Sunday 24 February 2008

THE FUTURE OF MUSIC

Whilst watching the previously mentioned Daft Punk video featuring Kanye West, I noticed that they were using an interesting form of Midi controller in their set. After some research I found out the name of it and the company that created it. The Lemur by Jazzmutant is a touch sensitive Midi device that gives the user full customisation to the way that they use it and what it controls. It essentially becomes an instrument in its own right because of the vast amount of functions it can hold and use.

A similar device to this is the Reactable. A rare instrument currently unavailable commercially, it is used by Bjork to create some of her music. An example of it can be seen in her live performance.



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