ToneMatrix has been around for a long time now, but its appeal hasn’t worn off one little bit.
Andre Michelle, who created it, describes it as a, “simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.”
Addicted, sweet and totally addictive. Go have a play.
Today James Murdoch announced that Sunday’s edition of the News of the World will be the last, following another series of debacles around phone hacking and bribing the MET.
As such, I give you this.
It sums up the mood for me.
Cutcopymusic - Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution (Toro Y Moi Remix)
Here’s a beautiful visualisation of a mashup, which, aside from being oddly mesmerising, also aims to explore the relationship between music and art.
Created by @themaininblue. Thanks to Pete Goold for flagging this.
What do we think of this then?
I have to say I’m not convinced. This graphs reveals the speed of favourites per hour, and subsequent blog posts. But does this add anything to the popular chart itself?
It’s a given that those appearing on this list will have a greater volume of ‘loves’ in recent days, as they become higher profile. All it takes is a few key posts from some of the better-known blogs on Hype’s roster, and the chart runs away with itself. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy almost.
I can’t say I’m that interested, and I wonder if many other users will either. There’s nothing by way of an explanation on the Hype blog yet either, but maybe the team see this as a positive in a way that’s much less obvious to an outsider.
