Piano House in China
This Amazing Piano House designed by the students of the architectural design faculty of Hefey University of Technology with the designers of the company “Huainan Fangkai Decoration Project Co”. It resides in located in Huainan City, a Province, China. The building was constructed for music lovers, and serves a practice facility for musical student at the nearby college.Piano house consist of two musical instruments a transparent Violin leaning against Piano. The Piano House was built by the local government to draw interest to the newly developed area. Read More…
‘Dueling Banjos’ on Tesla Coils
Two Tesla coils perform a rousing rendition of “Dueling Banjos” in this 2010 video by YouTube user FONentertainment.
Song Map Litho by Dorothy
Song Map is a new litho print by Dorothy made up of song titles.From Highway to Hell to Penny Lane, Itchycoo Park to Heartbreak Hotel. And just like places in our own neighbourhood, some are really good and some are best avoided like the plague – remember Love House by Sam Fox?
For the real music geek there’s an A-Z key of all the songs featured on the map with the bands that sang them.
‘Portrait of the Ghost Drummer,’ Music Choreography by Odaibe
In the video, the movement of a pair of drumsticks is recorded via motion sensors, and visualized in the form of an evanescent, arcing path. The format allows for kinetic patterns to emerge and fade away, evolving in three dimensions as the drummer’s performance unfolds.
Polish artist Odaibe created Portrait of the Ghost Drummer to explore the graphic qualities involved in playing on a drum kit. “Besides being a musician, a drummer when playing is unconsciously engaged in an elaborate choreography,” explains Odaibe. “The drum sticks are the extensions of drummer’s hands like a brush is an extension of the painter’s hand.”
Opera on the Constance Lake
Outside the Festspielhaus on the shore of Lake Constance stands the famous floating stage, one of the world’s leading centers of opera for a mass audience and surely the one with the most monumentally spectacular productions. Director Keith Warner and stage designer David Fielding have chosen “The Death of Marat”, an iconic painting by the revolutionary artist Jacques-Louis David, as the inspiration and symbol of their staging of André Chénier. It is the first time that a historical painting has served as the basis for a Bregenz stage set, which towers 24 metres high above Lake Constance. The famous image shows the radical revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat after being stabbed in his bath tub by a political opponent in 1793. Read More…
David Lynch’s Debut Album Coming in November
We’ve been hearing about it for a long time, and now it’s finally here: David Lynch’s solo album of electronic pop. On November 8th, Lynch will make his debut as a solo recording artist, when Crazy Clown Time is released on PIAS America.
‘I’ve always been interested in sound. One thing led to another, and I just wanted a room to experiment with sound. I finally got a room, and then I needed an engineer. I got an engineer, and then I started experimenting. Working with Angelo Badalamenti, I always say Angelo brought me into the world of music. And the experimenting… sound is so beautiful. There are sounds that approach music, and then there is music. I started playing a guitar – the first time I played guitar was just to make a sound effect. I’m not really a guitar player. But it kind of thrilled my soul to be making something that sounded like music. I just got deeper and deeper into it. ‘
Via [Rolling Stones]
Elipson Sound Tree
The Sound Tree is the creation of designers Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman for Elipson, commissioned by Jean Yves Le Porcher, Creative Director for the brand. They have delivered their vision of Elipson’s iconic, spherical Planet speakers. This collaboration gave rise to the Sound Tree, a musical tree sculpture designed for exceptional spaces.
The trunk-shaped base contains the subwoofer, while the cables spread from the base to the ceiling, like branches. Each of the round fruits is actually a speaker. Standing under the tree, we are thus surrounded by sound, like being at the heart of a musical cocoon. Read More…
Chimecco, Musical Bridge by Mark Nixon
Chimecco is a bridge turned into a musical instrument by hanging metal pipes from the underside.
This kinetic sculpture built by Mark Nixon from London studio CZWG is part of the third annual exhibition called ‘Sculpture by the Sea‘ in Aarhus, Denmark.
