Museum of Techno http://www.museumoftechno.org Celebrating mankind's techno heritage since 1892 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:31:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright Museum of Techno 2008techno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumComedyMusicmr.braidy@museumoftechno.orgMr Braidy and Mr CornwellMr Braidy and Mr Cornwellyestechno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumThe Technicians PodcastBraidy and Cornwell, technicians at London's Museum of Techno, share with you their experience and wisdom over a glass of sherry in the Museum's less-visited galleries.51.520894-0.125742http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.museumoftechno.orghttp://www.museumoftechno.org/images/mot_feed_image_burner.jpgMuseum of Techno - Technicians Podcastmuseumoftechnohttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadyAdd to Any Feed ReaderThank you very much for considering a subscription to this, our booming podcast and those, our stunning video tutorials. We hope you enjoy our beats and wisdom. Trevor Horn & The Art of Noise – some links http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/4KKgwpwrGhU/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2011/08/trevor-horn-the-art-of-noise-some-links/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:31:20 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=227 Just reading about the Fairlight CMI, after our friend John Coyle sent us a link to ALL ITS SAMPLES FOR DOWNLOAD.

A bit of Googling just made sense of a tiny Fairlight-related narrative that I thought I’d drop into the blog…

  1. There’s Fairlight splattered all over Yes’s Trevor Horn-produced album 90125 (talk about guilty pleasures); it’s obvious on tracks like Owner Of A Lonely Heart  and Leave It (Spotify links).
  2. Various members of Horn’s production team went on to form The Art Of Noise, who Fairlighted up some of the drums from 90125 (have a listen around 3:00 of Leave It) to produce Beat Box.
  3. They remixed Beat Box, then gave it to Anne Dudley to arrange  a bit more musically, and out of that came Close (to the Edit), which made me crap myself stupid when I first heard it in 1984. The video’s bananas, too. I didn’t hear 90125 for another 18 months after that.

So there you go: chopping beats out of existing records, re-sampling, constructing tracks from chunks of noise. I don’t know how it feels, that falsetto-harmony-singing prog rockers invented most pre-computer sampling tricks half a decade before electronic dance musicians worked them out. Oh yes I do. It feels hilarious.

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2011/08/trevor-horn-the-art-of-noise-some-links/feed/ 0 http://www.museumoftechno.org/2011/08/trevor-horn-the-art-of-noise-some-links/ Museum of Techno – Karaoke http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/rdebv5WW2_o/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-of-techno-karaoke/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:30:18 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=219 Objective achieved – we rocked the broadcast hut seven times, and have completed our series of radio programmes for Resonance 104.4FM. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and gave us your more or less consistently rapturous feedback. Here is the final episode, Karaoke.

In this episode, the Technicians are charged with organising a night out for the Museum staff.

We discuss the impact on nightclubs, electronic music and other forms of group entertainment of communicable diseases like swine flu, and the fundamental links between the will to public performance, social satus and sexual success in various cultural contexts.

The show features the our customary guerilla sound design, including phonography from one of Croydon’s most generic pubs, and culminates in a rare live musical performance by Braidy and Cornwell – to the music of Mr David Powell.

Many thanks to everyone who’s contributed to the show, and to everyone who’s listened and given us your valuable feedback. We hope to be back soon with more over-produced yet underthought nonsense in the nearest possible future.

High-tech:

Medium tech:

Download audio file (mot_radio_-_episode_7.mp3)

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-of-techno-karaoke/feed/ 5 yesObjective achieved – we rocked the broadcast hut seven times, and have completed our series of radio programmes for Resonance 104.4FM. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and gave us your more or less consistently rapturous feedback. Here is the final eMr Braidy and Mr CornwellObjective achieved – we rocked the broadcast hut seven times, and have completed our series of radio programmes for Resonance 104.4FM. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and gave us your more or less consistently rapturous feedback. Here is the final episode, Karaoke. In this episode, the Technicians are charged with organising a night out [...]techno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumhttp://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-of-techno-karaoke/http://www.museumoftechno.org/wp-content/uploads/mot_radio_-_episode_7.mp3 Museum on Resonance 104.4FM Tue 8 Sep 22:30(UK) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/X4eAAHJDFW8/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-on-resonance-104-4fm-tue-8-sep-2230uk/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:20:55 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=211 Good afternoon. Time for a final slice (for a while) of radio-related mayhem-cake from us.

