While South Africa is busy getting their plastic horn on – the rest of the world has responded with a flurry of filtering techniques to keep the vuvu drones from our ears. Mostly the filtering is aimed at audio, but … Continue reading
by j-p, July 1, 2010 2 Comments
Today’s players : Tom Waits, Roger Ebert, Ramin Bahrani and Werner Herzog. Bone Machine Reverb It should come as no surprise that Tom Waits has little regard for the conventions of modern recording. His lyrics, his demeanour, his gravel throated … Continue reading
by j-p, April 30, 2010 1 Comment
Extravagant lighting and video productions are increasingly expected with touring acts, but a little thoughtfulness can go a long way. Massive Attack @ Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Enhancing Massive Attack’s recent sublime musical performances during their Australian Tour, was a … Continue reading
by j-p, April 29, 2010 4 Comments
Amazingly enough, there’s quite an array of tools ready to use, right there in the browser. Not just for basic file management, file sharing, communication and group collaboration, but also for recording, mixing and producing. Some are just convenient utilities, … Continue reading
by j-p, April 23, 2010 1 Comment
The audio app ecosystem for the iphone is still fairly young, so there’s plenty of apps fighting for attention, and quite a diverse range of approaches to portable music and sound. Below, the fruits of an afternoon’s worth of downloading … Continue reading
by j-p, April 22, 2010 0 comments
Screen Sharing No, not chat roulette. Skype. Video screen sharing. This has been around a while, but it has so much potential, I wanted to mention it here. As well as video chatting, Skype also allows the easy option of … Continue reading
by j-p, March 17, 2010 0 comments
Aka, some stuff stapled to the ears of the year so far. The Books ( Mini Review ) John Curtin Hotel ( Carlton, Melb Jan 09) Thanks to the tasteful way they’d championed the collagey folktronica sound back in the … Continue reading
by j-p, February 3, 2010 0 comments
Chimps are now making movies. It’s true. And their movies are getting screened on the BBC. A bunch of chimps were given access to specially designed chimp-proof cameras as part of a scientific study into how chimpanzees perceive the world … Continue reading
by j-p, February 2, 2010 0 comments
Supposedly there’s an app for every splinter of today’s needs. Ask T-Pain and Trent Reznor. Time for a quick scan then, of the creative tools available for pixel-heads, visualists and cinematographers. VIDEO REEL DIRECTOR – $9.99 and a video editing … Continue reading
by j-p, December 24, 2009 0 comments
This should be fun! Meredith Music Festival Sat 12th Dec : Outdoors Animal Collective gig at sunset, then Jarvis Cocker, then an hour or so later, an audiovisual gig with Lewis Cancut at the outdoor cinema. From the festival blurb: … Continue reading
by j-p, December 8, 2009 0 comments
Audiomulch ( Built in Melbourne! ) the ‘interactive music studio’, has long held a near cult status amongst electronic music producers, and upgraded to 2.0 a few months ago ( including a native mac version for the first time ). … Continue reading
by j-p, December 8, 2009 1 Comment
Adam Curtis, Cicada, Ubin, Suckafish P Jones. It Felt Like A Kiss Mr.Curtis, you may remember from such documentary flourishes as: The Power of Nightmares, The Century of the Self, The Mayfair Set, Pandora’s Box, The Trap and The Living … Continue reading
by j-p, November 4, 2009 0 comments
Hey guess what? It’s a thrill to present an interview with one of the founders of E.B.N., pioneers of audiovisual radness, and inspiration to many since way back in 1991. Yeah, those guys beaming their live video sampler performances from … Continue reading
by j-p, October 23, 2009 5 Comments
Another year, another super-soaking of inner Newcastle with a spray of the bizarre to the sublime. Density of programming, and that everything happens alongside the National Young Writers Festival, Sound Summit ( a gathering of independent record labels and artists), … Continue reading
by j-p, October 9, 2009 1 Comment
Fusing together contemporary interface design with a love of early dub pioneers such as Lee Scratch and King Tubby, James Nichols has cleverly cobbled together an interactive tactile mixing table which has been wowing crowds at events around Sydney. Describe … Continue reading
by jp, September 24, 2009 0 comments