The Ron Fancy

…bizarre cross-pollination between sludge/doom metal and screaming hardcore via traditional Japanese modes and plentiful percussion.

Yep.

“I meeaan put it in your plaaaccceeee.”

Barn Owl - Dug up from deep down

Now that Jack Black’s ridiculous A cappella is stuck in my head, so shall it be embedded in yours for all time.

Extraordinary Rendition Band

(Source: extraordinaryrenditionband.com)

Created by Bartholomäus Traubeck, Years is a record player that translates wood’s year rings into sound. Using a ps eye camera, the grain on the slices of wood is read and converted into music. Includes modified turntable, computer, camera, acrylic glass, veneer, approx. 90x50x50 cm.

Technical components include arduino, ps eye, stepper motor for moving the tonearm, vvvv and ableton live, all connected via midiyoke and/or serial.

A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music based on the year ring data. Those are analyzed for their thickness and growth rate and are then mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appeareance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently.

(Source: creativeapplications.net)

My former roommates just so happen to be my heroes.  UGH, SO GOOD.