29 September 09 - 22:32Fascinating video clip: Birdy Nam Nam with The Parachute Ending

Brilliant video clip for Birdy Nam Nam's song The Parachute Ending. The clip is made by Will Sweeney, a.k.a Alakazam.

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24 September 09 - 09:00Planet earth as control surface

A clear case of ingenious idiocy: dj'ing with your car using GPS.

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22 September 09 - 09:00Digital Revolution

Development is a blessing. I started dj'ing around 1995. I bought two Technics SL-1200 MkII's and had a lot of fun for years. In the early 2000's with the introduction of the Pioneer CDJ-1000 digital dj'ing was gaining popularity. Nevertheless, until the introduction of Traktor DJ 3 I was not convinced of the digital possibilities.

The last years however, I know that spinning records in the dj world will be an oddity very soon. This month the CDJ-2000 is introduced by Pioneer as the successor of the legendary CDJ-1000. For everybody who is still in doubt if digital dj'ing can make up for the original turntables. This is your answer:

And of course, there are always people who stick to the old skool:

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20 September 09 - 09:00Music is science

Get to know your gear with Blorp Corp. This time the Roland Juno-106 synthesizer. Check also out: the Universal Audio LA-610 Mk II compressor and pre-amp and the Roland RE-201 space echo. Boring? Not at all!

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17 September 09 - 09:00Altered Course

Back in the nineties I was a drum 'n' bass dj in Amsterdam. My career didn't really take off, most likely because of my taste in quite abstract beats and the lack of mixing skills. Lately I found back one of my old mixing tapes. It's clear this kind of music will never be a hit on the dance floor and the mixing is too rough. Nevertheless, I still like the sounds!

Check it out: Altered Course-Fresco (30 minutes mix/256 kbs mp3)

Playlist:

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16 September 09 - 09:00Hardware rules

MarvelSonic with LastTime:

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14 September 09 - 09:00World of Warcraft

Lately the documentary Beyond the Game was broadcasted on Dutch television. The movie shows two professional Warcraft III-gamers in the running towards the world championship, were they compete in a final battle. The documentary shows brilliantly the beauty and at the same time the pitfalls of gaming. Definitely a must-see.

It reminds me of an early documentary on Counter-Strike (still my favorite game) from 2002. After some searching I found the movie with the title 'First Person Shooter' on Google Videos. The quality is not very good, but this one is together with Beyond The Game a classic. Especially the interview with the maker of Counter-Strike is quite remarkable. And of course, watch the Warcraft edition of Southpark. Probably their best episode ever.

Beyond the Game trailer
Watch the whole documentary here

Southpark goes Warcraft

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12 September 09 - 09:00Moby

Well, the last album of Moby, Wait For Me, is really dissapointing. So don't bother. But the single Shot In The Back Of The Head with the video by David Lynch is worth watching and listening:

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09 September 09 - 09:09Interview Tricky

Nice interview of Wired.com with trip hop pioneer Tricky. "I really don't know what I am doing."

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07 September 09 - 09:00Real Vintage: David Letterman in 1980 testing a synthesizer

What the heck: David Letterman already hosted the David Letterman Show in 1980. I reallly didn't know that. This video shows an episode with the synthesizer wizard Suzanne Ciani. Letterman hasn't changed a bit in 29 years. Amiable and charming as ever, he lets Ciani show her gear for nine minutes. Great stuff:

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04 September 09 - 09:00Apple Media Event on 09-09-09

Coming wednesday Apple will host the usual keynote for the holiday season. 'It's only rock and roll, but we like it' is the slogan. The last month there were a lot of rumors about Apple introducing a tablet computer, the size of approximately 4 iPhones. With the title for the keynote this will most probably not be the case. Still there is enough to speculate about: The appaerance of Steve (Jobs) himself.

Jobs suffers from an end stage liver disease and underwent a liver transplant. Different sources stated Jobs has already returned to work after months of recovery. To celebrate the recovery of Jobs and his possible public come back, let's look back at his first public appearance at Apple in 1997 after been sent away in 1985.

At the Boston Macworld Expo 1997 Jobs explains his plans for the future of Apple, which is at that moment almost bankrupted. Certainly one of the defining moments in the history of the computer industry:

Ok, one more, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates together in 2007:

Really last one:

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03 September 09 - 09:00What What in Da Butt

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01 September 09 - 09:00Jungle Trance Hip Hop Fuckin’ Shit Music

Well, Henry Rollins doesn't like electronic music. So, Steve Porter made a brilliant mash up of Rollin's spoken word performance:

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