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Caption: The Silent Age app icon
Sound effects and music define the games we play, but there's one where the sound and music aren't really supposed to be noticed.

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 17:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A public domain image of the telharmonium in 1897
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1997, three men created the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' songs from completed surveys. Technically, they should be the best and worst songs...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 18:45
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Indiana was a hotbed for KKK activity in the 1920's, but during that time Richmond was the home of a record label that helped pioneer the recording...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 20:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cello Fortress Logo, Credit: Joost van Dongen
Cello Fortress us a video game with four players playing against a live Cellist improvising notes to defend the fortress.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
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There's a theatre in San Francisco where they turn off the lights and turn up the volume. Join us as we explore Audium.

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:59
  • Purchases: 1
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If bicycles could write a song, what would it sound like?

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Album Leaf
A growing group of musicians are returning to old analog keyboards, sometimes refurbishing and playing instruments older than they are.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
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'Ghost In The Machine' examines computers in Music. David Cope is one of the main interview subjects; he's designed a remarkable computer program t...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 53:46
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1 hour of music and analysis from the world's most influential music blogs. On this episode, we check out brand new music from Dirty Projectors, S...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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1 hour of music and analysis from the world's most influential music blogs. On this episode, we travel to Brazil to meet the blog A Volta, and che...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Your monthly update on what's being posted by the world's best music blogs + the tracks getting the most buzz on The Hype Machine. On this episode,...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 56:21
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We caught up with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino to talk about where his musical inspiration comes from, and how he feels about the explosion o...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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What's buzzing on music blogs -- directly from the source.

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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
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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
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
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Thomas Stockham, an electrical engineer, pioneered digital recording.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
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The story of the Theremin: The first electronic instrument

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:04
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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
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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
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How we spell the word disk affects how you view laws about copying recordings of music and movies. Lying in the balance is billions of dollars, and...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:30