My favorite dutch anti-heroes JvT are back with another stomper.

Je kijkt oh so zuur naar m’n haute couture,
want m’n haute couture is oh so… Duur

Love it!

I was quite surprised when I got this result on Google the other day: Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo etc.) is a UK producer with one of the coolest recording studios I’ve ever seen. Which he apparently sold in 2004:

This is what it looks like from the outside..

..and this is what it looks (looked?) like from the inside:

It apparently went for roughly £2.5 million (it is in Surrey, and also included a spherical residential house).

New stereoscopic 3D video for Björk’s ‘Wanderlust’ by Encyclopedia Pictura.

See it in High-res here.

The Yellow Drum Robot drives around your house, collects some data and avoids some obstacles until it finds stuff to drum on.

Built in 20 hours for $120. More details here.

..Erlend Oye a.k.a. Whitest Boy Alive vs. Fred Falke.

Right. I’m off to Paris now for some proper boogieing.

This is the legendary Korg MS20 analog synthesizer, brother of the equally legendary Korg MS10, which I owned and sold (stupid!):

This is - you guessed it - a Nintendo DS:

From the Korg site:

The KORG DS-10 is a music-creation software for the Nintendo DS that combines the superior interface of the Nintendo DS and the design concept of the famous MS-10 synthesizer.

Here’s a clip of the thing in action:

I’m speechless. It Sounds quite good, too.

When driving to work last week I heard this (quite old) song on the radio. Since then I’ve been playing it quite a lot. I probably missed it at the time since 1988 had me completely occupied with acid house.

You might know it from the movie Donnie Darko, its by australian band The Church and called ‘Under The Milky Way’:

I played it in the Kong Suites today where Sean suprised me with this Wikipedia entry, here’s the interesting bit:

According to a press release , the song was written about an infamous Amsterdam hash bar called The Milky Way (Melkweg) Bar, which Kilbey used to frequent.

We aren’t sure if this is the ‘De Melkweg - Milky Way’ venue they’re talking about or just a random coffeeshop. But if the song is about De Melkweg, then perhaps the band’s name links to the Paradiso venue (which is an old church around the corner) ;)

I’ve been more then a little addicted to the game Hexic HD for 360. Its a puzzle game from a few years ago that I find strangely addictive - possibly also because of the music. The soundtrack is made by Jerry Schroeder and is called Hexophilia. If you like ‘dark-deepish-ambient’ style music, check out the Hexophilia soundtrack which you can download from the Lockjaw Labs site (free).

I also discovered a new album that was posted only a few days ago by Dr. Schroeder: The Kirkbride Plan. Nice!

Its been a while since I’ve stumbled upon such a nice dancey type mix(-album). This one here by M.A.N.D.Y. feels just right. It ticks all the right boxes for me:

[x] Deep / Spacey
[x] Rhytmic
[x] Mint production

Highly recommended.

Audiosurf is a game in which you can “surf” on any music you have. The game automatically generates a 3D track from the music that you choose. Most audio formats are supported.

Looks like Guitar Hero humping Tetris on steroids: Fun. Its available for about $10 on Steam.