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Documentary About Female Electronic Music Pioneers Slated for AFI Festival 2020
Putting a much-needed spotlight on electronic music’s founders, new documentary Sisters with Transistors seeks to tell the story of the genre’s origins and, most importantly, the lesser known women who made modern electronic music possible. Sisters with Transistors, which premiered earlier this year at SXSW, Sheffield Doc Fest and CPH:DOX, where it won a special mention in the Next Wave award category, is now slated for a screening at the upcoming AFI Fest, hosted by the American Film Institute. With the event taking place from October 15th to 22nd, Sisters with Transistors is one of seven LGBTQ films to be featured, according to Q Voice News. You can watch it on October 17th at 12PM PT. Diving into the origins of electronic music in the early 20th century...
Prances With Horse: The History of the Ferrari Logo
When presented with a car like the 986-horsepower, 211-mph plug-in hybrid SF90 Stradale, it’s easy to forget the high-tech, hypercar-building Ferrari of today got its start not long after cars started edging-out horses for daily transportation needs. In the years since, the Ferrari marque has gone through many cycles and changes, not the least of which have been changes to the Ferrari logo itself, the famed Prancing Horse. Origin of the Ferrari Logo The Ferrari Cavallino Rampante, or Prancing Horse, has been traced to origins as ancient as 1692, when a similar design was found on the regimental banner of the Royal Piedmont Regiment of the Duke of Savoy, Vittorio Amadeo II, by the Museo del Marchio Italiano. As Ferrari itself tells the tale, the marque’s eponymous founder, Enzo ...
This Jewelry Line Made of Recycled Plastic from Ibiza’s Beaches Will Fund Future Cleanups
Since its 2019 launch at Glastonbury Festival, UK-based organization Orca Sound Project (OSP) has been actively partnering with corporate clients to raise awareness for the global plastic waste crisis, namely ocean pollution. At Glastonbury, for example, OSP created a stage built entirely from recycled ocean plastic that volunteers had collected in England. Other partners include Miami Music Week, Ultra Music Festival and Amsterdam Dance Event. Now, OSP is calling attention to Ibiza, dance music’s island hub, where there are only five years left until the island’s landfills run out of room, according to the organization. A partnership with jewelry brand hW has culminated in a capsule collection sourced entirely from plastic collected from Ibiza’s beaches. With ...
This Dodge Rampage With a Mid-Mounted Hemi Is Freakishly Fantastic
Chrysler (now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) has always been clever with the branding of its performance vehicles. You’re likely familiar with the Hellcat and the Demon, and that’s not even scratching the surface of classic models such as the Superbird, Road Runner, Super Bee, and Rampage. We couldn’t resist putting that last one in there to see if you were paying attention. By definition, the word “rampage” describes violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive. Originally powered by a 2.2-liter inline-four with 97 hp sent its front wheels, the Dodge Rampage compact pickup of the mid-1980s lacked the grunt to excite us (or anyone else, for that matter) to the point of violence. See all 25 photos Taking any Mopar from the sm...
Kenny Chesney Remembers Eddie Van Halen: Raw Talent, Hard Work + Friendship
The first time I heard Van Halen was in my friend David Farmer’s garage. We’d had football practice, and I went over to his house after. His uncle was playing this music I’d never heard before, and I remember thinking, ‘What IS this?’ It made me want to move. It made me curious. It made the blood go through my veins a little quicker — and want to know more about where it came from. At my house, we’d heard a lot of country music, and whatever my mom and Aunt Sharon were listening to. But this was something very different. The tone of Eddie’s guitar, the way he played… the way the whole band played. It hit a sweet spot in me that never left. I didn’t know that I’d grow up and make music for a living, but I knew whatever I did, this would be part of it. Raw talent and hard work...
This “Album Nutrition” Instagram Page Breaks Down Your Favorite Artists’ Most Used Words
Ever wonder what your favorite album’s most used words are? Well Album Nutrition is the Instagram for you. The page has created a new way to break down how you listen to albums by sharing the serving size—also known as the number of tracks—the word count, which words were used most, the release date, and the genre. How many words you should be consuming for a healthy musical diet is up to you. So far the page has broken down over 50 albums, including DAMN by Kendrick Lamar, ASTROWORLD by Travis Scott, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish, and Bangarang by Skrillex, which apparently has 8 “Shshshshshshouts” in it. Seeing what lyrics were repeatedly used throughout can help better understand the type of writers these artists are. Some aren...
