The timepiece has been a prototype for the last decade and a half. It's now ready to be placed in a cave and turned on, to tick for the next 10 millennia and teach us lessons about our perceptions of the future--and the past.READ»
Got a Brian Eno wannabe in your family -- or maybe just someone whose creativity you want to encourage from an early age? The musicians/inventors/weirdos at Critter & Guitari have got just the device for you: the Pocket Piano. It's a ...READ»
Most of the electronic "generative music" apps we've written about before are flat -- not in terms of their musical tones, but their 2-D interface design. A new toy called OscilloScoop adds a little depth to the scene, by letting you ...READ»
There are enough musical-instrument apps to fill an orchestra, converting iPhones and iPads into everything from pocket pianos to trombones. But the new NodeBeat doesn't just ape another instrument; it transforms your iPad into a ...READ»
Artist Matt Shlian is great at screwing up. A self-described papercraft engineer, Shlian designs stunning 3-D paper sculptures that fall somewhere between origami, pop-up books, and Minimal Art -- many of them happy accidents. ...READ»
1. DeAndre "Soulja Boy Tell'em" Way, rapper/producer
The 18-year-old Web wunderkind took a crazy song and dance, and propelled it via YouTube and MySpace fame into an Interscope recording contract and platinum ...READ»
If you're traveling to Sydney between May and June--or you already live there--you're in for a glittering treat. On May 28th, musician Brian Eno, will unveil his "77 Million Paintings," a light show projected onto ...READ»
After David Byrne and Brian Eno self-released their album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today last August, they generated profits equivalent to a label advance. How? Software marketing, of course.
We’ve all seen a ...READ»
By now, we've all gotten used to the idea of the Web as the primary distribution channel for music. But some recording artists have clearly been ahead of the curve when it comes to creative uses for the Web. Here are 10 artists who have used the Internet in innovative ways.READ»