Electronica // Current

ZZT makes fungi grow to the beat of The Worm

Just wow. Who knew fungi and electronica music went so well together ... er ... just watch.

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Animated video to Qua's song Devil Eyes, a cute love story gone sad. Directed by Paul Robertson.

Music video for "Devil Eyes" by Qua. Directed by Paul Robertson. From the album Painting Monsters On Clouds on Mush... more

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Glitch Mob Street Warfare in SF

File under: Richter Scale Music "The Glitch Mob is notorious for its live shows—they remix on the fly and... more

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French Kiss Records

French Kiss records is an Indie label out of NY. Focusing on indie rock with a little electronica thrown in for good measure,... more

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DJ4LIFE @ LOVEFESET 2008 - CASTLES IN THE SKY - FLOAT:

LOVE FEST 08 was the best yet! DJ4LIfe at Loveparade 2008 in San Francisco. 8 DJ4L students performing with Tall Sasha in... more

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LMFAO

LMFAO is a electro/hip hop group from Hollywood, CA. Getting their foot in the door ghost producing a commercial for DJ AM, their... more

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Music Review: Sasha - Invol2ver

It wasn't as if Sasha needed to prove anything when his original Involver release came out. No one was expecting it to be anything but slick, although those who hadn't quite caught the vision of his artist album Airdrawndagger might have been hesitant.

But after it released to near-universal acclaim, he suddenly faced the challenge of having to live up to a modern classic of DJ mixing. So it's no envious task to have to follow it up with a 2. And it's therfore a fortunate thing indeed - not just for Sasha, but also for fans who have been anxiously waiting four years for the sequel - that his latest installment, Invol2ver succeeds so handily. Although perhaps in its own unique way.

After an "Intro," things start off in a similar manner to the original Involver, with a broodingly dense track, this time the excellent reworking of Telefon Tel Aviv's "You Are The Worst Thing In The World." It's a pulsing, minimal, vibey headtrip of a track, with complementary stylistic underpinnings to Sasha's re-imagining of Grand National's "Talk Amongst Yourselves." The difference this time is that the rest of the album largely stays there, instead of venturing off into all manner of exploratory sounds.

It's this cohesiveness of style that is its main selling point. Because unlike many who might wallow in a familiar style out of comfort or necessity, Sasha applies his trademark skills to exploring it as fully as he can. He doesn't lean on the style, but builds it from the ground up. But it's also this same unifying element that might bewilder those looking for another globetrotting excusion around the Involver universe.

In fact, you could best sum up the record with the word hypnotic. It effortlessly glides from one track to the next with a seamless touch missing the first time around. But it's also more dark and serious. Gone are the more up dancefloor touches of "Watching Cars Go By", "On My Own" or even "Dorset Perception." Here the singular vibe never breaks. With Involver this was also present, but in a different sense. Before the focus seemed to be taking different elements and re-engineering everything until it became distinctly Sasha. Invol2ver continues that and simply adds a stylistic consistency.

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2 months ago

CODETV: OCTOBER IS FOR LOVERS...LOVEFEST SAN FRANCISCO!!!

CODETV has been covering this event since '05 wow...and it only gets better!! On Oct. 4th show your love for the best... more

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2 months ago

CODETV: SPACE GIRLS 2 pt 1 & 2...The Lost Footage...Oops

Finally, we located the missing footage from Space Girls 2 ! Santa Cruz, California doin it well for the ladies. Thanks... more

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2 months ago

Friday (music) Inspiration - Pitbull With Lipstick, 9/12/08

....there are no words....

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2 months ago

LA WEEKLY DETOUR @ LA City Hall

Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, Cut Copy, Datarock, Peanut Butter Wold, Hercules & Love Affair, The Presets and many more play the... more

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2 months ago

CODETV: PLAYA FASHION GONE WILD...WILD ON THE INSIDE

Prepare for the Playa...get everything you need for the playa from your local Burner- Preneur - "WILD ON THE INSIDE" ... more

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3 months ago

Interview with DJ Vadim | trainspottr

DJ Vadim (aka Vadim Peare) is a prolific DJ and producer born in St. Petersburg, Russia, raised in London and now residing in New... more

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3 months ago

iPosture: new gadget reminds you to 'sit up straight'

The iPosture is a small gadget which can be stuck on the skin and helps the wearer to improve their posture by buzzing to remind... more

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3 months ago

Skafandr music video (animation)

Animated music video for "Skafandr" The winner of festival "Chaos Constructions", Best alternative music... more

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3 months ago

Micro air vehicle transmits TV quality images

A development team at the TU Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands introduced the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle, a variant of an Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV). This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar to a dragonfly. The DelFly II drew huge attention in 2006 because it could fly horizontally (21 km/hr) as well as hover, just like a hummingbird, and could also fly backwards. The DelFly Micro, incidentally, cannot do this just yet.

Ultra-small, remote-controlled micro-aircraft with cameras, such as this DelFly, may well be used in the future for observation flights in difficult-to-reach or dangerous areas. The DelFly Micro is a 'Micro Air Vehicle' (MAV), an exceptionally small remote-controlled aircraft, with camera and image recognition software. The Micro, measuring 10 cm (wingtip-to-wingtip), is the considerably smaller successor to the successful DelFly I (2005) and DelFly II (2006). The DelFly Micro, with its minuscule battery weighing just 1 gram, can fly for approximately three minutes and has a maximum speed of 5 meters per second.

Ultra-small remote-controlled, camera-equipped aircraft are potentially of great interest because they could eventually be used for observation flights in difficult-to-reach or dangerous areas. The basic principle of the DelFly is derived from nature. The 'dragonfly' has a tiny camera (about 0.5 gram) on board that transmits its signals to a ground station. With software developed by TU Delft, objects can then be recognized independently. The camera transmits TV quality images, and therefore allows the DelFly II to be operated from a computer. It can be maneuvered using a joystick as if the operator was actually in the cockpit of the aircraft. The aim is to be able to do this with the DelFly Micro, also.

In a few years time, the new objective of the project, the DelFly NaNo (5 cm, 1 gram) will have been developed. The Micro is an important intermediate step in this development process. A second objective for the future is for the DelFly to be able to fly entirely independently, thanks to image-recognition software. A development team at the TU Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands introduced the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle, a... more