Video (OT): Wii Fit - from the makers of 'Big Ass Table'

Sarcastic Gamer strikes again with their follow up to "Big Ass Table". This time they've put the new Wii Fit in their cross hairs:

Video(s): The Whip

Found these guys through Beatportal. I for one am glad that the whole electro/rock hybrid thing seems to be in resurgence over the past few years. There's just a certain energy seeing electronics performed by live acts in whatever context versus the static nature of most dj sets. No hate for the dj, some of my best friends are dj's.>;) It's just that it's very refreshing to hear those sawtooth leads and square wave blips in a little less clinical context. Maybe it's just me becoming more receptive once again because, at least in my part of the globe, live electronic acts seem to have taken a backseat to the "superstar" DJ yet again.:(

Divebomb - This seems to be their single that's making the rounds at the moment:



Muzzle No.1 - A bit more of an overtly rock track but damn it's been stuck in my head since I heard it:

Video: Squid Leader - Live Set - Antidote

For those of you that missed Squid Leader's live set on friday, here's the Reader's Digest version. Special thanks to Justin and Erica for helping out with the camera. You can also download it through the Podcast.

Squid Leader Reappears @ Antidote this Friday!!

See you there:

The 411!

Podcast Extra: m.0 - "I Heart Dat Preset"

So what started as me geeking out over a cup of coffee on friday actually turned into a track over the weekend. On a side note, things are going to get a little quiet on the blog as we dig in to wrap up the various productions (new stuff from Tekgnosis, Bird, and myself) we've been working on for the past few months. Stay subscribed to the feed though 'cause more full-length podcasts will be coming down the pipe. 

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Podcast - episode 02: "Squid Leader - 2006 Live Megamix"

Our second episode features the Squid Leader himself with a pretty damn intense live performance, Megamix style. On July 20th you can catch him dropping some live beats at Antidote.

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A free (Beta) Spectrum Analyser: bs-spectrum

Surfing around yesterday I found this @ macmusic. "bs-spectrum" is a freeware Spectrum analyzer for both Windows and Mac.  On the Mac it's available in both AU and VST flavors.  I had a chance to poke around with it a little and it's pretty straight forward.  As with all utility software nothing fancy is expected.  They just do what they do.  My only complaints are that I wish it had a higher frequency resolution and the redraw seems a bit sluggish but keep in mind that this is freeware.  It's CPU overhead is negligible and for some reason I like that way the level meters are laid out.  It's simple and really easy on the eyes.  Well suited for across the room viewing.   I think it's worth at least checking out.  

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Spectrum analyzers are a great tool to have around for reference.  Especially, in apartment/bedroom situations where sometimes you don't get a true feel for what's going on in all the various frequencies.  Especially on the bottom end.  Remember this is beta software and although I haven't found any issues yet  use at your own peril.  While we are on the subject of Spectrum Analyzers, if you haven't tried out Inspector (PC and Mac) by Roger Nichol's Digital  I highly recomend it. It's great for when more detail is need.  It's free also.

Beach on the Brain: Pete Tong "Fast Trax"

Now that we've gotten the website up (btw, we're working on lot's of stuff for it so stay tuned), I can return to posting random things of interest.:) 

Today's video goes out to anyone kicking it indoors at the moment (myself included).  Pete Tong has a Video Podcast series called Fast Trax.  This week he's in Ibiza.  So I figured if we can't go to the beach I'll bring the beach to us.  If you want to subscribe to this directly in iTunes you can click right -------> HERE.   

New Website and Podcast

We've just re-launched tekgnosis.com.  

This will be the spot to keep in touch while we hideout in the studio for the next few months. We have and will be putting up more videos, exclusive Live PA's and tracks, and now Podcasts.  Our first Podcast features an ambient/experimental PA we did a few weeks back. 

A little gear pr0n, Elektron style

Okay so it's getting late and I can't think of anything clever to say.  So good night and enjoy.

OT: A Big Ass Table!

So this is a bit off topic but this week I seem to have multi-touch interfaces on the brain. I scraped this story from Engadget who in turn grabbed it from Sarcastic Gamer. It's a parody that poke a little bit of fun at the expense of Microsoft's recently announced Surface. For the record, I'm absolutely blown away by Surface and I can't wait for the technology (and price) to trickle down to us musician types.

Holy Glitchin' Lemurs

Found this on my youtube travels today. It's of interest to me because for some reason I had heard that the response time on the Lemur wasn't all that for rhythmic passages. In this vid it seems pretty responsive. Of course there's no real way of knowing until you actually get your hands on one. This was posted by Michael Forrest and he's using his Lemur to control Dblue Glitch.



Also, as a side note he shows of a little bit of sequencing with the Lemur. I'm definitely falling in love with the concept of graphical multi-touch beat making.

Harry Krishna

I've been eyeing the release date for Krishna ( a cool new soft-synth from the folks at Devine Machine) for some time and today it's here!:D

I'm definitely a fan of these guys ever since I picked up Lucifer a while back. When they announced Krishna earlier in the year it peaked my curiosity because it seemed to have a unique tonal character with its so called "Frame Oscillators". Although I've been setting aside some Benjamin's for it, last week I cracked and picked up the AKAI MPD24 instead (which I'm loving, btw) so I'll have to wait a little bit longer to pick it up. In the meantime there's a demo (PC/MAC) on the site that I'm downloading as I type this. I'll give it a whirl over the next few days and report back on my thoughts.-m

Seattle is such a battle town

About a month ago we had not one but two laptop battle events here in the 206 about a week apart. Now if you've ever been to Seattle you'll know that's it's not that big a City. That got me thinking that we might have more laptop battlers per capita than most cities. Definitely an exciting thought. Let me introduce you to a few:

Here's a nice contestant Video from the newly started "Laptop Battle Teen Idol Survivor Series" that went down on April 27th.


Ah, those crazy kids.

Next up is KFO at the Northwest Regional Laptop Battle on May 3rd. The audio is a bit distorted in this clip but I was there and I can attest to the fact the he dropped it hard.



Now would someone please bring the national title to it's rightful home.;)

Top 20 Synths: and the winner is....

Been meaning to post this for sometime but here it is the number one synth of all time. We all probably knew what it was going to be but one can never heap to much praise. Kudos to SonicState for a most excellent series.

Episode 08: Position 1

Thank You

Top 20 Synths Continues

Yesterday SonicState put out the lastest episode of their countdown. I have to warn you that it spends the whole episode on #2. However, if you've been following it I think it's a safe bet what #1 is. That being said consider this episode a really cool mini-documentary on a really cool synth. After watching it I'm no longer on the fence about wanting to get the virtual version.

Episode 07: Position 2

New Order is no more

So I stumbled on this on the BBC's Website today. This news reminded of a conversation I had a long time ago with a producer friend of mine. The premise was if you could produce any old skool band that was influential to you who would that band be. New Order was one of my picks. Anyway, it's sunny and warm today in the 206 so I should be allowed to daydream.

Crazy Video

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Soul Squeeggee Video

I(Bird) just finished this ...

Soul Squeeggee

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