Category Archives: music

Le Lundi au Soleil

Posted on November 17, 2008 by

or, “Monday in the Sun” as interpreted by Kenzo Saeki. Ah, electronica and kitsch ^_^ As far as I can tell, this track is from a Japanese tribute album to French pop singer Claude François. More tracks/music videos: Chanson Populaire … Continue reading →

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“Maledict Car” – Jemapur

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

Glimpses of Tokyo at night, kaleidoscopically manipulated and set to an electronic track. Visually very cool.

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Kokiriko Bushi

Posted on December 19, 2007 by

Too good not to post. From Pink Tentacle (via How The World Works, Ectoplasmosis etc).

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A Litany of Complaints

Posted on October 11, 2007 by

(If you haven’t heard of the Complaints Choir Project yet, just watch the following clip.) The Project’s coming to Singapore, and looking for Singaporeans. The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 presents THE COMPLAINTS CHOIR PROJECT by TELLERVO KALLEINEN & OLIVER … Continue reading →

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Vocaloid 2; Value from Efficiency; User-Generated Content distribution

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

I’m still impressed with the abilities of the Vocaloid 2 software (found via Boing Boing). Put in a melody and lyrics, and the software generates singing. It sounds pretty good. Try this sample: The opera sequence from Final Fantasy 6 … Continue reading →

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Rebuild of Evangelion & “Beautiful World”

Posted on August 29, 2007 by

Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of my favorite anime series, and so I’m a bit unhappy over how Gainax so readily whores exploits the characters in a never-ending array of merchandise, the bulk of which is unrelated to the original … Continue reading →

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A Soundwave for our iPod times

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Soundwave as a transforming MP3 player! Notice that the tape deck opens to admit not cassettes but mini-SD cards ^_^ (from Engadget)

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Something for Monday

Posted on July 9, 2007 by

The Chemical Brothers and The Flaming Lips: How to not like?    People may give me odd looks when I sing this at karaoke but who cares. The Chemical Brothers released their latest album We Are The Night last week … Continue reading →

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Hey Soundpedia

Posted on June 26, 2007 by

If you’re still looking for an app to fill that Pandora-shaped hole in your music-listening life, TechCrunch recommends Soundpedia. Added plus: it’s based in Singapore. Even though I recommended Pandora to all and sundry back when people outside the US … Continue reading →

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40 Years of Sgt. Pepper

Posted on June 3, 2007 by

Didn’t know that last Friday marked the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:. From the Wikipedia entry: The BBC marked the occasion by organizing some of the biggest rock acts such as … Continue reading →

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