Ethan Hein

Jan 31

Subotnick’s suggested Buchla patch for producing phat beats (Taken with instagram)

In the NYU bookstore (Taken with instagram)

Jan 30

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The Supreme. (Taken with instagram)

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Thelonious ‘Sphere’ Monk

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Jan 29

“Piracy’s preserving effect, while little known, is actually nothing new. Through the centuries, the tablets, scrolls, and books that people copied most often and distributed most widely survived to the present. Libraries everywhere would be devoid of Homer, Beowulf, and even The Bible without unauthorized duplication.” Provocative read on why history needs software piracy. Reminiscent of the story of how the widely pirated first edition of Arabian Nights made it one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in history. (via austinkleon)

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Jan 28

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Improved mix: The Verve vs the Andrew Oldham Orchestra vs the Staple Singers vs the Rolling Stones vs James Brown. (I had to pitch shift JB pretty extremely to get him into the same key as everyone else.) This song is a tragic intellectual property parable; read more: http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2009/bitter-sweet-symphony/

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My entry in the fourth Disquiet Junto project: a remix of “Nearly There” by Marcus Fischer, from his new album, Collected Dust, released this month on the Tench label.

http://mapmap.ch/
http://www.tenchrec.com/TCH05.html
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

“Nearly There” was recorded on “lapharp + ebow looped using the monome 128 w/ the wonderful MLRv application,” explains Fischer. The two tracks, for the curious, can be heard here:

http://unrecnow.com/dust/2374
http://unrecnow.com/dust/2380

And there’s more information on Collected Dust at the Tench website:

http://www.tenchrec.com/TCH05.html

As always, I can’t imagine that everyone can participate every week, but if you are up for it this time around, that would be great.

Ethan Hein

Music, technology, evolution, pop ephemera.