Remembering Cookie Monsta: A Dubstep Pioneer and a Paragon of Kindness
Last Friday, the world lost a true electronic music icon and innovator. Tony Cook, better known as Cookie Monsta, passed away on October 2nd, 2020 at the age of 31. He left behind a storied legacy as a pioneer of the dubstep genre, an innovator of music production, and most importantly, an exemplary character and friend to all. Hailing from Nottingham, United Kingdom, Cook picked up music production as a child via Music 2000, a studio simulator game that allowed the player to create music and accompanying videos. After beginning to produce music seriously in college using Reason software, Cook performed at a college party, receiving rave reviews and pushing him to pursue a career in music. Thus, Cookie Monsta was born. Drawing influence from Rusko‘s sound, Cook began ...
5 Innovation Driven Predictions in Science and Technology
1. Capturing and transforming CO2 to mitigate climate change In the next five years, we will be able to capture CO2 from the air and transform it from the scourge of the environment into something useful. The goal is to make CO2 capture and reuse efficient enough to scale globally so we can significantly reduce the level of the harmful CO2 in the atmosphere and, ultimately, slow climate change. 2. Modelling Mother Nature to feed a growing citizenry while reducing carbon emissions In the next five years, we will replicate nature’s ability to convert nitrogen in the soil into nitrate-rich fertilizer, feeding the growing world while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizers. We’ll come up with an innovative solution to enable nitrogen fixation at a sustainable scale and help feed the w...
He Really Got Me: How Eddie Van Halen Turned ‘80s Kids Into Rock Believers
Growing up in a house with musically obsessed parents ended up being a gift, but when I was 7, it was a nuisance. Car rides packed with blaring rock music (what’s now classic rock) were annoying, especially for a kid who was only interested in baseball. Dylan, Springsteen, the Dead, the Allmans and even U2 would cut away from Mets score updates. Then summer 1988 happened. Riding back from Atlantic Beach on a mundane summer late afternoon, I heard something on the radio. ”WHAT IS THIS?!” I exclaimed. My parents, sporting bemused grins, turned to each other, then to me. “It’s Van Halen,” my mother said. “Who is Ben Heaven?!” I asked. “NO, Van Halen!” “What’s this song and what is this sound?” “It’s ‘Jump’ and those are synthesizers.” That innocuous encounter ended up introducing me to the fi...
Porter Robinson’s Secret Sky of Connectivity to Japanese Culture
It’s been six magical years since Porter Robinson’s Worlds album debuted in August of 2014. Ever since, Robinson’s unique sound, which is inspired by electro house and synth-pop, has captivated millions of fans from around the world—especially from the country of Japan. In May 2020, Robinson’s virtual “Secret Sky” music festival aired to four million fans worldwide, all spewing with excitement for his debut virtual set. Robinson himself is a huge anime fan and has always been in love with Japanese culture, consistently integrating some sort of related symbol into his songs, visuals, album covers, and live performances. His love for Japanese culture stemmed from Nintendo and Pokémon, but he also grew up watching anime and listening to Japanese music. His respect and admira...
Fenestra Launches Workshops to Show Visually Impaired Musicians the Art of Electronic Music Creation
Fenestra is a blooming global initiative that seeks to support visually impaired creatives in the discovery of electronic music production. Created in 2017, the initiative was developed in Riga, the capital city of Latvia, by the non-governmental organization Artes Liberales. Today, there are over 1.3 million people who have visual impairment. Perhaps due to their condition, these individuals are 4,000 times more likely to have perfect pitch, a coveted trait among professional musicians. Fenestra began with a mission to serve these visually impaired creatives and assist in their endeavors from a creative perspective. Fenestra is all about discovering the realms of possibility when it comes to electronic music creation. To that end, organizers have been diligent in aligning with m...
2022 Subaru BRZ: Everything We Know About the Miata Fighter
Subaru’s BRZ sports car skips the 2021 model year as it gears up for a redesign. Before you go out and snap up one of the remaining 2020 models left on dealer lots, take a look with us at its upcoming replacement. Marking the model’s second generation, the 2022 BRZ will build on the bones of its predecessor by welcoming significant dynamic and styling improvements. In other words, the 2022 Subaru BRZ promises to fix the foibles of its forebear while continuing to affordably deliver rear-drive sports car athleticism. 2022 Subaru BRZ: Turbo Power? Despite sharing its basic rear-drive architecture with the prior BRZ, the new model ought to benefit from a number of dynamic alterations, including additional chassis bracing and reworked suspension pieces. Nevertheless, we expect...
