Quote for Today: Rainer Maria Rilke
At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in no way inferior to the …
Bug Music: Graeme Revell’s The Insect Musicians
You might know composer Graeme Revell for his film scores, including Dead Calm, The Crow, Sin City, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, or perhaps even as a founding member of the industrial …
Listen to the Thirsty Trees
Did you know trees make noise when they get thirsty? Bioacoustician Bernie Krause has amplified and recorded these sounds, which are generally inaudible to human ears. You can read and …
Quote for Today: Fernando Pessoa
My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony. …
The Art of Noise: Video Art from Nam June Paik
Video art is a relatively new artistic medium which came about in the 1960s and 70s. Unlike its close relative, film, it does not rely on theatrical convention. Video art …
Quote for Today: Shalom Harlow
When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet! —Shalom Harlow
Cool Noise: Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Giorgio Moroder
Daft Punk became popular in the 1990s and is credited with some of the biggest hits of the French house music scene, including Phoenix and Rollin’ and Scratchin’. Audiences in …
All is Music: Rediscovering the Natural Through Technology
The suppression of natural sound in modern cities creates isolation. Can music help us reconcile the technological and the natural? It is a treat to hear birds sing or listen …
Quote for Today: André Kostelanetz
The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for—sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive, or …
Deconstructing the Waves: Blackest Ever Black from White Russian
This is a mesmerizing manipulation/reanimation of ocean waves called Blackest Ever Black by White Russian, designed as part of a multimedia presentation of the new media digest M_SLI at the Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, better …