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Some news from my Quantazelle project

Here’s some news from my Quantazelle production product. I’ve got two new tracks to share with you, “Quantum Gazele”and a cover ofBeyonce’s”Halo” .I’ve also released a bunch of my samples as a free download, and I’m holding a remix contest with prizes. I hope you download it and play around with the weird sounds I’ve made, and I look forward to hearing what you’ve made. And if you’ve been link-clicking you might have noticed I…

[RECOMMENDED] Circuit Bent Saturdays

Circuit Bent Saturdays, The eSymposium EVERY Saturday, 12:00 noon – 3:00 PM Lizard’s Liquid Lounge, 3058 W Irving Park Rd, (773) 463-7599 To nurture the Midwest experimental electronics community, we host a free weekly “eSymposium,” a lateral lecture series where participants are both teachers and students. There’s soldering, tinkering, Q&A, show-&-tell, bending circuits, hacking toys, and Chicago’s only weekly Circuit Bent Open Mic. Stop by, join the eSymposium’s Google Group, or check out what we’ve…

Cool stuff you might have missed this week…

LOL Tetris Hell game 10:39:07, 2010-04-10 ESKAMON: “Fine Objects” – Ableton Tutorial by ill.Gates 14:42:48, 2010-04-10 New Quantazelle track: “Quantum Gazelle” 16:40:25, 2010-04-10 New Quantazelle website & new Quantazelle track 17:26:47, 2010-04-10 I’m at Green Dolphin (2200 N Ashland Ave, Chicago). 22:34:47, 2010-04-10 Wow, last night was fun! Thank you Mutek crew an supporters. Would upload the vid I grabbed but my tronz are down. *cries 12:17:25, 2010-04-11 Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a…

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Jane McGonigal asks: Why doesn’t the real world work more like an online game? In the best-designed games, our human experience is optimized: We have important work to do, we’re surrounded by potential collaborators, and we learn quickly and in a low-risk environment. In her work as a game designer, she creates games that use mobile and digital technologies to turn everyday spaces into playing fields, and everyday people into teammates. Her game-world insights can…

New Quantazelle website & new Quantazelle track

ESKAMON: "Fine Objects" – Ableton Tutorial by ill.Gates

ESKAMON: “Fine Objects” – Ableton Tutorial by ill.Gates from ESKMO on Vimeo. To Download the free Ableton Live Pack for ESKAMON: “Fine Objects”, visit ESKAMON.com Video tutorial shown here by illGates.com ESKAMON is the new collaboration project between Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune) & Eskmo (Warp, Planet Mu, Ancestor). “Fine Objects” is the first single by the duo that’s set for release on Eskmo’s own imprint “Ancestor.” “Fine Objects” is the result of the pair’s unique take on…

Cool stuff you might have missed this week…

Geek Chic Men’s Fashion FAILs and WINs 04:00:14, 2010-04-04 “The Farm of Tomorrow” by Tex Avery 10:50:06, 2010-04-04 “The Car of Tomorrow” 10:59:32, 2010-04-04 “The House of Tomorrow” 11:01:14, 2010-04-04 Re-designed Quantazelle site with some awesome posters and t-shirts: 15:14:38, 2010-04-04 I’ve got a new website, and stuff you can buy 15:24:56, 2010-04-04 Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) #lol 11:04:52, 2010-04-05 I pretty much live in “the cloud.” Downside: when…

Avant Mutek ft. Akufen & Stephen Beaupre

Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 11:00pm Green Dolphin Street 2200 North Ashland Chicago, IL Swing Shift, In Your System, Relode & Meotic present… Avant Mutek Chicago… featuring AKUFEN (Montreal | MusiqueRisquée, Perlon, Force Inc) STEPHEN BEAUPRÉ live(Montreal | MusiqueRisquée, CircusCompany) LEO 123 LIVE (Chicago | DarkParty, Mush, OldTacoma) HERNAN SANCHEZ (Chicago | Meiotic) JEFF PIETRO (Chicago | FearofMusic NY) For the first time ever, MUTEK is making a preview stop in Chicago. The MUTEK festival…

Liz Revision: "Neurotransmission"

[gplayer href=”http://lizrevision.com/filez/Liz_Revision-Neurotransmission.mp3″ ] Liz Revision “Neurotransmission” [/gplayer] [DOWNLOAD] A conceptual DJ mix on the theme of love. 1. Bronnt Industries Kapital “Objects & Purpose (M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade Remix)” 2. Goldfrapp “Beautiful” 3. Tony Rohr “Afterburnt” 4. SCSI-9 “Sweets and Love” 5. Leon Somov “Without You” 6. Ulrich Schnauss “Blumenweise Neben Autobah” 7. Luomo “Tessio” 8. Williams “Poltergiest” 9. Larry Heard “The Sun Can’t Compare” 10. Gui Boratto “Beautiful Life” 11. Mochipet “Oly”

Cool stuff you might have missed this week…

tip @Techmeme Geek Chic Men's Fashion FAILs and WINs 17:13:51, 2010-03-27 Actually enjoyed this commentary on entrepreneurialship (sp?) #losangeles #food #fastfood #entrepreneurs #startups 01:21:52, 2010-03-28 How to Dial a Rotary Telephone 15:48:57, 2010-03-29 He, I've got a cameo in this feature on Fox News for he Digital DJing Workshop at Spybar (up until 0:35ish) 16:24:47, 2010-03-30 2001 Monolith Action Figure Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock 13:25:17, 2010-04-01 RT @dBFestival: APHEX TWIN CONFIRMED FOR THE 2010…

Geek Chic Men's Fashion FAILs and WINs

Here’s an article I wrote for the Fractalspin blog that’s a “DOs and DON’Ts” for men’s geek fashion: “Geek Chic Men’s Fashion Fails and Wins” [via Fractalspin’s blog] Among the fails: LED belt buckles that visually scream GEEK; god-awful so-called “utilikilts;” NES Controller belt buckles; LED / electroluminescent t-shirts that either interact with sound or announce the presence of a WiFi signal by blinking / lighting up; bad haircuts; doing it wrong Among the wins:…