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- By Duncan Geere
- 03 November 2012
On the weekend of 27 and 28 October, 2012, a horde of hackers barricaded themselves into the University of Reykjavik for Music Hack Day. The results ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous »
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- By David Cornish
- 29 October 2012
Covering Heap's hands, arms and back are a series of wires. Two LEDs blink on the back of her hands. This isn't a normal musical performance »
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- By Wired.co.uk Staff
- 26 October 2012
Imogen Heap on collaborating with Toronto DJ Deadmau5, what she thinks the biggest problem facing the music industry is and what artists are exciting her now »
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- By Liat Clark
- 26 October 2012
Tod Machover hosts brain operas, invents interactive hyperinstruments and is now composing a Toronto symphony with tweaks, suggestions and additions from the city's own inhabitants »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 26 October 2012
Carter and Gaga's social network, Little Monsters, has allowed the pop star to connect with her fans in an unprecedented way »
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- By David Cornish
- 25 October 2012
De Backer carried out a simple yet powerful demonstration of the reach of his song Somebody that I used to Know: "Who was already familiar with that song and video?" The entire room raise their hand »
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- By Duncan Geere
- 25 October 2012
The team behind Soundrop, the addictive Norwegian social music discovery app for Spotify, has taken the wraps off version 2.0. We spoke to CEO Inge Andre Sandvik »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 23 October 2012
Songkick -- the London-based online database for music events -- has developed a project called Detour, which allows music fans to draw their favourite artists to their city through crowdfunding »
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- By Andy Robertson
- 22 October 2012
With ears being all shapes and sizes it seems crazy there are only a few ear-bud designs. Etymotic's custom buds aim to solve this »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 17 October 2012
Cultural agency Onedotzero has teamed up with creative studio Marshmallow Laser Feast to create an interactive mirror and light show as a backdrop to a DJ booth »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 10 October 2012
A chance to see and hear a composition written to be played with a wave pool will come on 30 October, as a composer plans to turn a wave machine into a giant instrument the size of a swimming pool »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 09 October 2012
Neuroscientists found that mice developed a taste for music if they listen to it during a specific stage of their mental development -- hinting towards the deeper architecture of the brain, and how it develops preferences and characteristics as it ages »
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- By Liat Clark
- 09 October 2012
A University of Brighton design graduate has created a music box for dementia sufferers that is filled with RFID-embedded objects that, when moved to certain spots, prompt related musical tracks »
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- By Liat Clark
- 03 October 2012
The BBC is planning to tackle the on-demand music market with Playlister, a streaming service that is free for TV license payers »
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- By Geeta Dayal
- 01 October 2012
Teenage Engineering, makers of a popular synthesiser known as the OP-1, have made the 3D design files of various components freely available online »
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- By Duncan Geere
- 30 September 2012
Musician Neil Young has waged a battle against the audio quality of MP3s for years, but now he's bringing out the big guns -- a music service for audiophiles »
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- By Duncan Geere
- 29 September 2012
Sound artist Halsey Burgund has built an app for Cambridge, Massachusetts which explores the city's public art collection through the medium of audio »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 28 September 2012
Wired.co.uk talks to the influential musician about his latest app, which takes shapes and turns them into unique soundscapes that never sound the same twice -- can a machine be creative? »
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- By Duncan Geere
- 23 September 2012
Indie developer Fernando Ramallo is working with Proteus composer David Kanaga on a musical landscape game called Panoramical, which you can explore using a Midi controller »