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Music Box Chair by Jeroen Wesselink
Jeroen Wesselink recently came up with music box chair that actually has 11 music boxes built in to the chair, one of which appears to play the melody of ‘What a Wonderful World.’ Read More…
The Natural Speakers by Joon&Jun Studio
Created by Studio Joon&Jun, the speakers display simple punctured porcelain volumes with a base made from neatly stacked wood parts. The idea for the ‘the natural speaker’ derived from the desire to create an absolutely unique, handcrafted speaker for the interior space.
The creators say:
Whereas a lot of speakers are constructed to produce a rather fat bass and sharp high tones, we felt the sound was kind of stuck inside the speakers, missing a natural vibe and ambiance. During the development of the ‘the natural speaker’ we discovered the great properties of porcelain as a speaker casing, providing a clear resonance and mellow sound.
Amplified inside the ceramic and wood transmission construction, the sound gains a slight echo, creating a natural feeling of resonance, resembling the distinct flair of an acoustic instrument right in front of you.
Each set of pieces is individually crafted by hand and each procelain casing checked for best amplifying performance.
If you value a balanced midtone sound and a speaker with a ‘feeling’ for your music, you will surely enjoy the ‘the natural speaker’.”
Grande Castine Speakers by Musique Concrete
French firm Musique Concrete will officially launch its gorgeous 106dB Grande Castine speakers. For a balanced reproduction of the entire audible spectrum, from 20 to 20,000 Hz, it was decided to entrust the sub-bass (20-80 Hz) panels with separated dipoles. This excellent performance comes with a speaker sensitivity of 106dB.
Via [Born Rich]
Stereo Cabinet by Raad Studio
RAAD Studio has created the Stereo Cabinet, an exquisite alternative to the bulky eyesore of your average stereo system. The Cabinet is fitted with high-end speakers, provides storage for your stereo and stands alone as a sophisticated, sculptured furniture piece. The Stereo Cabinet conceals all audio equipment and unsightly wires in one, elegant, credenza unit. Read More…
Stupid Orchestra by Michael Petermann
Michael Petermann, a classically trained musician and conductor, has put together an ingenious musical ‘orchestra’ made entirely out of vintage electric appliances. ‘The Stupid Orchestra‘ is made out of mixers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines, all built between 1940 and 1975. Performing every hour on the hour at the MKG Hamburg until April 30th, the orchestra runs on an electronic control system of Petermann’s design, meaning Petermann doesn’t have to conduct his electrical orchestra himself.
Blödes Orchester from white tube on Vimeo.
Embody Music Video by So-Me
SebastiAn is coming out with his new album called Total later this year and he’s just released the music video for his first single Embody. As always the video is directed by Ed Banger artist extraordinaire So-Me who does an outstanding job with..
Watch it, it’s great.
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Nike Air Concept by Alex Nash
Havana Club has launched a competition called Inspired Ingenuity which is to divert from their use of everyday objects. The English artist Alex Nash is one of three sponsors of this contest. He has created this s pair of Nike Air Force 1 entirely customized into a double loudspeaker. Read More…
“Saliami Postmodern,” Shidlas New Album
Lithuanian design outfit Mother Eleganza have come up with this packaging concept for “Saliami Postmodern”, the new album of fellow countryman and musician Shidlas.
La Boite Concept LD120
“La Boite Concept,” a French design studio with a focus on electronic acoustics, has put together the above piece of laptop-loving music furniture, dubbed the LD120. It features TUSB compatible and is just the right size to fit a laptop making it a capable work desk/sound dock. The LD 120 comes in four colors and currently has a price tag of $1,300. Check out the video to find out more about the LD 120.
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Phonofone III, iPhone 4 Amplifier that doesn’t Need any Electricity
The Phonofone III is an elegantly designed passive amplifier crafted from ceramic and designed explicitly for iPhone. just pop your iPhone 4 in the dock and the ceramic horn will amplify the audio coming out of your iPhone’s speaker roughly 4 times, or about 60dB. This clever device amplifies the volume emitted from an iPhone internal speaker roughly 4x (approx. 60 decibels).
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