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99% Invisible #45- Immersive Ideal (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #43- The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Sometimes it's an object's imperfections that makes you fall in love with it. And sometimes that object is an escalator.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22
Hype Machine Radio: February 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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What's buzzing on music blogs -- directly from the source.

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 56:12
  • Purchases: 1
Guest DJ Project: Elon Musk
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
Caption: Raul Campos with Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may be best known as an entrepreneur, but he is an engineer at heart and relies on music to remind him of beauty in the world.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 11:19
Computer Talk Radio (January 28th-February 3rd, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the host, opened with updates on teh news, inclu...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Hype Machine Radio: January 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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What's buzzing on music blogs -- directly from the source.

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 1
Hype Machine Radio: December 2011
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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What's buzzing on music blogs -- directly from the source.

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:05:47
  • Purchases: 1
MASHUPS (Music)
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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A Mashup is a composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs. On this piece, producer Gabriel Liendo helps us understand the world ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: New dimesions
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Diagram of the holometer at Fermi Lab
In this episode, stories of two researchers: one measuring the shape of music, and another hunting for signs that the world is flat.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Tower
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
Caption: Coast Guard tower, Baudette, MN, Credit: long haul productions
Producers Elizabeth Meister and Dan Collison of Long Haul Productions journeyed to Baudette, MN to find out just how 370 songbirds ended up in a f...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Collaborative Music with Aid of Social Media
From: Toby Scott
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Can new, globalized cultural traditions that cross national boundaries be created with the aid of social media? "Album in a Day" is a community-d...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
Mike Doughty Talks Social Media, Addiction, and Songwriting
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Mike Doughty, Credit: Deborah Lopez
Producer Rebecca Lavoie talks with singer-songwriter Mike Doughty about his unusually interactive presence on social media sites, the new narrative...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:06
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Chamber Punk and Laptop Orchestras
From: With Good Reason
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It's Mozart meets The Clash.

Bought by KUT and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
From Tetris to Chiptunes
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Mike D’Errico, left, and Jeremy Murphy make up the chiptunes duo The Attic Bits., Credit: Avishay Artsy
A pair of young electronic musicians put a dance-inspired spin on video game music.

Bought by Vocalo.org and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Recently, St. Cloud State University hosted the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States for their annual conference. Please join ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
SXSW: Music and Interactive Converge
From: Michael Lee
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South by Southwest has grown from being just a music conference into an event encompassing music, film, and the internet. But it's becoming less c...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:38
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Evolution of the Mash-Up
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Thru-You YouTube Music Mash-up from User Generated Content, Credit: Thru-You.com / Kutiman
Mash-ups (creating new art works from existing creative pieces) have been around for at least two decades, but the digital universe has helped this...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 2
Matisyahu on the World's Stage
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Matisyahu, Credit: Run4Change.com
Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew from White Plains, New York has built personal relationships online that have propelled him all the way to the Winter Olym...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
Thomas Stockman: The man who made the DVD and the CD possible
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thomas Stockham, an electrical engineer, pioneered digital recording.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
Theremin
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of the Theremin: The first electronic instrument

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:04
Violins
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Does the wood and methods used to make a violin make a difference in its sound?

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
The Saxophone
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We associate the saxophone with the mellowness of jazz, but it roots are very hotheaded. The saxophone evolved from a bass clarinet built by the Be...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Zildjian Cymbals
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Zildjian cymbals have a long history: Beginning in 1618 with the Mustafa the First, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:57