1000 cellphones and 2000 text messages play Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture.

Check out the making of.

via [Gizmodo]

Ludwig van Beethovens 5th Symphony (First Movement) in the Music Animation Machine – a software written by Stephen Malinowski and Lisa Turetsky from Berkeley, California that shows music in colored measures. This software establish the structure of complex music in a visual way to the audience. For more info on the MAM, visit their website.

The earlier mentioned musical instrument Eigenharp has been released yesterday at London. This strange bassoon–like instrument combines breath and finger input to produce sounds via a computer connection. Check out the official website for in depth information.

Nathan Sawaya build a fully functional cello out of Lego Bricks.

via [geekologie]

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Free Mixtape from Vladislav Delay:

The full track list — any spelling errors direct from the MP3’s source — is as follows: Ceebrolistics’s “Aintie,” Serkkupojat’s “Kolahtaa Krl,” Wu-Tang Clan feat. Sunny Valentine’s “Gun Will Go,” Ghostface Killah’s “Black Cream,” Erikah Badu’s “That Hump,” Snoop Dogg’s “Sexual Seduction (Chimpo Remix),” the Cool Kids’s “Bassment Party,” Artful Dodger’s “Woman Trouble,” El-B’s “Digital,” Teriyaki Boyz feat. Pharrell & Chris Brown’s “Work That,” Tricky’s “Slow,” Ceebrolistics’s “Tanhi,” Feadz feat. MC Wesley’s “Subiu, Desceu,” the Juan MacLean’s “One Day,” and Luomo feat. Apparat’s “Love You All.”

via [disquiet]

Plastic representation of the Fugue in E Flat Minor by JS Bach, 1928 by Henri Nouveau.

via [vvork]

Nice Stop-Motion video combined with soulful Rhodes&Moog Sounds….
In the Pocket (Rhodes and Moog Light Paint) from Ethan Goldhammer.

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Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the universal power of music – especially the power of the fifths ;) The audience knows exactly  how to follow McFerrin’s jumps…

John Piscitello explains the physics behind it:

The major pentatonic scale is formed by taking the 5 “fifths” in succession. If you start on C, you get the notes C, G, D, A, and E. Put those into a single octave and you get the scale of C, D, E, G, A. (In solfege, this is “Do, So, Re, La, Mi”, rearranged to “Do, Re, Mi, So, La”).

These “fifths” are formed by a fundamental ratio in nature of 3:2. (If middle C rings at 291 Hz, then the fifth above it, a G, rings at 392 Hz). The notes’ waveforms will literally line up in space.

That lining up is felt in our bodies. That’s why the audience can sing those notes.

It’s also choirs will nearly always go out of tune only on the 2 notes *not* in the pentatonic scale – in C major, that’s F and B (or Fa and Ti).

via [filmcomposerblog]

Eigenlab developed over the last seven years a completely unique musical instrument: Eigenharp. There a no specific details on the website, just the mysterious video, but it looks like the instrument will be something between a fingerdrum, oboe and some kind of arranger thing. We’ll keep an eye on it…

via [engadget]

Cute Music video by Charlie North.

Via [CDM]