You know you are relevant if you turn up as a Lego piece. This past month has seen a Lego piece inspired by everyone’s favourite leader, Zelensky and everyone’s favourite drum machine – the 808.
Over two months, LEGODren has made this model of the TR-808. It’s very large and is almost a 1 to 1 scale of the actual TR-808. It’s just an idea right now, but with enough backing, you can see it brought to life.
A brand new museum, dedicated to the late DJ Tim Bergling aka Avicii, has opened in Stockholm. Sweden Royals Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip inaugurated the interactive museum, which will appreciate the life of Avicii through videos, memorabilia, images and his unreleased music.
Ditch Donkey Kong and turn your A+B device into a fully functioning synthesizer.
Developers Avicr has released SynthNes, which allows the user to convert the old game console or replica versions into a MIDI-capable synth, allowing five audio channels to be controlled and manipulated. Intrigued?
Musical polymath Chilly Gonzales and minimal deity Plastikman have released an album together. Executively produced by Tiga, the Triple LP album Consumed In Key will be available for pre-order, released digitally and as a Triple LP (100% recycled materials) on April 1st, 2022.
The album is a reimagination of Plastikman’s 1998 magnum opus Consumed.
One for the ageing synth fans. New Order’s Blue Monday was released on March 7th, 1983 and has been a fan favourite for electronic music fans since. The question the Orkestra Obsolete is asking, is what would it have sounded like if it had been made 50 years earlier?
In a special film, using only instruments available in the 1930s – from the theremin and musical saw to the harmonium and prepared piano – the mysterious Orkestra Obsolete worked their magic in finding out.
Erica Synths And UA Supports Ukraine
There have been many good initiatives regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine, however, our favourite ones are Universal Audio (UA) which raised $152,247, and Erica Synths which raised €6,045 in the first two days of their campaign starting.
UA was able to raise and donate this impressive amount through their March 16th plug-in sales, while Erica Synths used their module sales to do the same.
If you are a true drum and bass 90s head, you might not remember a great deal…! But Patrick Wilson puts himself to the test as a 90s drum and bass authority on Mastermind. It’s worth a watch.
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