KINECT the Silence

Echo Lake - Young Silence from Dan Nixon on Vimeo.

So I got a KINECT last weekend, you know, the Xbox 360 jobber-do that lets Microsoft spy on you while you dance in your underwear playing Dance Central. I'm not going to lie, the KINECT is ten kinds of Awesome. But apparently you can do more with it than realize your fantasy of being a back up dancer for the Young MC, you can actually shoot a music video with it as well as Echo Lake did for their song "Young Silence." Reported to be the first video shot using a KINECT, creator Daniel Nixon says:

“As far as I know (and I’m scared of checking) this is the first music video to be made with the Microsoft Kinect camera. The footage was shot on that piece of £130 equipment and recorded to custom software running on a laptop. The depth data was then manipulated to get the whole band in one ’space’ and then the fun started.

Or alternatively: hi-tech D.I.Y.”

TIGER!!!

Tigersapien. Man Beast. Electro Awesomeness, played on live instruments, not sampled... so it's blood-dripping fresh

fools by tigersapien

Arts and Crafts Rap, What up Mang?

I don't know how cool it is, but come on... you can't pass up someone dropping rhymes about painting and pasting.


"I'm just saying, if you want to get into the pool... it's up to you." LOL

Obama Says "Don't Touch My Junk!"

What was the internet created for? Why, for this great holiday (travel) remix highlighting people's outrage at getting a reach around at the airport. Sing it!

Chip Hop and Tobacco

Haven't done any Nerd-Hop in a bit, so here are two songs that should be on your 8-bit and Synth Radar. First is TOBACCO with Anti-Pop Consortium doing TV All Greasy;


Tobacco featuring Anti-Pop Consortium - TV All Greasy by Hypetrak


Then a act that is new to me, Anamanagucci working the NES and dropping some rhymes. Word.

Download: Anamanagucci's Stoopid Relix mp3

Build Your Own Video

Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers from Warp Records on Vimeo.

Flying Lotus shows us what Beeple can do, putting out their video "Kill Your Co-Workers" using the free to download 3-D characters on the Beeple website. IMMA BUILD ME A ROBOT MUSZIK VIDEEO!!!!

Justin Bieber is Amazing

Now before you say "Whaaaaa?" you have to listen to his song, U Smile, to recognize the beauty that is Bieber. Oh, did I mention that you have to listen to it slowed down 800%? What, you mean to tell me that you don't listen to all your pop music that way? Well fans, you are clearly missing out, as the Bieb's hauntingly beautiful song demonstrates: