Aidan Pryde

Random bits about synths, electronics & music in general

Tamacun – Rodrigo y Gabriela

September 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I guess I want to train my right hand a little more:


YouTube Rodrigo y Gabriela playing

found at Caterina

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Astonishing Visuals at Etienne de Crécy Liveact

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments

You gotta watch these visuals from the Etienne de Crécy Liveact at the Transmusicales festival in Rennes (France) last year in December. The visuals were done by Exyzt, a group of architechts. These guys know their stuff. Etienne stands inside a giant cube and rocks the building:


vimeo Etienne de Crecy - Liveact
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What do Elton John and George Michael have in common

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I know what you were thinking, and I have to say “No”, that’s not what I meant. Besides their preference for men, they have another thing in common: they both have chosen to use a stage name instead of their realname to become well known musicians.

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The Ting Tings – That’s not my name

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Found a track on Youtube and I think that they really rock!

The name of the band is “The Ting Tings” and so far I never consciously took notice of ‘em. My bad…

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Got the right beat?

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Just in case you’ve got problems getting into the right groove while playing your music, maybe the following video can help you out:


YouTube Got Rhythm?

I don’t know why this works but it looks quite astonishing.

Do you know? Please tell us below!

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Beatbox Baby!

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Everytime I see a video of a good beatboxer I’m heavily impressed with what some people can do with their mouth, like the one in the following video:


YouTube BeatBoxer at work

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Pics of old Tech Stuff or Art?

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Photographer Mark Richards made some astonishing images of old computers inside the Computer History Museum in the Silicon Valley, which are available as a book: Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers.
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Rhianna vs. Michael Jackson

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I can’t take my eyes off of this Rhianna-Video:
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Mr. FastHand himself

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Being a huge Daftpunk fan myself for years, I couldn’t stop looking at this guy, who must have practiced this “singing with his fingers” stuff for quite some time…but look and judge for yourself:

Great Stuff, isn’t it?

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Roland Juno 106 as easy as ABC…

August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Sophie playing my Roland Juno 106
Who said that you can’t play a synth that is 5 times as old as you…and yet look like a PRO!
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