[Pictured, "the band": Axiom MIDI controller, Ableton LIVE (registered copy!), Machinedrum (borrowed from Per)]

Believe it or not, FRANTIC MANTIS, as a musical projects still sort of exists! We (I) were(was) convinced to do a cover song for a LUJO RECORDS compilation where LUJO BANDS cover each-others songs. Well, this is our result... soon for sale on iTunes and stuff like that, but you can enjoy a version on our mYspace page if you'd like. If this continues... then our 80s/90s industrial feathers shall be exposed.

[ FM MYSPACE ]

Labels: ambient music, avant garde krautrock data punk origins, industrial, mp3, nin

Electronic band FM3 released their "album" in the form of a box that plays loops. The concept is really a welcome one in the creation of a special cultural object. People have been buying up the boxes and enjoying these ambient machines in their homes and in public spaces. The group has even gone "on tour" and set up Buddha Boxing matches where people interact turn-based with the machines. This is rather old news on the web but something I finally stumbled upon in my data-haze. Enjoy the interview below, it is inspiring.

I'll be getting my machine in the mail soon!

[ INTERVIEW WITH FM3 ON BUDDHA BOX ]

Labels: ambient music, buddha machine, digital age, experimental