My serious headphone amp died (I thought my ears would go first to be honest) so I decided to replace it with something a lot more portable. I was a bit skeptical that I’d get the kind of power I wanted out of such a small package but iFi must of used some kind of witchcraft on the tiny GO blu because it sounds like a serious piece of gear. Is it as rich as a wall powered tube setup? No, but it is surprisingly close and can deliver more power than most people can tolerate. The portability is worth the negligible trade-off.
The Slaves, one of my favorite bands ever, seemed to be derailed by the pandemic and some personal tragedies but they have resurfaced as Soft Play and that makes me really, really happy.
This set by DJ Oneloop out of Nagaoka city, Nigata, Japan is perfection.
Kicking off the weekend with a vinyl session from Spain’s Dj Fonki Cheff ๐ต
The Atlantic highlights an AI voice cloning trend in The Rise of AI Taylor Swift.
Streamer penguinz0 weighs in on the astounding progress of AI voice cloning and its implications for the music industry (and beyond).
์ง๊ธ์ ๋ํ๋ผ์ ๋ ธ๋ ‘์ฌ๊ณผ์์’ ๋ฃ๊ณ ์์ด์. ๋นํธ๊ฐ ์ข์์. ๋ํ๋ผ ์จ๋ ํ๊ตญ๊ณ ๋ฏธ๊ตญ์ธ์ด์์. ์ ๋ ๋ํ๋ผ์ ์จ์คํธ ์ฝ์คํธํ๊ณ ์ฌ๋ ์ค์ฟจ ์คํ์ผ์ด ์ข์์.
Translation: I’m listening to Nafla’s “Apple Box”. The beat is good. Nafla is Korean-American. I like Nafla’s West Coast and old school style.
Put on your good headphones. This modular synth jam from LudoWic is just perfect. It’s simple but the sounds and slow build are so satisfying. ๐ต
The bass coming out of these Behringer Craves is so good. This track is “On the Run” by the AUXOUT. ๐ต
This video of real-time song creation on a Teenage Engineering OP-1 has over ten million views. That’s pretty crazy for a video in the relatively small synth community - but the sample (from the movie Tropic Thunder) and the final song are so good. ๐ต
This performance on the Elektron Digitakt by Red Means Recording may look simple but it’s way more challenging to perform something like this live on a single device than you would think. ๐ต
This is pretty amazing arrangement for something Aldo calls “Random Jam #8.” ๐ต
There’s a lot going on in ร ngstrรถm by Red Means Recording. It’s packed with a ton of smooth transitions that make me wish he had streched it out 5-6x longer than the 7 minute running time. ๐ต
I love my AirPod Pros but this mix of jazz, funk, and drum breaks from 1970s Japan makes me wish that I still had a tube amp and a set of vintage loudspeakers. ๐ต
I love the mix of analog and digital gear. A solid mix “of mostly downtempo / lounge-style, with some hip-hop sprinkled throughout.” That stand though… ๐ต
Macroblank is a prolific ๐ต curator with impeccable taste. The album artwork is always as good as the mix. Kind of a mysterious character though. This one is excellent.
Periodic reminder that you should be watching Archillect TV. Make sure to click the screen for ๐ต
DJ ooedotechnica made these cassette mixing decks himself. Cool set! Brings back memories of cassette and reel-to-reel tape splicing. ๐ต
An excellent early morning mix from Japanese DJ/Producer ISAZ. The video production on this is as good as the mix. ๐ต
Tonight’s mix: Turkish Cassette Tapes with Tuna Aydฤฑnlฤฑoฤlu. ๐ต
