Walrus TV Artist Feature: Futura
By · · CommentsKnown for pioneering a more abstract style of graffiti writing, Futura played a major role in the NYCs graffiti scene of the 70s. As the popularity of graffiti art flared in the 70’s and 80’s, Futura’s work was shown alongside artists such as Basquiat and Keith Haring. As his style developed, he began designing, and has collaborated with numerous artists and companies, including The Clash, Supreme, and A Bathing Ape. Get an inside look at his workspace and his love for b movies, video games and, apparently, all things Sony in the interview from “The Run Up,” available to the public for free for the first time, on Upper Playground’s Walrus TV. – via Hypebeast
Clavilux 2000
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Clavilux 2000: Generative Music Visualization Composition
The setting of this installation consists of three parts: A digital piano with 88 keys and midi output, a computer running a vvvv patch and a vertical projection above the keyboard.
Clavilux 2000 [jonasheuer.de] is a subtle music visualization installation that represents the playing of sounds by way of a simultaneous animation that can be interpreted.
For every note played on the keyboard, a stripe appears of which the dimensions, position and color correspond to the way the particular key was stroke. The length and vertical position of stripe is mapped unto the velocity, while the stripe’s width reflects the length of each note. By mapping the color wheel on the circle of 5ths, the colors give the viewer (and listener) an impression of the harmonic relations. Notes belonging to one specific tonality correspond to colors from one specific area of the color wheel. Therefore each key has its own color scheme and “wrong” notes stand out in contrasting colors. The more different tonalities a music piece has, the more colorful the resulting visualization will be.
As all the stripes do not disappear, the resulting representation is able to convey insights about the composition as well as the specific performance: Which notes were played the most? Which were the loudest notes? Which range of the keys was played mostly? How harmonically constant was the music?
Clavilux 2000 – Interactive instrument for generative music visualization from Jonas Heuer on Vimeo.
Gang Boy
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Samoyed – Down With Everything
By · · CommentsSamoyed for LuckyMe. This is a beauty… download here.
Tracklist:
Mweslee – Variations Pour CX Pallas (Nod Navigators)
Rekordah – Green Check (unreleased)
Caural feat. Diverse – Blacktops & Plains (Chocolate Industries)
DAK – Wego (Leaving)
Architeq – Mind Games (Samoyed Remix) (Tirk)
Radiq – Rude Boy Anthem (Logistic)
Samoyed – fir (demo)
Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood Ferguson – All For Love (Extended) (Alpha Pup)
Samoyed – Slump (unreleased)
The Poacher and The Ghillie – Herself (forthcoming on Flask)
Comfort Fit – Superposition (Remix) (Tokyo Dawn)
Stoopz and Breeze – Mercury Morris (Butter Made)
Fingers inc. – Mystery of Love (Instrumental) (DJ int)
Telepathe – In Your Line (Rupture & Shadetek remix) (Dutty Artz)
Lukid – Eye Begins to See (unreleased)
Kentphonic – Hiya Kaya (Stalwart)
Kenny Dope – Sown Bwoy (Dope Wax)
Manitoba – Dundas, Ontario (Remix) (Leaf)
Groove Chronicles – Stone Cold (DPR)
8Bitch – In the Moog for Love (unreleased)
Mast – Bullocks Running (forthcoming on Flask)
“How random is random?”
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The Agony of Defeat
By · · CommentsWhen I was a kid, this shit got me hyped!
