Review: Japanese hologram pop star Hatsune Miku tours North America | Ars Technica It only makes sense that music-producing companies would look for an even easier path to control a pop star's career and image.

Pop music is just a commercial product, why should anybody start caring now about how it is manufactured? Synthespians don't OD on heroin. They don't require a bowl of M+M's with all the green ones removed. They live forever and never age. Sounds like the music equivalent of South Park or The Simpsons.

Labels: electronic, experimental

Apple releases Logic Pro X 10.0.1 with fixes for Track Stacks, 24-bit audio files: "The release is recommended by Apple for all Logic Pro X customers. The $200 digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer was first unveiled and released last Tuesday, with new features like Drummer, Flex Pitch, and the accompanying Logic Remote for iPad."

The product name Logic always brings to mind Da Da Da or some other German song from the 80s. Deutschland µber alles!

Labels: electronic, engineering, experimental

Logic Pro X adds Drummer, Flex Pitch, iPad remote control | MacNN
Apple has launched Logic Pro X, a long-delayed upgrade of the company's digital audio workstation software. X represents a major revision, adding several new features."

Personally, I'm not a Logic user, I skipped a generation of music tech and am now using Synth bits on the iPad. But if you are, then you'll want to know about Logic X.

Labels: electronic, engineering, experimental, logic

Magnetic Magazine | Electronic Music Culture News Blog: 

Free downloads, DJ mixes at Magnetic Mag.

Labels: electronic, experimental, free downloads

‘About U’ (Mist Glider x Aeropisa Remix) - BlackBook: "‘Doing drugs on a freeway... underwater.’ "

Chill, downtempo and garbled voices reminiscent of a bad horror movie. What's not to love?

Labels: electronic, experimental

Metal & Dust by London Grammar on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds: "Pre-order the Metal & Dust 7' now at smarturl.it/metaldust"

Really loving London Grammar, discovered on magneticmag.com!  In fact the MAGNETIC 10 is terrific.  Wish it had a page I could link to...

Labels: electronic, experimental

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PAPERMAG: PAPERMAG Premieres Computer Magic's "In So Many Ways": "We're excited to exclusively premiere 'In So Many Ways,' a new song by Computer Magic, the solo project from 22-year-old Danz (née Danielle Johnson). The synth-y, multi-layered track was recorded live for Snacky Tunes, a music and food-themed radio show created by brothers and DJs Darin and Greg Bresnitz (a.k.a. Finger on the Pulse) for the Heritage Radio Network."

Wowed, crowd, SoundCloud.

Labels: electronic, experimental

iPhone Apps Update - Readability, Meetup, CloudClipboard | MacNN: "StepPolyArp 2.0 ($12) - StepPolyArp is a a MIDI step polyphonic arpeggiator for the iPad that is capable of transmitting MIDI information to a Mac or PC, which can then be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument, or MIDI synthesizer. The v2.0 release includes a new MIDI engine that features improved accuracy. The update also offers automatic chaining patterns, an internal sound bank, an improved undo manager, and iOS 6 support. "

It's fun to see something modern with the word ARP in the name.

Labels: audio, electronic, experimental, producing, recording, retro

Benefit Compilation for Japan | ICASEA: "'Benefit Compilation For Japan' is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the March 11th Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and to those affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis. "

Lots of great artists on this, including WARP's AUTECHRE.

Labels: electronic, experimental

Plaid (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Plaid is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. "

Labels: electronic, experimental, plaid