This is amazing! Though surely it can’t be real?! Electric Stimulus to Face: Test 3
Link found on Steven Diffey’s blog
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Music generated by facial muscles?
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Fun and games at BBC Audio & Music
Sunday, December 14th, 2008So for the next few weeks I’m working at the Audio & Music Interactive department at the BBC in Regents Street, and on wednesday and thursday I was fortunate to get involved in a two electronics workshop which they run every now and again as part of radiolabs - I guess to try and come up with slightly more off the wall ideas.
It was a wicked two days, lots of people doing clever stuff with Processing, Arduino boards and various sensors - the brief was to create a device which measured how much a rock band ‘rocked’! Which ended up involving accelerometers in hats (to measure headbanging!), motion sensors under the floor etc.
Unfortunately my coding/electronics skills have become a bit non-existent since finishing uni so I tried to help out by putting stuff together on the display side of things, however it’s definitely something I’d like to try and pick up again in the new year! Anyway check out the photos on flickr or a video that I’ve put together of the day!
Sigur Ros
Friday, November 21st, 2008Had a really great evening last night seeing Sigur Ros do a gig in Alexander Palace. As expected the music was excellent, but what I really liked is that the show itself was such a spectacle - some really interesting stuff with cameras and video, huge illuminated ballons in the background, and at one point they even had a giant waterfall between the stage and the audience! Great stuff!
Photos by Glediator
Blip festival 08
Thursday, November 20th, 2008If I was in New York from the 4th - 7th of December I’d be going to this: BLIP FESTIVAL 2008, a four-day event showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists occupying the international low-res cutting edge … nice!
Bug 10 roundup
Friday, November 7th, 2008So here’s some of the best music video’s from last nights Bug 10 at the BFI …
My favourite video was this brilliant animation by Laurie Thinot for the band Autokratz:
Funniest video goes to Rogier van der Zwaag for ‘Nobody Beats the Drum‘:
Wierdest / filthiest video is a joint winner by Eric Wareheim for Parisian Goldfish by Flying Lotus and also Keith Schofield’s viral trailer for Diesal.
WARNING: neither of these videos are suitable for work, home, kids, adults or anyone who might be offended … by anything! (which is why I’ve linked rather than embedded them)
James Copeman, Super8 and Noah and the Whale
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Recently I’ve really been enjoying Noah and the Whale, it’s some great music but I particularly love the music video’s directed by James Copeman. They’ve all been shot really beautifully (in super 8 I think - really need to get me one of those cameras!) … ‘5 Years Time‘ (below) is my favourite but also check out ‘Shape of my Heart‘ and ‘2 Bodies 1 Heart‘ as well.
Bug number 8
Friday, August 1st, 2008Last night’s Bug at the British Film Institute was yet again very good, Mr. Buxton was on good form again with a guest appearance from comedy nerd and film director Richard Ayoade (that guy from the IT crowd).
My favourite video of the night was the slide-projector masterpiece ‘Knickerbocker’ by Fujiya Miyagi whic was directed by Wade Shotter (to view click on this link and select the video in the top left)
Prize for strangest film of the night easily goes to Efterklang’s song ‘Illuminant’ directed by Tobias Stretch … very strange!
Monkey Journey to the West
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008An interesting programme on the other night about ‘Monkey Journey to the West’ the chinese opera by musician Damon Albarn and graphic artist Jamie Hewitt (the guys behind the Gorillaz)
You can watch the programme again on iPlayer also the opera will be showing over the next few days at the Royal Opera House in London.
Thanks to Mr. Sanvicens for telling me about this!
Making music videos with data rather than camera’s
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008The new Radiohead video for their track ‘House of Cards’ is pretty ace. Made without the use of any camera’s, but rather a whole load of scanning and laser devices, best thing to do is watch the actual video first …
… then check out the ‘Making of‘ video.
Also quite cool is that the data is licensed under Creative Commons so supposibly you can download it, do your own thing with it, then upload and share it into the YouTube group (will be interesting to see how popular this is?) More info on Boing Boing and GoogleCode.
