Jim O’rourke is playing Tenori-on
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…
alienlebarge said,
August 14, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
It looks great great. I haven not understood everything about how it work. But as a easy interfaces fanatic, I have to take a look at my bank account.
argh … the monomachine is always in my mind
Iwantone said,
August 15, 2007 @ 9:40 am
Urrr - I WANT ONE! Awesome!