V-Scratch

V-Scratch is a software / hardware hybrid which creates graphical representations of the sounds produced as turntablists wibble and cut their way through records.

It is the brainchild of Valerio Spoletini, and you can find out more on his site here.

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It looks fricky-fricky-fresh, I'm sure you'll agree.

New version of Audacity available

The free Windows / Mac / Linux audio recorder and editor has been updated.

New features of the Beta release include a mixer board with VU meters for every channel.

Find out more here.

Download it here.

It's like the rhythm of the trees man.

Bored with the music making process? Why not ditch instruments altogether and make music with nature! Like crazy dude, at one with the forest.

Seriously though, this is wonderful, creative stuff.

Diego Stocco - Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

More, including how to tune a twig, here.

The Cheeseboard

Inspired by Per's outstanding mash-up album, I gone and done made a mix of some easy listening / exotica / cheese for you lovely peeps.

Tracklisting:
01. Ken Nordine - Yellow
02. Jerry Van Rooyen - Sax Hunt
03. Les Baxter - Sabre Dance
04. Herman Gehlen - Exposition K'71
05. Hot Butter - Skokiaan
06. Link Wray - Jack The Ripper
07. Yma Sumac - The Five Bottle Mambo
08. Celia - Fantasma-A-Go-Go
09. Mandingo - Black Rite
10. Gil Trythall - Folsom Prison Blues
11. Andre Popp - Java
12. Slava Kunst Orkestra - Lucifer In Coelis
13. The Uknown Cambodian Funk Yodeller
14. Ted Heath & His Orchestra - St.Louis Blues
15. Max Meier-Maletz - Swinging Nordwest
16. Ted Heath & His Orchestra - Get Back

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