July Mixtape: Garden Mix
Monday, July 7th, 2008Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool, and all shootin some b-ball outside of the school … this month I thought I’d put together a couple of tunes which should be listened to outdoors, in the garden (or park), in the sunshine!
Listen to mix
(To download right-click and select “save target as” or “download linked file”)
Radiohead and Element Labs
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Really enjoyed the Radiohead gig last night in Victoria park, east London. They played most of the stuff from the new album (particularly enjoyed ‘Weird Fishes’ and ‘House of Cards’) plus a few tunes from the olden days (the gig finished on ‘Paranoid Android’ which was immense!)
However I also really enjoyed the lighting design supplied by Element Labs (who also did the setup for the Daft Punk tour last year and Coldplay’s ‘Speed of Sound’ video), it consisted of a massive 3D curtain of 7 and 9 meter long light strips which just made for an amazing effect!
Weezer’s ‘best of YouTube’ video
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Really like the new video from Weezer for their track “Pork and Beans” which basically brings together some of the all-stars from YouTube such as the Diet Coke + Mentos Experiment, the Evolution of Dance and Miss South Carolina … this band sure do make some great videos!
OH WOW!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008An absolutely outstanding fan-vid by James Houston from Glasgow School of Art, made for the Radiohead ‘In Rainbows’ remix contest using a wicked selection of old TVs, scanners, and oscilloscopes this is sooooooo genius (also strangely emotional?!)
Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
Coldplay at the BBC
Thursday, June 19th, 2008I have to say I’m not actually that big a fan of Coldplay - however they were doing a televised gig outside Television Centre last night, so decided to see how close I could get using my staff pass!
In the end I managed to get a pretty good view as it was such a small venue, the gig was pretty good too + I got quite excited by the fact that JayZ was standing about 10m away in the celebrity enclosure! Anyway if you missed it last night on BBC Two it’s available to watch now on iPlayer.
Photo by Mister Snappy
June Mixtape: Break It Down Mix
Sunday, June 1st, 2008For the June mix here’s a few songs to get your head nodding and your feet tapping - yeah!
Listen to mix
(To download right-click and select “save target as” or “download linked file”)
Eurovision winner?
Saturday, May 24th, 2008I have to say France’s entry for the eurovision song contest by Sebastien Tellier is actually quite good. Though I have to say this man has written one of my favourite songs of all time ‘La Ritournelle‘ so he was always gonna come up with something pretty cool …
Bug round up …
Friday, May 23rd, 2008There was good times to be had last night at Bug, though it was a bit of a shame that they seem to be having a few sound problems at the BFI (not ideal for showcasing pop videos). Nevertheless there was some great stuff shown, my favourite was this fan-video by Dennis Liu for the song ‘Again and again‘ by the band ‘The Bird and the Bee’ all based around the OSX desktop!
And for weirdness/awesomeness value check out this video by Alex Smith for the Pivot’s song ‘In The Blood‘
Bug this Thursday at the BFI
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008The excellent ‘Bug’ featuring the even excellent-er Adam Buxton is on this Thursday at the British Film Institute, showcasing some of the wickedest contemporary music videos. I think the event is sold out now - though if you’re really desperate to get in you can sometimes turn up on the night and see if there’s any spaces. I’ll try and do a post on some of the best ones on friday …
May Mixtape: Music for Montages
Friday, May 2nd, 2008The mixtape for this month is “Music for Montages”: whether you’re workin up to that big fight, practicing your dance routine or just want to be the best of the best - to turn that 3 months of training into 3 minutes you’re gonna need a good montage with a great soundtrack!
Listen to the mix
(to download right-click and select “save target as” or “download linked file”)
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New Podcast: Daylight Savings Mix
Saturday, April 12th, 2008Thought it was time to get the podcasts up and happening again, I think (like blogging) it’s a case of little and often, so here’s a little mix to celebrate that it’s now still sunny when you finish work - hooray!
Download file:
(Right click the link below and select “Save Target As”):
http://cdn2.libsyn.com/benhanbury/Daylight_Savings_Mix.m4a
Subscribe to podcast:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=207664846
