Music Tech

Here’s your state’s actual favorite artist
By The Strut on February 27, 2014
You’ve probably seen a map going around this week purporting to show favorite artists by state. You might have thought, James Blake is the most...
Watch James Murphy’s proposal to turn NYC’s subway system in a symphony
By The Strut on February 24, 2014
James Murphy is looking to improve the experience of riding New York’s subway system. He tells The Wall St. Journal: I’ve been noticing that the...
Watch Nick Catchdubs create a beat from vinyl records
By The Strut on February 21, 2014
Check out Fools Gold Records co-founder Nick Catchdubs in the latest edition of Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette. Nick creates a beat by sampling several old...
Headphones made of cardboard
By The Strut on February 20, 2014
Switzerland’s art focused Zimoun Studio have built a pair of headphones made of cardboard, cotton balls and dc-motors. Noisey spoke to one of Zimoun’s assistants:...
Here’s a behind the scenes clip of Arcade Fire scoring Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’
By The Strut on February 20, 2014
Check out this behind the scenes video of Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett working on the score for Spike Jonze’s Oscar nominated film Her. Arcade...
Real Estate’s new music video teaches you how to play along
By The Strut on February 20, 2014
Real Estate just release the video for their new song Crime (their album Atlas is out on 3/4). The video pays tribute to all of...
See a turntable sculpture that plays vinyl records underwater
By The Strut on February 14, 2014
Check out this beautiful sculpture made by artist Evan Holm. He describes it as follows: There will be a time when all tracings of human...
Daft Punk’s Grammy set designer reveals behind the scenes photos
By The Strut on January 28, 2014
Designer Jim Logiudice has shared photos on his tumblr of the set he helped build for Daft Punk’s Grammys performance. From Jim: Here’s the set...
Video: Four Tet creates a beat using only Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’
By The Strut on January 15, 2014
For the latest installment of Don’t Watch That‘s Beat This series, Keiran Hebden aka Four Tet created a beat from Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Taking samples...
Watch an animatronic band cover Arcade Fire
By The Strut on January 15, 2014
Back in the 80’s and 90’s inventor Aaron Fechter created the animatronic Rock-afire Explosion band that played at Showbiz Pizza Place locations around the USA....