Cool Hunting
Dewanatrons to make music in real time, suitable for concert performance, live recording, or to be broadcast over the airwaves. The special purpose of Dewanatrons, which are modern solid-state analog instruments, is to grow music live in collaboration with the operators who guide them. Each of the instruments are hand crafted and intended to work in tandem with one another.
I had the opportunity to observe Leon and Brian performing this weekend at the Armory Show. They had several pieces of equipment with them, including the Dual Primate Console (pictured above). The music was just as wonderful and fascinating to hear as those devices are to see. Check out some samples on their site.
...and speaking of the Armory Show, check out squee.gee's recap over at core77.
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Since the multi-use controller Monome first came out a few years back, it's slowly gained a cult following thanks to its attractive and flexible design. If you're unfamiliar with the device, the Monome is an ultra-tactile, interactive and adaptable MIDI interface that takes advantage of open-source software to manipulate any number of musical parameters. With a pleasing grid-based design, the programmable buttons function as...
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