Tonight at 22:30 UK / 17:30 EST / 14:30 US Pacific, the final episode in our current radio series will be broadcast on Resonance FM. It will be entitled “Karaoke.”

In this episode, the Technicians are charged with organising a night out for the Museum staff.

We discuss the impact on nightclubs, electronic music and other forms of group entertainment of communicable diseases like swine flu, and the fundamental links between the will to public performance, social satus and sexual success in various cultural contexts.

The show features the our customary guerilla sound design, including phonography from one of Croydon’s most generic pubs, and culminates in a rare live musical performance by Braidy and Cornwell – to the music of Mr David Powell.

Many thanks to everyone who’s contributed to the show, and to everyone who’s listened and given us your valuable feedback. We hope to be back soon with more over-produced yet underthought nonsense in the nearest possible future.

Oh – the show’s repeated at 15:30 UK time on Saturday, and archives are available on our Soundcloud page, http://soundcloud.com/museumoftechno.

Cheers, have a great week

Dave (Braidy)

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High-tech:

Medium tech:

Download audio file (mot_radio_-_episode_6.mp3)

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-of-techno-mr-foley/feed/ 0 yesWith this week’s show about to be broadcast on Resonance FM tonight, we’re ready to upload last week’s episode, Mr Foley. The show features the work of guerilla foley artist, sound designer and mixer Steve Goldsmith (http://www.mrsteveprMr Braidy and Mr CornwellWith this week’s show about to be broadcast on Resonance FM tonight, we’re ready to upload last week’s episode, Mr Foley. The show features the work of guerilla foley artist, sound designer and mixer Steve Goldsmith (http://www.mrsteveproductions.com). He tells us how to wring a ghoulish sonic palette of violence from a bag of cheap veg; [...]techno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumhttp://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/09/museum-of-techno-mr-foley/http://www.museumoftechno.org/wp-content/uploads/mot_radio_-_episode_6.mp3 Resonance FM 1 Sept 2009: Mr Foley http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/QnleyZm8cmM/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/resonance-fm-1-sept-2009-mr-foley/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:09:09 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=209 Tomorrow – 1 September – Museum of Techno returns to the airwaves, with the 5th instalment of our series of shows for Resonance 104.4FM. Entitled “Mr Foley,” the show features the work of guerilla foley artist, sound designer and mixer Stephen Goldsmith (http://mrsteveproductions.com), plus a number of violent acts committed against plants.

Museum of Techno on Resonance 104.4FM

Tuesday 1 September 2009
22:30 (UK) | 17:30 (US Eastern) | 14:30 (US Pacific)

http://resonancefm.com/listen

Join us for the vegetable murderation.

Previously on Museum of Techno: Grime

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/resonance-fm-1-sept-2009-mr-foley/feed/ 0 yesTomorrow – 1 September – Museum of Techno returns to the airwaves, with the 5th instalment of our series of shows for Resonance 104.4FM. Entitled “Mr Foley,” the show features the work of guerilla foley artist, sound designer and mMr Braidy and Mr CornwellTomorrow – 1 September – Museum of Techno returns to the airwaves, with the 5th instalment of our series of shows for Resonance 104.4FM. Entitled “Mr Foley,” the show features the work of guerilla foley artist, sound designer and mixer Stephen Goldsmith (http://mrsteveproductions.com), plus a number of violent acts committed against plants. Museum of Techno [...]techno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumhttp://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/resonance-fm-1-sept-2009-mr-foley/http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmuseumoftechno%2Fmuseum-of-techno-grime&g=1&auto_play=&show_comments=&color=&theme_color= Let the day go http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/dGaXExG88kw/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/let-the-day-go/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:20:49 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=203 Sominex Advert

Croydon’s currently full of billboard adverts for Sominex, a brand of sleeping pill marketed with the phrase “Let the day go.”

The ads feature an image of a woman falling into blissful oblivion as icons of modern stress (like a sneaker, an iron, a senior female relative and a man on an office chair) float from her head and out of her open window into the starry, inky blue Croydon night.

I first noticed the posters on the day newspapers were reporting alleged claims by Conrad Murray that Michael Jackson died from from a self-administered Propofol overdose.

How about if what really killed Michael Jackson was that he wasn’t allowed to let go of things: fame, youth, the weirdness of his childhood; and that he used neurochemical cudgels like Propofol to beat down the shitty vibes that resulted from that failure to let go?

