The Mellotron
The Mellotron is a tape-based keyboard built in England during the 1960s. It was, along with its predecessor (the Chamberlin) the first sampled-playback instrument.
YouTube Video: Mellotron demo
Links:
The Mellotron entry in the Wiki.
The Mellowman, a custom mutation of the keyboard built by genius Mike Walters, the crazy owner of Mystery Circuits.
Hey, could you stand another drink?
YouTube Video: I Am Kloot - “Proof”
Directed by Krishna Stott, featuring Christopher Eccleston.
Link:
I Am Kloot myspace profile.
London Town
Haven’t been more than 3 days home during the past month.
It’s time to make some noise now.
Magic is sometimes very close to nothing at all
I am so deeply passionate about football it is beyond me when people systematically refuse to see the beauty of it. I do understand why people reject the competition as a whole (the money, the violence, the outrageous media coverage, etc.), but the complexity of the game itself, just like every other sport or art, […]
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom: “Rise”
from ‘The Day of Mars’ (DFA/Emi)
First known track of Ambient-dance. (really hate labels but this one is fun)
12 minutes of synthetic tension, energy, rythm, and… not a single drum kick. Makes me dream of a dancefloor where people would move driven by some kind of intellectual trance and not only […]
