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The new Mozart: Blind girl, 5, Can Play Any Song on Piano ‘After Just One Listen’

July 17, 2008 / TiamatsVision

“A blind five-year-old pianist from South Korea has stunned the music world after a video of her performance received more than 27million hits. Yoo Ye-eun, who was born blind and adopted in 2002, has never had a formal piano lesson but can play any song after just one listen.

And now her remarkable talent is set to propel her to stardom as clips of her amazing performance have attracted millions of viewers to Korean website Pandora TV. A similar clip on YouTube has so far received two million hits. Her display on ‘Star King’, a Korean talent show, earned the youngster ?500 in prize money and moved the studio audience to tears.”

(via The Daily Mail)

The Cassette Tape Skeleton

July 14, 2008 / TiamatsVision

“Cassette tapes are near extinction, considering CDs, DVDs, Blue Ray and other innovative disk coming along. And the following skeleton is one wacky creation for this statement. The creation belongs to Brian Dettmer, I guy famous for altering common media such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes and transforming them into works of art. The following skeleton is currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science.”

(via Wacky Archives)

Musicology

July 14, 2008 / TiamatsVision

“Over the last two months, Nature has published a series of essays about the latest scientific research into music, and now that the series is complete, it has been made available as a free PDF.

Among the authors of the essays are Aniruddh D. Patel, a theoretical neurobiologist at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, who discusses the brain’s response to different varieties of music, and Laurel Trainor, director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, who explains the neural basis of music perception. Nature also has a special podcast featuring a discussion between science writer Philip Ball and music psychologist John Sloboda, both of whom contribute essays to the series.”

(via Neurophilosophy)

Klintron’s experimental noise

July 8, 2008 / Klint Finley

psychetect nightmarelab

So Infictive County Records, home of Mystery X and Philip K. Nixon, have released a new mix of my decade old noise experiments.

Visit Infictive County Records: The Psychetect, “Nightmare Lab” for a free download.

I’ve also setup a Myspace, where I’ll be posting some new recordings over the next few months.

Myspace: the Psychetect

(Why yes, that is cover art by Danny Chaoflux)

Cool and Strange Music Instruments

June 28, 2008 / TiamatsVision

Cool and strange music instruments

“This article will cover a few bizarre musical instruments, and oddities used by musicians to convey that special feeling or a melody. Some of the uniquely crafted items may cost a fortune, others are very simple and can be easily assembled from parts found in your kitchen. All of them have loads of character, and that special sound that no other instrument can make.”

(via Euphoria Magazine. See also: The Odd Music Gallery)

Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo interview

June 16, 2008 / Klint Finley

mark mothersbaugh

What do you think should be the role of the artist in society? Should art disgust people, should it be a critical mirror, an escape, entertainment…?
I think art should be all those things. I think in a world where everything human is denigrated, art becomes more crucial and more important for people making it through their life. I think that art should be your muse, what inspires you; it can help guide you.

How would your visual art guide people? What would it guide them to do?
To make good choices in their daily life. I think that the best art is inspirational.

[…]

Oswald Spengler, the quasi-fascist German philosopher of history wrote in The Decline of the West that ‘optimism is cowardice.’ Do you agree?
I don’t think that optimism is cowardice. In some ways, I think that Devo was optimistic. We talked about De-evolution, but we always encouraged people to be anti-stupidity and to try and make a difference. We were never praising de-evolution. We were musical reporters, saying, ‘Wait a minute. Do you see what’s going on? Do you see what you are a part of?’

Full Story: Coilhouse

Musicians may soon be able to play instruments using just their minds

June 15, 2008 / Klint Finley

brain device

Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London have developed technology to translate thoughts into musical notes.

The Brain Computer Interface for Music requires electrodes to be attached to the head.

They pick up electrical impulses from the brain which are passed through an electroencephalography (EEG) machine and analysed.

Full Story: BBC (includes demonstration video)

(via Grinding)

More singing Tesla coils

June 11, 2008 / Klint Finley

We told you about singing tesla coils about a year ago. Now the inventors have a web site including several videos, performance dates, and more.

ArcAttack! Singing Tesla Coils

(via Make)

We Don?t Stop: Michael Franti Talks Peace, Love and Music

June 9, 2008 / TiamatsVision

“If the contemporary struggle for a better world has a soundtrack, it surely features the music of Michael Franti. To Franti, music and activism are one and the same – his albums, the last three of which have sold over 100,000 copies combined, are truth-telling manifestos you can dance to. While touring constantly, he tirelessly promotes peace, sustainability and human rights. His annual Power to the Peaceful festival raises money for different causes each year – from Mumia Abul Jamal’s legal case to bringing American troops home from Iraq. Last year, 60,000 people attended in San Francisco and 4,000 in S?o Paulo, Brazil.

He has been named an Ambassador of Peace by the World Health Organization, and performs benefit concerts for Iraq Veterans Against the War, grassroots workers in New Orleans, as well as free concerts in prisons. In his personal life he is a vegan and yogi, and if you find yourself behind his hybrid or his biodiesel tour bus, follow him: he’ll pay your bridge toll. Last month we visited Franti in his San Francisco studio as he was putting the finishing touches on his new release, ‘All Rebel Rockers,’ due out in September.”

(via Conscious Choice. Micheal Franti and Spearhead,“Time To Go Home”. Thanks Gypsy Nana!)

The Get Out Clause, Manchester Stars of CCTV

June 8, 2008 / TiamatsVision

“Many people are uncomfortable with the march of the surveillance state – but a Manchester band has used it to their advantage.

Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by.

They set up their equipment, drum kit and all, in eighty locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras. Afterwards they wrote to the companies or organisations involved and asked for the footage under the Freedom of Information Act.”

(via The Telegraph)

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