From Bert Schiettecatte in Belgium come AudioCubes, described as a tangible interface for sound design and exploration, under development at PERCUSSA.
The interface consists of an arbitrary number of plastic cubes. Each of the cubes is capable of sound processing.
The cubes can be connected to a computer and can be programmed to process sound signals. By [...]

In the world of Internet video, there is a strange cult of electronic music fans that can’t seem to keep themselves from publishing their amateur techno dance videos.
We’ve collected a few of the strangest. If you continue, you will see kids dancing techno, half-naked dudes dancing techno, penguins dancing techno, batman dancing techno and [...]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures have announced that Chris Cornell, the singer/songwriter behind Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, has written, in collaboration with Bond composer David Arnold, and will perform the them song, You Know My Name, to the next James Bond film, Casino Royale.
The film will premier Daniel Craig as the new [...]

A blast from the electronic past:

The program in the Phillips pavilion during the World’s Fair consisted of Edgard Var

It’s Friday, and you know what that means. It’s time for the WTF music moment of the week.
This week, Microsoft’s Zune digital music player takes the WTF award, hands down. But it’s not just the Zune, which sounds fairly unsurprising, which makes us ask WTF? It’s Microsoft’s plan to buy its way into your [...]

News 14 Carolina, Charlotte’s 24 Hour Local News channel, reports that artists still rely on Moog synthesizers.
Will they be reporting that musicians still play violins, next?
The station made the reference in discussion of Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, who passed away last year.

Lance Bass, a singer in the boy band *NSync, has announced that he is really gay and in a relationship with a former star of a U.S. reality television show, according to People magazine.
Bass, 27, said he had kept his homosexuality a secret because he did not want to hurt *NSync’s popularity and cripple the [...]

The Miami Vice movie is ready to heat up the screens, but missing in action is the television show’s trademark theme, by synth guru Jan Hammer. Hammer’s iconic theme for the show was a pioneering use of synths in television scores and was a rare #1 instrumental hit, too.
Apparently director Michael Mann didn’t want to [...]