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1. mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:08 UTC mcc

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   What I'm listening to today: "Everything is a synthesizer", Kurti

   This musician rigs an electrical engineering learning tool (a "SystemTechnik Type 3910 Digi Board 2"— various standard chips + banana plugs) to make a repeating buzzing sound they control with switches, and combined with a Monotribe (first of the current era of desktop grooveboxes) builds a surprisingly catchy dance rhythm. They let this run for one minute, then burst out laughing and turn off the camera.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsAylogXQTA

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:08 UTC mcc

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     What I'm listening to today: "Meditation In White Sound", Halim El-Dabh

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzyr2lleLOo

     Halim El-Dabh (see article: https://cdm.link/2023/09/halim-el-dabh/) is a fascinating figure— an Egyptian composer with a career spanning 72 years and an undefeated claim to creating the first piece of electronic music ever ("The Expression of Zaar" aka "Wire Recorder Piece", 1944).

     This 1959 piece, recorded at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, is an absolutely gorgeous minimalist ambient journey.

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:09 UTC mcc

     What I'm listening to today: "GBA + Elektron jam", Bad Diode

     Elektron is the MPC of this generation. They make a range of "grooveboxes" that are ready-made for producing genres like EDM or hip-hop.

     This is a short, thumping rave electronica track by @bd in which an entire rack of Elektron devices serve as backup for… a Game Boy Advance, running a sequencer BD themself created (ROM available on Itch, see YouTube comments). The rhythm, it entrances me.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcOebKPQFng