Brian May listens to the original multi-track records of Bohemian Rhapsody

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Audio is everywhere, and there are good reasons to use it: to instruct, enhance and engage and to personalize experiences. But if poorly designed or used inappropriately, it can detract from the experience and be annoying.

Good article on Smashing Magazine on audio & design

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Audi’s future e-tron models will cover long distances powered by practically silent electric motors. To ensure that pedestrians in urban settings will hear them, the brand has developed a synthetic solution: Audi e-sound.

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Project by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer

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Great article by Craig Mod on building one of my favorite iPhone apps – Flipboard.

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Some history lesson today ;)

The loop is what’s knows as the “Amen Break,” and comes from a short drum break on the B side of a 1969 record by funk band The Winstons. The song is called “Amen, Brother” and the drummer was Gregory Cylvester “G.C.” Coleman. The break has been used on everything from NWA’s ”Straight Outta Compton,” to Oasis ”D’You Know What I Mean” to Nine Inch Nail’s ”The Perfect Drug,” to Lupe Fiasco’s “Streets On Fire” to car commercials and television shows The Amazing Race and Futurama.

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Stunning interactive Installation by Chris Milk.

Get more info here:
The Treachery of Sanctuary- Chris Milk – Creators Project San Francisco 2012
http://www.festivalearth.com
https://www.facebook.com/festivalearth

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Dub in the 21th century. A two part story on CDM:

The 70s – the warm round sound of King Tubby and his contemporaries.
The 80s – dub in the digital era, with Prince Jammy and others messing around with 8-bit sounds and new drum machines on seminal recordings like Computerized Dub.
The 90s – dub techniques flourish in every possibly form of dance music, including the icy germanic sounds of the Basic Channel and Chain Reaction labels and artists.
The 00s – that sound expands in new directions with records from Rhythm and Sound, Deadbeat, Pole and the entire long running ~scape label.

Part1 & Part2

When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to make the car invisible. We have video.

Simply –  great – advertisment

Great Summary on CDM about creating music with Xbox’s Kinect – inkl. a Software to use with Kinect called Kinectar.