old new music
July 30, 2010 9:50 AM Subscribe
Acousmata is a unique music blog devoted to "idiosyncratic research in electronic and experimental music, sound and acoustics, mysticism and technology" with special focus on the early history of electronic music.
Hard to pick highlights because every post is eye-opening in some way, but here are just a few of my favorites:
Bernard Szajner, inventor of the laser harp, who sounds like an asthmatic Lou Reed in a room full of computers;
A realization of Kepler's "music of the spheres";
La joueuse de tympanon, a dulcimer-playing automaton from the 18th century;
The theme from Arkanoid.
posted by speicus at 10:10 AM on July 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
Bernard Szajner, inventor of the laser harp, who sounds like an asthmatic Lou Reed in a room full of computers;
A realization of Kepler's "music of the spheres";
La joueuse de tympanon, a dulcimer-playing automaton from the 18th century;
The theme from Arkanoid.
posted by speicus at 10:10 AM on July 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
Cool.
"According to tradition, Pythagoreanism developed at some point into two separate schools of thought, the akousmatikoi Ακουσματικοι, ("listeners") and the mathēmatikoi Μαθηματικοι ("learners"). ..."
posted by edguardo at 10:11 AM on July 30, 2010
"According to tradition, Pythagoreanism developed at some point into two separate schools of thought, the akousmatikoi Ακουσματικοι, ("listeners") and the mathēmatikoi Μαθηματικοι ("learners"). ..."
posted by edguardo at 10:11 AM on July 30, 2010
Oh, wow, the dulcimer automaton includes a quote from E.T.A. Hoffman, who wrote The Sandman.. in which an dulcimer-playing automaton features large.
I had no idea his automaton had a real-life basis. Wow.
posted by edguardo at 10:22 AM on July 30, 2010
I had no idea his automaton had a real-life basis. Wow.
posted by edguardo at 10:22 AM on July 30, 2010
Sweet!
posted by TwoWordReview at 10:45 AM on July 30, 2010
posted by TwoWordReview at 10:45 AM on July 30, 2010
What's will all the excellent nerd music posts lately? Not that I'm complaining.
Great fucking find.
posted by Lutoslawski at 12:32 PM on July 30, 2010
Great fucking find.
posted by Lutoslawski at 12:32 PM on July 30, 2010
A very much appreciated post.
This is a keeper, thanks
posted by quazichimp at 1:43 PM on July 30, 2010
This is a keeper, thanks
posted by quazichimp at 1:43 PM on July 30, 2010
Thanks, this pretty much made my day.
I think anyone who's spent enough time reading about 20th c. art music has probably seen that photo of Cage and Stockhausen more times than they can count.
posted by invitapriore at 2:01 PM on July 30, 2010
I think anyone who's spent enough time reading about 20th c. art music has probably seen that photo of Cage and Stockhausen more times than they can count.
posted by invitapriore at 2:01 PM on July 30, 2010
Because of posts like this, I love Metafilter. Thanks speicus.
posted by belvidere at 5:51 PM on July 30, 2010
posted by belvidere at 5:51 PM on July 30, 2010
Sweet! I came across this blog a while ago and then my computer crashed and I could never remember the name for it or think of the right google search terms... you've completely made my day!
posted by Kattullus at 9:30 PM on July 30, 2010
posted by Kattullus at 9:30 PM on July 30, 2010
Huh, the blogger behind this is a friend of mine! He's a very cool dude. Send him internet love!
posted by nonreflectiveobject at 4:52 PM on July 31, 2010
posted by nonreflectiveobject at 4:52 PM on July 31, 2010
« Older Our show's a hit, it's sh1t - you watch it anyway | Public Libraries Offer DRM-free Music Downloads Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by idiopath at 10:09 AM on July 30, 2010