New and Noteworthy: Issue 32
👋 Welcome to the 32nd issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.
Research
Why is sad music pleasurable? A possible role of prolactin
Around the web
UK album charts: "Chart position seems more about how you've managed to incentivise your fanbase rather than how popular you are"
Swedish study finds background music may encourage customers to buy more goods, but only Monday through to Thursday
Researchers discover 12,000-year-old flutes made from bird bones
Aphex Twin at Sónar Festival 2023. Longer recording here (while it lasts)
Video: The most sampled song, ever
Video: How to get a job in game audio. It’s worth noting that these same principles apply widely.
Listening and watching
Margrethe Fjorden - Eric Andersen
Sweepsculp - Sweepsculp
Wolf - Almach
Endless Processor Studies - Ras Thavas
Entanglement (with Shatter Pattern) - Wobbly
Cruda - Siete Catorce
Ame Agura - Ylia
glimglim - rei harakami
Le jour et la nuit du réel - Coleen
Flutter - Autechre
Video: Two Of Us - The Beatles
VIDEO: Blóðberg - Sigur Rós
Video: John Cage Meets Sun Ra (1986) More information here
Video: Dumbest girl alive - 100 gecs
Podcast: Infinite Remix: A Journey Into AI Music
Things we’re interested in
“Kakehashi thought the first letter of a company’s name set the tone for its success. Opening a dictionary for ideas, he was struck by the name “Roland.” It had two syllables, which he thought was the ideal number for customers to remember. And the name was connected to a legendary figure: Roland was a Frankish military leader, whose fictionalized life became the subject of poems and songs throughout medieval Europe. “We would not be a company that followed trends,” Kakehashi insisted of Roland. “Rather, we would seek to discover and define new market sectors with creative products that gave musicians wonderful new avenues of expression.”
Video: Creature Vocal Design
