Review of ‘Vulcan Foundry’ by Dementio13
Clicky drones? Check. Punchy drums? Check. Staccato arpeggiations? Check. The ability to make you dance without a traditional dance song structure? Check. If we step into the wayback machine and punch up the mid-90′s, cross-referenced with only those four short descriptors, you’d quickly narrow down your search. At the top would be Orbital. (Full disclosure, Orbital is one of my favorite bands of all time, and a big influence on my own productions.) But we’re not in the mid...
Read MoreI Love Shapelock!
Sometimes you come across something so cool that you have to post about it, whether it’s directly related to music or not! This is just one of those times. Last Tuesday I made a quick overnight trip to see my good friend Steve Cooley perform a live set with his musical compatriots Haptic Synapses. Hanging out with him the next day he showed me an amazing fast-prototyping material called Shapelock. It starts out as little plastic beads, but once heated in water to at least 150 degrees...
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