SomaFM Pairs Ambient Music With Live Audio From NASA
Posted by Crispy | Filed under Cool Hunting, Music
What a fine idea!
SomaFM is broadcasting a live mix of ambient music and Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Live Mission Audio all this week on Mission Control. The recent playlist has included past Chillography guests Gel-Sol and Osiris Indriya.
Note: Astronaut sleep periods are approximately from 6am pacific to 2pm pacific. There will be minimal mission audio at that time.
Chillography swag
Posted by Crispy | Filed under Cool Hunting
Show your love of all things chill by picking up one of our Chillography branded products here.
Entranced
Posted by Crispy | Filed under Cool Hunting, Events
An exciting detail to this Friday’s Chillography 202 will be the Entranced demo. Monstro.us is coming all the up from San Franscisco to treat us to a sneak preview of their upcoming interactive music game, featuring music from one of the heroes of the global chillout scene, Makyo. And to bring this full circle, Makyo and his record label, Dakini Records, produce a series of chillout shows in Japan called “Dakini Nights,” which was an important influence in the creation Chillography. 
In their words:
Entranced, a whole new way to appreciate music.
Entranced is a 3D interactive music experience designed to immerse the player in a vibrant and responsive visual landscape, exciting the imagination and creating a sense of rhythmic flow. By listening to energetic World music, observing visual cues, and receiving feedback from the game controller, each player interprets and performs movements that sync with the music. The result is dazzling visual and audio rewards.
Here’s some video of Entranced being demoed at the 2009 Motion Graphics Festival in Austin. I can’t wait to give this a try myself.
History of Ambient
Posted by Crispy | Filed under Cool Hunting, Music
Here is an excellent History of Ambient documentary from Radio 1. It’s full of classic tunes and interviews with the original masters of the genre all woven together. Definitely worth a listen.
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Download it in a variety of formats from here.
Data Breaker :: Gel-Sol Approaches Orblivion
Posted by Crispy | Filed under Cool Hunting
Dave Segal of The Stranger just wrote a good piece about local chillout superstar, Gel-Sol. The Church of Bass set referenced in the article can be dowloaded from our downloads page.
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