There was a documentary on TV5 this morning on Reno and Claire Marca. They live in Bretagne, Reno is an illustrator, Claire a writer and they have published beautiful trip books.
I like Reno’s drawings very much. The pictures below are taken from “Madagascar”, their book to be released next september.
the remix of “D.A.N.C.E.” (Justice) by Jackson & His Computer Band again and again…
I’m trying to figure out how he produces such music. This is sophisticated and yet groovy. Very groovy. Bass and beat work so closely that there’s no clear distinction between them. And he’s got a strong sense of melody. Even the beat is very melodic.
I’m blown away… Jackson you’re one very talented little bastard!
http://www.myspace.com/jacksonand
Yamaha is going to launch a new musical interface called Tenori-on. It has been developed by Toshio Iwai and has been showcased in some festivals over the past years (Sonar for instance). It’s encouraging seeing such an experimental device going to mass-production.
In order to promote this new instrument Yamaha has distributed it to a bunch of musicians (and not the worst): Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Matthew Herbert, Mouse On Mars, Cornelius, To Rococo Rot, Jim O’ Rourke, Rei Harakami, Tortoise and Atom Heart… I guess it’s a good way for getting covered by the press.
A few videos, interviews, audio files are available on Yamaha’s website.
I wouldn’t have talked about all of this if Jim O’rourke hadn’t composed a beautiful ambient track with the Tenori-on. Here is the track: http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on…
