sound-driven real-time geometry

A super elegant sound visualization from British visual artist Quayola.

Via Create Digital Motion

Google Music

Probably the most interesting thing coming out of Google I/O last week was…The Google Music Project. It’s officially in BETA and soon to release (my sources say most likely due to legal clearances with labels), however, invites are being sent out to a percentage of users for testing the new service. Having had the chance to do so myself, it has been an amazing experience without having to “wire” your device to your computer in order to enjoy the music you love. It works on tablets running Honeycomb, latest smart-phones running the latest android build, as well as a web version to allow you to access your music anywhere in the world on any device.

The UI on the devices is really straight forward for the most part, and even syncs with android widgets to allow you to access it as quickly as possible. The site UI is interesting and simple, yet it’ll be great to see how they scale for users who have a large music library. I believe the most important thing to come is how Google plans to make this service part of the SOCIAL scene, as in a competitor to Spotify and/or iTunes (when that goes to the cloud hopefully this year).
http://music.google.com/about/

Contributed by Gianni Argiris

Your iTunes Library in Outer Space

Planetary, a new app for iPad from Bloom Studio, Inc., allows you to travel through a solar system made up of your iTunes library — imagine all your albums as planets! Your favorite artists orbiting in their own universe! Celestial technology at its best.

Tap Dancing To The Next Level

The Adidas MEGALIZER shoe lets you create your own beat with every step.

Play the Air Piano For Real With AirPiano

Airpiano is a customizable musical instrument that responds to hand gestures.

via laughing squid

MNDR Uses XBox Kinect to Create Music Video

Another Kinect hack – this one reminiscent of Radiohead’s House of Cards.

http://timbretantrum.com/2011/04/08/mndr-cut-me-out-video/

Listen to Barcodes with Barcodas

Barcodas is an iPhone app that translates barcodes into a sound sequence. Just scan and listen.

via Creative Applications Network

Simple Little Hypnotic Flash Music Sequencer

Click on some cells, press play and you’ve got a pleasant little electronic composition. Click boxes again and you can change the cells’ directions, causing them to interact, sometimes creating evolving patterns and oscillations. And like any good bit of media these days, you can even share your piece with the rest of the world. Rad!

http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata

Contributed by Jeb Tankersley

Roqbot: a Mobile Jukebox

Thumbs up or thumbs down music to communally control the tunes playing at a bar.

http://roqbot.com/

Contributed by Sara Becker

You Are Listening To…

Police radio from different cities is layered over ambient tracks and photos borrowed from Flickr.

Such a simple idea, with limited interactivity, but there’s something so beautiful about this execution.

It’s almost an experiment in what is public domain on the web.

http://youarelistening.to/sanfrancisco

Contributed by Katy Hill