The letting go is what he needed. It wasn’t inherent in the Propofol; nor is it inherent in the fucking Sominex.

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/let-the-day-go/feed/ 0 http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/let-the-day-go/ Museum of Techno – Grime (+ summer holidays) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/OTFVSzekun8/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/museum-of-techno-grime-summer-holidays/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:38:21 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=193 Museum of Techno on Resonance 104.4FM

www.resonancefm.com/listen

Tuesdays – 22:30BST, 16:30EST, 14:30 US Pacific

Saturdays – 15:30BST, 09:30EST, 07:30 US Pacific

Now then. Now. Then. Now; then; and the future. Now and then.

Resonance FM has been off air for a week or two, while its engineering team carries out scheduled upgrades and maintenance. Therefore we have been blessed with a short break, two-thirds of the way through our radio series.

This has meant that I forgot to upload last week’s show. Which is a stupid thing, because it was actually the boom shit. So (a) steel yourself for next Tuesday’s show, which will rock hard, and (b) read on for an immediate fix of magical audio/deep wisdom.

Previously on the show

Here’s last week’s episode, Grime, in which we learn about the flow of music and energy within London’s maligned but burgeoning underground grime scene, during an amazing interview with Rinse FM DJ and Butterz blogger Elijah, and then demonstrating our knowledge of the scene in a discussion of its specialist vocabulary, the structure of its music and the best way for a producer to promote his/her music within the scene:

Nang.

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www.resonancefm.com/listen

Tuesdays – 22:30BST, 16:30EST, 14:30 US Pacific

Saturdays – 15:30BST, 09:30EST, 07:30 US Pacific

We’ve been gasping to bring you some of our fiery wisdom about the cutting edge of London’s electronic youth music, and here it comes: this week, we’ll be talking to Rinse FM DJ and Butterz blogger Elijah about the trials and tribulations of trying to promote grime music in the teeth of a world recession and what might be described as less than 100% support from the local metropolitan police.

The Technicians, Cornwell and Braidy, present a linguistic analysis of grime lyrics, and discuss the mechanics of getting your tracks heard by grime MCs.

Previously on the show

Here’s last week’s episode, Valve Power:

It’s the mutt’s living nuts.

]]> http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/179/feed/ 3 yesMuseum of Techno on Resonance 104.4FM www.resonancefm.com/listen Tuesdays – 22:30BST, 16:30EST, 14:30 US Pacific Saturdays – 15:30BST, 09:30EST, 07:30 US Pacific We’ve been gasping to bring you some of our fiery wisdom about the cutting Mr Braidy and Mr CornwellMuseum of Techno on Resonance 104.4FM www.resonancefm.com/listen Tuesdays – 22:30BST, 16:30EST, 14:30 US Pacific Saturdays – 15:30BST, 09:30EST, 07:30 US Pacific We’ve been gasping to bring you some of our fiery wisdom about the cutting edge of London’s electronic youth music, and here it comes: this week, we’ll be talking to Rinse FM DJ and [...]techno,technician,technicians,house,music,techno,music,dance,music,electronic,music,comedy,funny,tutorial,tutorials,music,production,museum,of,techno,museumhttp://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/08/179/http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmuseumoftechno%2Fmot-radio-week-4-valve-power&g=1&auto_play=&show_comments=&color=&theme_color= Museum of Techno On Resonance 104.4FM 28 July http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/museumoftechno/~3/A__op4MmyKY/ http://www.museumoftechno.org/2009/07/museum-of-techno-radio-tue-28-july-2230-bst/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:45:01 +0000 mr.braidy@museumoftechno.org (Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell) http://www.museumoftechno.org/?p=171 Museum of Techno on Resonance 104.4FM

www.resonancefm.com/listen

Tuesdays – 22:30BST, 16:30EST, 14:30 US Pacific

Saturdays – 15:30BST, 09:30EST, 07:30 US Pacific

Back! Caught you looking for the same thing. And this week’s show does, admittedly, cover broadly similar topics in a not wildly inconsistent format. This week, we have a fascinating interview with North London analog electronics engineer Theo Argiriadis; we apply Theo’s advice about valves to improve the sound of our listeners’ early techno tracks, and the Museum’s toilets. Along the way, the Technicians learn some important truths about motorway service stations.

Previously on Museum of Techno Radio

Here’s last week’s episode, Hip Hop and Skin Conditions:

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