New and Noteworthy: Issue 22
👋 Welcome to the 22nd issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.
Research
New research on music, speech and interaction - when two people conversing agree with each other, their voices tend to converge in pitch; and, conversely, when they disagree their voices tend to diverge in pitch. That is: agreement is literally harmonious, and conflict is literally dissonant.
Around the web
In remembrance of Sakamoto’s substantial output, here are some recommended works:
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
A Flower Is Not a Flower - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Toward Water - Willits + Sakamoto
War & Peace - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Video: Lastly, the documentary about him released in 2017, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Just 4% of people who own a VR headset use it daily…and 14% use it weekly
The bio-acoustic impact of sound waves affects the metabolic processes in cheese
Music Venue Trust - a UK Registered Charity which acts to protect, secure and improve UK Grassroots Music Venues
Mapping Epic Game’s future music strategy
BeatBot - Create short songs based on text prompts
What were they thinking? Waves reverses its plan to exclusively sell its audio plug-in library via a subscription Update: It appears that this was a poorly implemented attempt to increase the (on paper) value of the company ahead of a possible sale to investors.
“Over the last 10 years, the UK has suffered a huge cultural loss. To some extent, it is part of the great shrinking of shared and collective space, which takes in everything from pubs and bars to community centres and libraries. But this particular change stands alone: a striking example of how something that was once thriving and important can hit the skids, and precious few people in positions of power and influence will even notice”
Video: Version 1.5 of Jamm Pro from Coldcut and Ninja Tune is available for iOS and Android. In addition to being a powerful production tool (it is loaded with features!), you can also purchase classics from the Ninja Tune catalogue to remix yourself.
Video: Matt Black (Coldcut) demonstrates Jamm Pro remixing Gunshotta by Machinedrum
Video: Bristol Burning: A sonic artwork about air pollution in Bristol. There are two layers to the track: one musical, one data-driven. Based on air quality sensor data from Open Data Bristol, the data-driven layer is realised as a drone noise representing levels of particulate (PM10) air pollution in Bristol from August 2021 to July 2022. The volume and filter cutoff of the drone is mapped to the monthly average particulate level.
Listening and watching
What They Call Us - Fever Ray
Mi Immolation - Agnes Haus
Renzo - Pan American
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) -Yves Tumor
1980 - Katrina Krimsky
Cosmica Italiana - Lorenzo Morresi & Tenderlonious
Crux III: 3-HT-(xon) - Circular Square
With A Hammer - Yaeji
…And Take The Black Worm With Me - One Leg One Eye
Machine 1 - The Bug
Video: Damon Albarn gives Zane Lowe a tour of Studio 13, his archive of instruments, and the work of Gorillaz.
Video: DJ Krush live at Daichuji temple in Numazu City, Shizuoka, Japan
Video: Idioma - Tomaga
Video: Released in 2022: Cypress: Hill: Insane in the Brain documentary
Video: God Is in Control - Sault
Podcast: Between the Eras: Deep Listening in Japan - A sonic journey into Japan's unique culture of music cafés and listening bars. Places where people come together to indulge in deep listening in audiophile quality, with venues for fans of everything from classical, jazz, to electronic music.
Podcast: On The Media: Silenced Samples - How Copyright Laws Infringe on Hip Hop
Things we’re interested in
Video: A Changing World: Computational Creativity - The panel explores the work of artists and creators using new technologies and methods in their works, exploring new forms of computational creativity, and how the form, process, and nature of all creative practices is rapidly changing.
Video: With essentially no coding experience, Matt Wolfe creates a browser based video game using ChatGPT
Question
Will digital platforms change our musical memories?
Technical Note/s
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