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Trained as a musician and composer, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. His installation for The Curve will take the form of a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other instruments and objects. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.

27 February 2010 – 23 May 2010
The Curve, Barbican, London

NPR had a cool art contest
their aim was to build an entire body out of band names
after they compiled the names
they asked people to send in illustrations of this body

the pix above is the winner artwork by Zia Luehrman
make sure the check ot the whole thingy

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Katie Paterson – Ice Record [mp3]

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Sound recordings from three glaciers in Iceland, pressed into three records, cast, and frozen with the meltwater from each of these glaciers, and played on three turntables until they completely melt. The records were played once and now exist as three dvds. The turntables begin playing together, and for the first ten minutes as the needles trace their way around, the sounds from each glacier merge in and out with the sounds the ice itself creates. The needle catches on the last loop, and the records play for nearly two hours, until completely melted.

the VST

the painting

Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s painting Einige Kreise _02.circles VST plugin opens an intuitive access to sound construction, modification, modulation, live performance tweaking, etc. being an interactive painting and thus a form of art by itself.

[via Synthtopia]

these guys are JB and N and they are speakers
created by Kuntzel+Deygas

check out the whole story in their blog

Mikal Hameed transforming reclaimed office chairs and stereo equipment into fully functional sound systems. You can check out more his works in his site and make sure to read the interview with him at Inhabitat. I totally want a chair like this, with built in a DJ controller and a mini laptop.

Freeland is set to release a remix compilation of his recent June release, Cope, in October – the track listing is below. In celebration of this release, Freeland is giving his fans the chance to design the official cover of this remix compilation, by “remixing’ the original cover art. Fans can submit their work, and entries will be featured on the Freeland website. The winning design will be personally selected by the band, and be made the official cover art for the upcoming remix compilation. A deluxe, limited edition of the album will be awarded to the winner as well.

Download the original album artwork in layer files HERE, create a your design and  submit your it by uploading to Flickr and tag with the words ‘FreelandRemixArtwork.’

The deadline for entry is September 10, 2009.

and now Watch Freeland perform live at this year’s Glastonbury festival

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APC hero and  designer pioneer Yuri Suzuki made this kettle
as a  part of his  ‘re-design soundscape’ series
when the kettle boils it whistles your favorite tune

Laptork, is from Argentina and they are a laptop orchestra
yepppp, for real
check out their blog for tech geeking
or just press the play button bellow

well this is not exactly sugarcoated pop muzik