Distortled Box

Distortled Box Live Visual Set from Distortled Box.

Testing of the visual setup for the Distortled Box live sets. Two circuit bending Sega Master System II synchronized with a self made analog motor sequencer.
By Snail & Ralp.
Track: Ralp - Purprae.

Distortled Box is an audiovisual project started in Barcelona in 2007 by Degon, Nude Boy, Ralp, Sala, Snail and Weldio.

Music + visuals are generated entirely by 8-bit technology, including Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo NES, Commodore 64 and Sega Master System, using programs such as LSDJ, Nanoloop, MidiNES, Mssiah, Cybertracker, JCH...

The collective is working on their second version of the Distortled Box, a portable sound/light system capable of starting an 8-bit mini rave anywhere:

Distortled Box V.2 Tuning from Distortled Box.

via sendling

How To Destroy Angels: The Believers - Wired iPad App

How To Destroy Angels have released a new song called "The Believers" via the Wired magazine iPad app [iTunes link].

The interactive Wired iPad article gives a behind-the-scenes account of the recording process in Trent Reznor's studio, including several sound samples and photographs of the synths: moog minimoog Voyager - Diabolical Devices circuit-bent Casio SK-1 - Metasonix D-1000 vacuum tube drum machine - Roland RD-700GX... also an African marimba + ukulele.

Synth freaks, there's also a shot of Reznor's EMS Synthi A pin matrix.

You can read the article, Constructing a Song: Trent Reznor's Cacophony of Beats, online, but check out the iPad app for the audio + more pics.

How To Destroy Angels is the new musical project by Trent Reznor, his new wife Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross, with Alan Moulder mixing on an SSL AWS 900+ console. Their self-titled debut EP is scheduled for release on July 6.

update: the believers - wired ipad mp3 [lo-fi rip]

NIN: Tetsuo Bullet Man

Check out the new Nine Inch Nails track recently added to the final credits for the third Tetsuo film:

Nine Inch Nails: Theme for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man mp3

Bassline Baseline: Roland TB-303 Documentary Video

Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE BASELINE by Nate Harrison from Jack Time.

Bassline Baseline video documentary on the TB-303 and Roland's founder, Ikutaro Kakehashi.

Directed by Nate Harrison.

update: video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1MtyE_r3o

Korg Monotron - cEvin Key + Baseck : Japan

Baseck + cEvin Key rocking their new Korg Monotrons at the Great Buddha in Kamakura, Japan.

youtube video via baseck