So you want to make some music today. Well here you go play all you want. Just click on any square and start making music. It's a simple 16×16 grid that plays sinewave tones wherever you click the squares (in a repeated 4 measure pattern). Have fun and enjoy making music
If you want to clear the board just press the space bar.
Back in September of 2010 I talked about the Atlanta band Kinisi who had a track "beach frogs" featured on Playlist-18. Kinisi is the creative project of Speros Constantine Kokenes and he was nice enough to notify me via email that he has completed a New Album called "Sun Battle Soul".
He states that it's a fully instrumental composition meant to be listened to as one complete work. The concept of the album revolves around a theme of the organic vs. the inorganic, exploring the harmony and disharmony that results from the interaction of the physical world and the mental consciousness we experience and questioning where/how time exists in this relationship. The track titles serve as a (admittedly ambiguous) program guide for the story of two characters who's crossing of paths results in tension, hostility, and ultimately resolution.
Did I mention that it's available to download for FREE. Also don't forget to check out his other two EP on his bandcamp site.
Released 31 January 2011
Artwork by Daniel Hendrik van Luijk
Dan Mountford is a graphic designer/photographer who has a skill of making great double exposures. His works are all made first in camera without photoshop overlays. He does use photoshop and illustrator to edit the photo but the initial double exposure was all done in camera. If you want to check out more of his work then check out his Flickr account.
Well here it is the first new playlist of 2011, Playlist-22 Compiled by Damion. In this playlist I wanted some more upbeat style tracks to get the new year pumping. I'm not going to lie there are some slow tracks up in the mix. If I should give you any advices on this playlist though you should definitely check out track 14 Animale Datsik Remix. This dubstep remix is just off the hook with its super dirty basslines. If it doesn't touch your dubstep fancy then I don't know what to tell you. I think that this playlist has a nice flow although I could be wrong cause the Ray Ban Vision track might through it off. I don't know I just like the track and had to share it. Let me know what you think.
If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog.
Cover art by: Damion Schweizer
Tracklist
1. Open the Wormhole in Your Heart by Warm Ghost
2. All Day (Niva Remix) by The Concretes
3. Baby Mama by Star Slinger
4. Being Bad Feels Pretty Good by Does It Offend You, Yeah?
5. Dominos by The Big Pink
6. Burning by The Whites Boy Alive
7. Giant Hands by Dog and Panther
8. I Know I Don't Know by Jonquil
9. Magic Tricks by Whalers
10. Marathon by Tennis
11. Microlite by Trophy Wife
12. Reds by Houses
13. Ray Ban Vision ft. CyHi Da Prince by A-Trak
14. Animale (Datsik Remix) by Don Diablo ft. Dragonette
15. Hawaii Chrome Sparks Remix by Blackbird Blackbird
Website are sometimes to crowded and to much is going on. So it's a little hard to follow the concept or find what your looking for. That is one of the reasons why I like the clean and minimalistic styles of some website. I have added a couple of sites that I think have a clean and minimal look. So if your looking for a clean and minimal style to inspire you hopefully these can give you a start.
I rarely ever do a post about furniture but this piece I couldn't pass up. The Kinesis Chair and Ottoman created by Thos. Moser. He has designed a chair with a matching ottoman that is not just a chair but a sculpted piece of art. The collection, called Kinesis, features a chair with a sensuous seatback and arms; the sleek lines look as if they would be at home in a Porsche. I'm sure your wondering at this point how much does this sweet chair cost. Well I will tell you. Upholstered in a natural cowhide or soft suede-like cloth these are your choices. The Walnut color will run you $7,350.00 and matching ottoman will run you $2,425.00 for a total of $9,775.00. I know I couldn't afford it but it's still nice to look at. I have added video below where David Moser talks about how his design came to be.
The Perch ($180) is a classy and sleek designed portable wireless speaker that's designed for use with mobile media. This two-piece speaker/dock features Bluetooth for wireless audio streaming, a magnetic charger built into the dock, which also has a tray for charging your smartphone or media player. It also has built-in digital clock with alarm function, and an integrated microphone for conference calls or video calls. The Perch also has a hinge on the backside so you can prop the speaker up in the portrait mode.
This Perch is currently in presale status on Quirky. Once it's quota is reached it will then be put into production. Quirky is a site where an idea can become a reality. I would love to explain it to you but I think the video below will do a better job then me. So if you have an idea join Quirky and you can have your idea become a reality like this product.
Sustainable houses are something that I think are great and fascinating. I found this house that was built by Crosson Clarke Carnachan architects in Great Barrier Islands. The house is nestled in a beautifully private setting surrounded by nothing but nature. The living zone opens completely to this setting, and the timber exoskeleton references the surrounding trees. The bedrooms all have protected outdoor space, being closely located to the trees for increased privacy. The house is located to protect the existing vegetation and to make the most of the sun and the native bird life on the property.
Being on Great Barrier Island, the building also needed to be sustainable - the following abstract from an e-mail received from the Clients refers to this point: “The outdoor room is a place we spend much of our time, eating, reading, doing homework and siesta-ing; but the feeling of being indoors on those hot summer days with all doors open is also fantastic. Not cold enough (owing to that great low E glass and good design) for fires yet - we have had 2 only for ambience, not heat. “It is an astonishingly decadent feeling lying in a bath of free water, heated by the sun, pumped by solar power. Free as anything! Hot water gets up to 68 degrees in the tank from the sun, and has to be cooled to come out the tap. “With 9 staying and all the laptops, music, washing etc we’ve only run the generator 3 times ever. All the irrigation systems do clever things. So it’s more than a PC nod to sustainability, as you know from all our fussing about timbers and paints.”
When I first saw these poster designs by Mark Brooks it immediately caught my attention and sucked me in. The color tones and the minimal yet subtle design of each poster had me searching around for more of his work. Mark designed these posters for SantaMonica a Barcelona based brand that presents a very solid and refined graphic identity with there prints and t-shirts.
The one that really caught my attention out of this series of posters is the particle acceleration poster with the giraffe. The idea and the concept are quite interesting using the spots of a giraffe to symbolize the idea of particles separating. Well I will leave you to checking out the posters now but I will leave you with a little fact about giraffe's. The word "giraffe" comes from an Arabic word, "zirafah", which means "the tallest of all".
