Monthly Archives: December 2009

good will audio generator

By felix | Published: December 19, 2009
I briefly mentioned this piece of kit earlier: A few months ago my mate Dangerous Dave gave me a frightening-looking piece of medical equipment about the size of a microwave oven. He said it was supposed to generate tones but when he’d plugged it in he blew all the fuses in his house (not sure [...]
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from the basement

By felix | Published: December 15, 2009
I just found out about this live-in-the-studio project and I think it’s worth mentioning: www.fromthebasement.tv/home The short version is they invite performers into this nicely decked out cosy studio and capture quite unique, intimate performances, beautifully recorded and filmed. I’ve seen a few web projects along similar lines but nothing quite like this, and nothing [...]
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b-side presents (heh)

By felix | Published: December 11, 2009
  For all of December, all b-side CDs are marked down to $15 each! (usually $25/$20) The CDs are:   the Baldwin Fun Machine album in a gatefold lp-style retro sleeve the Holy Cow compilation in a 6-panel digipak the Nufin-Yin CD in a slimline digipak including a video for the song “Earthbound” by Vin [...]
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something to do on wednesday evening

By felix | Published: December 7, 2009
Those of you in Auckland are encouraged to get along to this, beginning this Wednesday the 9th, upstairs at Handmade (the old Brazil) on K’ Road. Experimental music, experimental instruments both acoustic and electronic, kind of an offshoot of the long-running Vitamin-S but perhaps with more of a rhythmic and melodic focus. Come to play [...]
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