Phillip Sollmann (Efdemin), Bacchus Marteau and Kante, conceived for a seven speaker music installation. Each week will [...]
D/B Recommended: Digging in the Crates | Interactive Installation
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: ANTIVJ visual label
ANTIVJ is a visual label initiated by a group of European artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception. Clearly stepping away from standard setups & techniques, AntiVJ presents live performances and installations, providing to the audience a senses challenging experience. Awesome visual works.
The Berlin interactive 8-Bit City Map
City maps in the style of 1980s video games. The 8-Bit Cities project, which started with 8-Bit NYC, is an attempt to make the city feel foreign yet familiar, smashing together two culturally common models of space. The lo-fi overhead world maps of 1980s role-playing and adventure games, and the geographically accurate data that drives [...]
D/B Video Feature: Coalition of the Willing
24 filmakers from around the world come together to create “Coalition of the Willing” an awesome animated film about the online war against global warming in a “post Copenhagen” world. ‘Coalition of The Willing’ is a film that discusses how we can use new internet technologies to leverage the powers of activists, experts, and ordinary [...]
D/B Recommended: Robert Henke aka Monolake Talk @ Roter Salon Berlin / Tuesday, 29.06.2010
Anyone who heard his talk at Transmediale earlier in the year will know Robert Henke aka Monolake is not merely a talented producer and performer, but an interesting and entertaining public speaker too. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The last in the interesting series Soundaten / Ö-Töne aus der Produktion invites Monolake to [...]
D/B Insight: The Save BBC 6Music Campaign / Interview
Dave James is a British Radio Journalism student at the University of Huddersfield. He’s 30 years old and passionate about saving alternative music radio stations BBC 6Music and the Asian Network. Dave has organised support for a campaign and petition, which thousands of disgruntled listeners in Britain and abroad have already signed.
D/B Recommended: Reflective Interventions Exhibition @ ART CLAIMS IMPULSE BERLIN
Reflective Interventions Exhibition with Julius von Bismarck, Benjamin Maus, Cecile Colle & Ralf Nuhn, Andreas Nicolas Fischer and Tudor Bratu. Opening: 16.01.2010, 7pm / Dates: 20.01.2010 – 13.03.2010, Opening times: Wed-Sat. 4pm – 9pm @ Gallery ART CLAIMS IMPULSE, Lübbener Str. 5, 10997 Berlin
D/B Technology Feature: Traktor Kontrol X1
From the makers of TRAKTOR comes TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 – the first official TRAKTOR controller for use with any DJ software. Whether you are a DVS timecode or software DJ, simply connect the TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 to a computer running TRAKTOR (or other performance software) and gain instant control of your decks and effect parameters.
D/B Retrospective: Delia Derbyshire & Download unreleased Audio
One of ours early gurus of electronic music Delia Derbyshire. Delia-derbyshire.org is currently offering 8 free mp3s of rare and previously unreleased material by her. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001) was an English musician & composer of electronic music\musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron [...]
D/B Recommended: City Guide by XLR8R
The fabulous Music Magazin XLR8R and Scion present a city guide for NY, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and hopefully soon Berlin. Locate XLR8R`s picks for the best music, food, shops, galleries and more, in the top cities across the US. Log on to xlr8r.com/cityguide or download the City Guide iPhone app from the iTunes [...]
D/B Technic Feature: APOGEE ONE & DUET
ONE is a pocket-sized music interface featuring the award winning sound quality that made Apogee Electronics famous. Designed to work easily with Apple’s GarageBand, Logic, Final Cut, or any Core Audio compliant application, ONE lets you create professional recordings anywhere. With ONE, you can record a single channel of audio using the specially tuned enclosure [...]
Netaudio Festival Berlin 2009
8.-11. October / Maria am Ostbahnhof / Berlin From the 8th to the 11th of October 2009, Netaudio Berlin will be gathering the international netaudio community for a four-day music and conference festival in Berlin, under the title “East meets West”. 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain. We [...]
Porta-Booth – Portable Sound Studio
Targeted to broadcasting professionals who want to record voice overs on the run… this little gadget is a perfect substitude for a real voice cabin… you are on tour bored in the hotel room and want to record some high quality voice tracks – this might come in handy. I think the Porta Booth came [...]
UTANOH THUMO DISKO @ Raum18
25.07.09 / 22:00 / Ziegrastraße 11 / 12057 / Berlin / Neukölln FLOOR 1. CHRISTOPH DE BABALON++PATRIC CATANI & CHRIS IMLER++ SOCIETY SUCKERS+ FLOOR 2. DIAMOND FINGERS++WEST GERM++ TEJO++ANGELO DE VILLE++O TANNEBAUM++SQUEAKE FROM++ASS WELL+ ENTRY 7€ http://www.myspace.com/raum18 http://raum18-berlin.com/
Groupshow @ West Germany Fr. 17.07
Skalitzer Straße 133 / 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg / 22:00 GROUPSHOW – jan jelinek/andrew pekler/hanno leichtmann http://www.myspace.com/thegroupshow http://www.scape-music.de/
OSCulator
Just found this interesting little software. Looks like a pretty decent fun app. Description: OSCulator is a software that links your controllers to your music and video software. For example, with OSCulator, your Nintendo Wiimote or iPhone can talk to major MIDI sequencers or your favorite console emulator or even the Kyma sound design workstation. [...]
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The MADEIRADIG Festival 2010
3-6.12.2010 | Madeira Island
From Beats, Wonky, Glitch and Downbeat to advanced Hip Hop, we present you extraordinary producers from around the world.
Live laptop concerts featuring contemporary new atmospheric sound scapes and field-recordings.
