In a promo spot for Swedish electronic festival Voltfestivalen several synthesizers were placed in various Simian, Lemur and Sloth cages. Some of the animals are intrigued, some are scared, and let’s be honest…the sloth just wants to chill. (via thestrutny)
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rocketsandrayguns: The Perfect Gif
My wife made me a gif of my favorite bit from my favorite music video.
Now I can watch Gillian Gilbert activate her sequencer over and over and over…
Etsy shop thepusspuss has designed a number of swimsuits inspired by music machinery. Check out the Technics SL-1210MK2 Turntable, Roland TB 303 and others at the link. Wear your Roland TR-909 to the beach
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Peter Saville on his album cover artwork
Peter Saville describes the now well-known image the band chose for Unknown Pleasures as ”both technical and sensual”. These words seem apt in describing a common thread or sense of their music in both Joy Division and New Order, which I consider two very separate bands, as well as Saville’s aesthetic sense of and for them as artists. Also, in some ways I enjoyed Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak a lot because the color coding on the art reminded me so much of Saville’s work for New Order. It feels like a conscious choice, reflecting Kanye’s incorporation of synth and electro elements in that album in a callback that feels like New Order’s move into more electronic/dance-influenced music. In a way, the form both reflects and influences the content and vice versa.
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As pointed out by Max Tundra this morning, you can now doanload full issues of mid-70s electronic music magazine, Synapse, from this website. CS
(Source: guardianmusic, via rocketsandrayguns)
