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[ December 17, 2005 / bookmark ]

interviews / Buddha in the Machine

While its name sounds like the premise for a Philip K. Dick novel, the Buddha Machine is not fictional, even if recent back orders, due to its popularity, might have suggested as much. A small, plastic, battery-operated device resembling a …

[ December 16, 2005 / bookmark ]

downstream / Digital Cello MP3

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a regular podcast (sfmoma.org/podcasts), featuring interviews with and profiles of artists whose work is currently being shown. The most recent SFMOMA podcast, dated December 2005 – January 2006, features amid the …

[ December 15, 2005 / bookmark ]

downstream / Koji Asano MP3

Koji Asano, the prolific, self-published electronic musician, hasn’t just posted a free download on his website, kojiasano.com. He hasn’t just interrupted the steady flow of commercial recordings for a free one. He hasn’t just taken the heavily processed abstractions …

[ December 14, 2005 / bookmark ]

downstream / Spy Porn MP3s

Daghoti’s I’ve Got Braces, Too! is 11 tracks of what might have been referred to as mashed-up sound clips before the term “mash” came to signify the coy yoking together of specifically two unlike riffs. Pulsing like cheap neon, tawdry …

[ December 14, 2005 / bookmark ]

field notes / RSS Feed Upgrade

The RSS feed for Disquiet.com has been upgraded. The URL remains the same (rss), but the feed now includes embedded links. At least, it should. If you have any difficulties with the feed, drop me an email at marc@disquiet.com.

[ December 13, 2005 / bookmark ]

downstream / Real-World Remix MP3s

The user-submitted remixes at the Freesound community site (freesound.iua.upf.edu) often fly by in the blink of an ear. Thus, it’s best to recommend a handful, all housed at the “Remix! Tree” section (link). Recent highlights include a taut …

[ December 12, 2005 / bookmark ]

downstream / Dark Winter MP3s

According to the Dark Winter website, Aidan Baker’s 24.2.24.4., the netlabel’s latest release, consists entirely of sounds made by electric bass and guitar. Well, make that electric bass and guitar manipulated and layered, cut’n'pasted, until the original sources are all …