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Break The Code And Scatter
August 31, 2006

I just stumbled across this great music blog, Scattermish, [via Hype Machine - an audio blog aggregator]. Scattermish is a musician and DJ, using Ableton and Final Scratch to create his mixes. I like the way that he uploads his mix and then links to [mostly] free copies of the individual tracks to download.

It's a nice blend of Hip-Hop/Electro too. He needs to add an atom feed to his Blogger page though I reckon. there are also links to to artist websites, including the inevitable MySpace pages.

Not sure of the legality of Hype Machine, but it's a good idea. It's tag line of "find music you never knew you liked" is pretty fitting. I guess they don't actually host any tunes though. Just links to blogs that do... So I suppose they are in the clear at least! Anyway, I'm experimenting with their Now Playing list, bottom right. It looks a bit untidy, so I may not keep it... I get a feed of all that goes on there in Netvibes anyway.

Check this out! Over at Wired...

"To the uninitiated, modern jazz can sound like a secret language, full of unpredictable melodies and unexpected rhythms. For alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, however, the idea of jazz as code is more than just a metaphor. Mahanthappa is best known for combining avant-garde jazz with Indian classical music. But for his latest release, Codebook, from Pi Recordings, the artist looked instead to cryptography and number theory for inspiration. [The album's title pays homage to The Code Book, a history of cryptography by the British science writer Simon Singh]."

This is right up my nerdy street... The first track for instance, The Decider, is derived from the Fibonacci sequence. Other parts are constructed from morse code. Niiiiice!

Wired also have a piece on Kami-Robo, hence the picture.

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