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“How are the sounds and beats made?”

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I was somewhat startled this morning in bed listenning to the Today Programme on Radio 4 to hear their feature on Autechre. I’d have known it was coming if I’d kept up to date with their Twitter feed. Good interview, though.

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Obligatory Zero Punctuation Praise Post

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I’d be failing in my duty to you all as a “hip” “young” “blogger” who plays “video games” if I didn’t heap praise on the wonder that is Zero Punctuation, a series of flash video delivered reviews of Video Games which essentially revive the spirit of classic Your Sinclair/Amiga Power/Digitiser (new?) video games journalism and [...]

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“Tired of using technology”, you say?

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Then why does the bulk of the song (other than the amusingly terrible lyrics) consist of a C64 loop being pitch shifted up and down (and badly at that!)? 50 Cent AYO Technology feat Justin Timberlake On the plus side, the instrumental version is a great example of how to integrate chip music into a [...]

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They Might Be Geeky

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There’s a really good two part interview with John Flansburgh (of They Might Be Giants) over at GearLog which lets him ramble over all kinds of technical topics. Most interesting of all is his talk of the early days of dial-a-song, their pre-answering machine phone service allowing their fans (and just the curious) to call [...]

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It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine

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Reading this Nokia N80 Review just makes me want my new phone more. Hurry up Orange. My k700i is looking old, and not just because the 18 month glue failed on the Vodafone badge.

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