[CONCEPT] This installation invites visitors to select a song on an iPad and to watch its visualization on the walls of the space. Painted with black and white lines, the five walls become a canvas for the digital mapping. More than a simple visualization, motion capture enables the visitor to interact with the animation.
[WATCH&LISTEN] Gangpol & Mit are back with a new video which showcases one more time their love for black humor.
[WATCH&LISTEN] A hacked Kinect camera captures Angus Andrew, Julian Gross and Aaron Hemphill. The three members of the band become a set of data slowly oscillating to "The Exact Color Of Doubt".
[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] This installation, comprising comprises mechanical devices, software, prints, sculptures, is a modern interpretation of the work of Jules Lissajous. This French mathematician invented in 1857 a way to visualize sound only using a beam of light bounced off tuning forks and mirrors. The Harmonic Series recreate this experiment with modern tools.
[MUST-HAVE] Just like a regular kazoo, it contains a flute which acts as a breath synthesizer. You can also produce sounds by tapping on its touch sensitive surface or record your voice with the built-in microphone. If the "most versatile entertainment assistant ever" was primarily built to create music, it can actually achieve so much more.
[CONCEPT] Bring the party with you at all time with this conceptual backpack. The Boom-Pack features 100w speakers, a docking station for your smartphone, a rechargeable battery and even a pico projector for an intense VJing session.
[CONCEPT] Use your body to create music with the five instruments imagined by Pieter Jan Pieters. The sensors installed in the small devices translate natural gestures into sounds.
[WATCH&LISTEN] What starts with seemingly normal vintage TV footage soon turns into a mind-blowing visual explosion. The characters start to multiply, moving on Bonobo's beat, and become part of a strange creature. It might make no sense at all, but you will get it once you watch the video.
[CONCEPT] A custom made program created by Amanda Ghassaei converts digital audio files into 3D models of records. The 3D printed "vinyls" can be played on any record player.
[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Jun Fujiwara's project offers us a new way to create music. Noises of the city or voices become the beats of a unique musical track thanks to a smart bottle.
[WATCH&LISTEN] "That Will Be The Day" is an audio/visual collaboration between Aldo Aréchar and Matthew Divito. The melancholic-yet-heroic music finds a perfect illustration in the cosmic journey imagined by Mr. Div.
[CONCEPT] This graphic disk reader enables the user to compose music using a simple felt tip pen. No diamond here but a camera which reads the marks and transforms them into a musical sequence.
[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] How would rockers from the past react to 2012 technology? Would they have an iPhone or be Instagram enthusiast? Butcher Billy gives us the answer with this series showing us Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash or Freddie Mercury handling modern devices.
The Parisian edition of the Pitchfork festival is going to the next level. Joint interview with Chris Kaskie, president of Pitchfork and Julie Bathelier, in charge of the communication at Super, the agency which co-organizes the festival.
[WATCH&LISTEN] his title from Haisuinonasa first album "Animal Bodies" is indeed a subway. Each note is represented by a geometric shape. As the beat goes faster, the shapes collide to form the a subway, moving in sync with the music.
[ITW] Paris fashion week is coming up but before pluging head first into a new season, let's go back to the music of the previous one. In "The Sound Of The Season", Jaws studio compiled the best tracks from the shows' playlists. We met with Sarah Joe, one of the two creatve minds behind the project.
[WATCH&LISTEN] In Willow's new video, "Sweater", two walls and three projectors create an infinity of possibilities. The projections take Willow's singer all over the world.
[CONCEPT] Remember the old Fisher-Price player? Well, get it out of your basement, Fred27 published a post on Instructables on how to 3D-print Fisher-Price discs yourself.
[WATCH&LISTEN] Cunningham gives us a short recap of his life and work so far. How he started in the movie industry, switch to music and commercial videos and eventually going almost "underground" and focusing on his personal projects mixing music, video and robotics.
[CONCEPT] Music albums become 3D-printed sculptures thanks to an algorithm created by Mexican studio Realität.
