Archive for audio/music
vintage music videos
visual guidance is a blog collecting retro and vintage music videos from the net, a huge ressource for vj-material indeed!
http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com
here the 20 most viewed:
http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com/
2007/09/20-most-popular.html

electronic music with retro video
The rise of the net gives birth to a huge archive of retro video material, to be used in electro music videos. not to mention kraftwerks avantgarde style was first, some of them are really neat; i picked some:
Drexciya - “Devil Ray Cove”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti13Mu1KW4

Bochum Welt - “Robotic Operating Buddy”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4uDxUR8Y4
The Tuss - “Rushup I Bank 12″:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwUJMZNOgQ
WC Olo Garb - “Disco King School Rebel”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdrlp2oVcw0&feature=related
WC Olo Garb - “Krew [Blood]“:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZTxSZjW28
*thanks hc, too!*
make your own webradio: laut.fm
you even can embed the radio within your website with a special player
stop motion graffiti
a stop motion shortclip, made out of graffitis, on the history of breakdancing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff_rtQa_EV8

best of streetart 2007:
http://www.ekosystem.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4689

both via nerdcore
audio: melodyne
melodyne is transforming audio production (again!)
http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=dna&L=1
*thanks thomas*

audio on the web
an music on demand jukebox
http://www.splicemusic.com/makemusic/sequencer/
an online flash sequencer
a database for sounds and loops
music video: justice - DVNO
stunning old school neon logotype-motiondesign for a music video from justice - “DVNO”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU
*thanks rainer - nice one!*

edit:
here is a top 100 list of the best music videos (via nerdcore)
http://zuender.zeit.de/kavka_dir/2008/kavka-11-musikvideo?page=all
music: robot orchestra aesthetics
a very aesthetic music playing robot
http://curiositycollective.org/curiosity/?p=283
*thanks rainer*

audio: open source sound samples
“The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs.”
*thanks stefan*

DIY: voice visualization
a DIY video that shows how to make your own voice visible, all you need is a laser pointer
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=sc2rtkfkb4
*thanks peter, nice one!*

motiondesign: musicvideo: mad world
stunning track, perfect clip, just watch:
http://www.nastyhobbit.org/player.php?clip=gary-jules-mad-world
*thanks peter, nice one!*

music/VJing: modeselektor
modeselektor rock, so its about time for a post on them:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iM3nNdvJwic
“my mosquee” is a track by modeselektor, the visuals are from the VJ-label “pfadfinderei”. this track was released on a collaboration work between the two, its called labland and is available on dvd:
here is a small clip of the dvd
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OupIGj195Bg&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uy_ckdkaM7g&feature=related
“Rock Paper Scissors”, modeselektor & pfadfinderei live concert
here is an interview with the guys in 3 parts:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQy0ZdwHMys&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=59XDh12wK04&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-rFgFvYhgM&feature=related

VJ/music: the Knife - an audio-visual experience
david sent me some very interesting vids from “knife”, who produce neat minimal music and stunning visuals, live and in their videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU
Heartbeats. we know this song from the first sony bravia ad - the original song is from the fist knife album “deep cuts”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kCqTsZwDi5k
Silent Shout. same name as the album title, interesting how the live show and the video correspond:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c7EYiFzNohU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UNZxW6C4BNg
Pass this On live. from the first album “deep cuts”
the live-visuals were made by andreas nillson, which was also responsible for most of the videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SU1JrMS45RQ&feature=related
stunning live-performance in a tv-show, with the characters of the original music video
the video for “marble house” is completely different, made with stop motion animation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-WhQ5TiBHVk
an album including a live dvd can be found here:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000L43OJ4/
*thanks david*

music video: worms
impressive motion design from sil van der woerd for lolly jane, neat 3D integration
http://silvanderwoerd.com/new_worms.html
*thanks johannes*

music video: robot high school
surreal and very analogue music video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVFVKE440Ls
this one is also very neat; from big face: style crusader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPz0k-cGxA
robyn&kleerup: with every heartbeat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB9vqCIviMk
both via manystuff

music and sponsorship
logotypes you know for sure are , well, modified
essential german language skills needed;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgE3qdP1nuU
*thanks martin*

motiondesign: paper craft animation
a very analogue approach to motion design in this videoclip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXM5LGfpmrE

music: most important 6-sec drum loop
the history of the breakbeat, a 6 seconds long sample from the 60s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

music video: daft punk lyrics with hands
a very tricky choreography for daft punks “harder, better, faster, stronger” only with the movement of hands
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq–Nw
*thanks christoph*
edit:
here another versions with full body movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E
around the world is much simpler though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLOiBM8hLk
technologic is a litte bit more comple:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIC3Munnyw

motion design: split screen
a weblog, dedicated to the split screen technique in music videos
*thanks stefanie*

motion design: music video
justice has a nice video, its called D.A.N.C.E. and has a wicked motiondesign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs
*thanks andi*

audio: digital record playback
your vinyl records are valuable, don´t mess them up with a needle, use a laser for playback
*thanks michael*

music: blog: album covers
a blog dedicated to album covers, every cover comes with detailed information, for the singles too

video 2.0: video content on the web
interesting which stuff makes 3.5 million people watch, originally, the video was made from an media artist, then it was subtitled and put on youtube, art and pop culture, so close, still
http://www.break.com/knockedupdvd/
all-hail-technoviking.html
the original version here:
http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/~mfritsch/works/dsl/kneecam.mov
the subtitled youtube version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsntHcWiy4
the website of the artist here:

*nice one puchi;)*
audio: dj wii mixes with the wii controllers
i think in combination with ableton live a tool that comes in very handy
http://www.djwiij.com/page.php?14
*thanks raphael*

interactive music sequencer: reactogon
a sequencer based on a touchscreen, on a hexagonal grid:
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/08/reactogon-interactive-sequencer-reminds-me-of-star-trek/
note also this one, already posted earlier:
http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?media

interactive design: pc demos
a very interesting collection of pc demos and demo related stuff:
also note the most important demo festivals:
http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/
many game audio remixes here:
another huge demo archive:

music videos: a top 100 list
many cutting-edge music videos, all videos are youtube links:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36588
/Staff_List_100_Awesome_Music_Videos

search for audio through singing: midomi
with the flash players microphone features, you can sing and search for songs
*thanks julian*

video with vector style
the song “shoot the runner” from “kasabian” has a neat vector style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFcHuT-2sAw


















