Some interesting bits up at Google Code : it’s my second Radiohead-related post this week, I know. For the recording of the House of Cards video clip they did not use any camera’s. Yes, that’s right. Instead, they used specialised hardware that can register 3D geometry at a very fast …
The song nude by Radiohead performed on old hardware. Several doses of awesome. Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
I bought the slightly brilliant documentary A Skin, A Night by Vincent Moon last week. It’s about The National, a Brooklyn-based rock band which have been making their way to the spotlights slowly in the last few years. Their latest album, Boxer, got some great media coverage in Europe last …
Since I moved my audio mixer to my student room in Leuven, mixing attempts have become more frequent. I’m not a professional DJ, I just like to recycle the tunes I love in a new way. Recording and after-editing was done using Audacity. Any help at identifying that unknown Tiga …
I will go to hell for this. Especially for the over-use of the vocoder / beatslicer. Whoops ! Most of the effects were done in Audacity with the help of the ZynAddSubFX software synthesizer. Both are freely available open-source products. Elements you might recognize: (vocals / synth) Moby – Lift …
If there’s one thing that can drive traditional music lovers crazy, it’s mashups. Take the vocals from song A, the bass-line from song B and that funky synth sound from track C, and put them together so it sounds like something new. Blasphemy, you say ? I don’t think so. …
I’d like to share some of my favorite free (and legal) music I found on the web. Nathan Wiley is a pop/folk musician and singer from the great Canada, which over the past five years has released 3 albums on an indie label. His most recent album was released last …
If your father is like mine, and thus tried desperately to talk some sense into you when it comes to music, preferably by playing records. You know what I’m talking about. I vividly remember afternoons in the living room, playing around with those funny vinyl covers containing big pictures of …
I don’t claim to be a music man. Then again, I know what I like. Here are my votes for the best albums of 2007, in no particular order. Arcade Fire – Neon BibleWho on earth ever thought that slightly religious-inspired rock could ever be hip again ? Well, Arcade …