Instruments
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Freenotes is a great way to introduce families to playing musical instruments
Interactive tuned percussion playgrounds for outdoor musical play.
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Louis Jucker & le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain – Suitcase Suite Review
An album made entirely out of second hand suitcases turned into musical instruments.
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SAND, STONE, GLASS is a triple double album designed like an interactive puzzle
An album about blind experimentation and with custom digital instruments you can buy and play along with.
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Unusual Instruments: Adungu
Welcome to the Ugandan bow-harp!
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Koshi Chimes for breathing relaxation
Relaxation and breathing support.
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Lumen is an electronic hand-pan for those who want a hang drum!
New music tech in the making
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Unusual Instruments: The Glass Armonica
Better than out of tune wine glasses!
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Introducing… Joshua Van Tassel
How to manipulate sine waves into eerie symphonies
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Three Amazing Singing Bowl Artists on YouTube
Three amazing singing bowl artists to relax to
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Manu Delago – Circadian Review
The rhythms of sleep in tuned percussion
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Olafur Arnalds Shows Off Piano Tech
Olafur Arnalds kick starts his tour next month and he has been showing off some of the technology he uses to compose and create music…
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Lagartijeando – “El Gran Poder” Review
A celebration of South America with a dancefloor edge
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Youssoupha Sibide – “Sacred Sounds” Review
A new star of the kora has arrived
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Dijf Sanders – “JAVA” Review
A new way to fuse music and culture has been born
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Andrew Jasinski – “Embracing the Universe” Review
The hang drum for relaxation and relief
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The Travelers VGM -“The Travelers” Review
Going back to the forest for ancient game music arrangements
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Western Skies Motel – “Settlers” Review
One of the most understated greatest guitar albums of the decade
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GoGo Penguin – “V2.0” Review
The piano has a new voice
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Live Vault – Deborah Henson-Conant
We love Deb and only she can give us a Hendrix styled electric harp rendition of “Star Spangled Banner”. You’ve gotta love this for 4th…
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Loreena McKennitt To Release New Album!
The magical Loreena McKennitt has announced that a new album of traditional Celtic songs is on its way to us soon. Entitled “The Wind That…
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A World of Percussion
Whilst I know I said I wouldn’t actively promote myself, I think this vblog from myself (Sitorimon) is actually quite interesting for those who like…
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John Williams : Making of Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack
I absolutely adore the soundtrack (and film) to Memoirs of a Geisha. This video I found on old faithful tube, is taken from the DVD…
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Whispers of the Plains – Corrin Huddleston (on Red Steel 2)
Playing the harmonica and jews harp, Corrin Huddleston has been used for various different projects as well as previously being involved in his own blues…
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Salta Shakes It Up With Red Steel 2 Soundtrack
Tom Salta has written and composed the score for new wii game Red Steel 2. Looking set to potentially be one of the most intresting…
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“Music Creation for the PlayStation” Promo CD Review
Back in 1998 a certain game caused a riot on PlayStation called “Music”. Essentially it was the first proper music creation program for a console…
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Whispers of the Plains: Panda Transport
After reviewing their latest EP “Monorail”, HPM was lucky enough to get a few minutes with the fabulous duo Panda Transport. Lovely people, here’s what…
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Whispers of the Plains: Winifred Phillips on the Making of Spore Hero’s Soundtrack
Winifred Phillip’s latest soundtrack “Spore Hero” was released this week and we gave it two thumbs up! We were lucky enough to get to ask…
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Rock Band: Beatles – E3 Press Conference Video
Harmonix have long been doing great things with music games (Frequency & Amplitude) and now their Rock Band series is getting the Beatles look. Take…
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Michael Giacchino on Scoring Lost
Well the Lost Season 4 soundtrack was released last week (very good by the way – review coming eventually) but until then here’s an old…
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Live Vault – Toumani Diabate
LittleBigPlanet had an excellent soundtrack but the best new artist I found was Toumani Diabate! Ordered are several of his albums which will be reviewed…
