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Feb 5, 2011 0

Monome: New Edison Video “Artemis vs. The City”

10 fingers. 128 buttons. Watch Edison go Monome y Monome in See the rest »

Jan 28, 2011 0

MP3: New Tommy Guerrero, Hey Sholay, Painted Palms, The Bewitched Hands on the Top of Our Heads, Ducktails and Edison :: Friday Five 01.28.11

A few San Francisco releases to look for today. New hip-shakin’ from Tommy Guerrero, who for as long he’s been making killer music I still cannot think of without hearing him crack “He’s got his own milk carton!” in Animal Chin (thanks to Aidin at MusicSF for the tip on his new album). A not-so-new but free EP from Painted Palms, who are actually an SF/New Orleans outfit via cassette-collaboration. And a bonus, a brand-spanking new release from the Monome maestro, Edison. Enjoy thoroughly.

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Tommy Guerrero “Que S’est-il Passe”
from Lifeboats and Follies [follow]

Hey Sholay “Dreamboat”
from self released

Painted Palms “All of Us”
from Canopy EP [get it free]

The Bewitched Hands on the Top of Our Heads “Sea”
from Hard to Cry EP [follow]

Ducktails “Art Vandelay”
from Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics [follow]

BONUS:

Edison “Or Have You Forgotten”
from People Are Bad Animals [order the LP]

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Aug 16, 2010 0

Monome: Edison Offers Sneak Peek of New LP

Fast fingers. This view into a recent session shows Edison‘s latest Monome setup for his upcoming LP, People Are Bad Animals. The song is “Bring Out Your Dead”.

“things are getting more and more involved…
all 1 shot sounds, no loops…”

Which is why his fast fingers are workin’ with an extra quickness. Pretty impressive. [more on the Monome]

Here’s a tune from his last LP:

Edison “The Surface, and Under” from All The Information at Hand

More at Edison’s blog.

Dec 21, 2009 0

Music: Edison Rocks The Monome

What the hell’s a Monome? In short, it’s a super-minimalist, programmable grid of buttons (8×8 square) for electronic music or gaming. You connect through USB to assign beats, samples, or whatever. Then mix and loop on the fly.

This clever lil’ vid best visualizes the Monome’s functions and potential:

Edison “Yellow and Blue” by mlandry.

When I posted a track from Edison on last week’s Friday Five, all I knew was what I heard: he rocked the Monome like no other. Next day, my friend Dalia shot me an email saying she actually works with the guy here in San Francisco. The city just gets smaller and smaller.

Dalia helped shoot this vid. 64 buttons. 64 sounds. Shot live with 2 cams. Edison killed it in one take. Rad.

Aside from being technologically fascinating, his music and beats make a killer work soundtrack. I’ve seriously got it on repeat.

Download an Edison MP3 here. Then buy the album.
Check his bloggity blog.