OK, the kids may have rejected even compact discs in favour of MP3 downloads and streaming Spotify playlists, but for some there’s still a lot of mileage in vinyl records.
For those who aren’t scratching their vinyl (in a DJ kinda way, not in a careless way), but do have a record collection worth playing or [...]

You might already have realised that I like discovering interesting ways to make music (which is why the HARP appealed to me), so this “instrument” based on lunar topographical data sparked my interest.

I love seeing new concepts for people making music together, particularly those who aren’t trained in music composition or theory and for who more traditional instruments would be quite difficult to engage with.

So the HARP (Harmony and Acoustic Research Project) — which would see these interesting circular desks and seating placed in inner city parks [...]

“The music of Daft Punk revisited on Vintage Game Systems”
Here we have 11 Daft Punk tracks covered using 8-bit gaming systems:

Around The World by The Listrix
Short Circuit by Random
Voyager by Zombectro
Revolution 909 by Note!
Aerodynamic by Je deviens dj en 3 jours
Superheroes by Stage7
Crescendolls by Flashbob
One More Time by Microchip
Teachers by Fluxxin
Indo Silver Club by Motone
Veridis [...]

Andy just posted something about the Walkman’s 30th anniversary and guess what that got me doing? I had to dig up some old boxes in an effort to find my old Walkman! Yes, I still have it! After spending a good part of an hour trying to locate it, I was more [...]

You’d expect audio experts like Bowers & Wilkins to be pushing the envelope when it comes to quality music reproduction, and today the British company has announced an upgrade to its Society of Sound Music download service.
Members can now get access to three lossless music download file formats – Apple Lossless, 16-bit FLAC and now [...]

During a live performance Amanda Palmer, of Dresden Dolls fame, asked her label Roadrunner Records to “drop her”.
Please drop me, what do I have to do, I’m tired of sucking corporate dick. You don’t get me, you won’t let me continue my career in peace and it’s making me sad. Too late now to fix [...]

When was the last time that you actually bought a CD? How about mp3s? If you have not bought music lately – for whatever reason, I don’t want to know – then here is a piece of news that just might entice you to go online and get a song or two.

Last year, Tonium caused quite a stir with its Pacemaker portable digital music DJing system, particularly as it was initially quite difficult to get hold of it.
Well, now it’s 2009 and the second generation Pacemaker is less than a month away.
This one will contain a 60GB hard drive for music storage, plus a range of [...]

Then try applying to the Liverpool Hope University. They are the first in the UK, and probably the world, to offer such an academic program. Talk about geeky: the formal title of the course is a Masters Degree in The Beatles, Popular Music, and Society.
So what will you be in for if you [...]

Chinavision Electronics has released this awesomely cute, and very small, bun girl necklace MP3-player.
At less than 2″ high and around 1″ wide, with 3 easy control buttons on the back, I can imagine Hello Kitty lovers, anime fans and Japanese girls having this around their neck. The MP3-player comes with 1GB memory and has a [...]

I just came from the theatre; watched Watchmen. I am ashamed to say that I have never read the graphic novel but that didn’t stop me from watching the movie. After all, everyone says that they pretty much stuck to the story so it’s about the same. Aside from the awesome cinematics [...]

This one again is for oldies like me. Remember The Smashing Pumpkins? Remember Super Mario on Nintendo?
Remember 8-bit?
Now everything has been mashed up by super Youtuber El Macbee (from 8-Bit Nintendo Dark Knight fame).Video after the jump.

Designer Joel Scilley, who has specialized in wooden turntables has an exhibition at Fifteen Studios in Oakland (FL) coming up. If you live in the neighboorhood, pop over as his designs are absolutely awesome!

Some of you have probably heard about Skull Candy already. It was my first time to hear about them last week, though. A colleague of mine was listening to some music on his iPod and I noticed his one of a kind head phones. The first thing that I noticed was the [...]

This one is definitely for the Department of WTF?! Ever since my iPod was stolen, I have not gotten a new mp3 player. In my mind, I would get one when I saw the need for one. But with all the cool mobile phones that can function as mp3 players, I never [...]