A bloke, his voice and some effect pedals. A street musician in one of it’s purest forms. Dub FX just feels good.

I’ve only recently discovered Benjamin Stanford’s work via word of mouth and YouTube and have already found everything I could by this man - bootlegs and official material. It just that good. Really.

I’ve found that the melodies are fantastic, the beats raw and invigorating, the innovation relentless… though I’m not really describing the album titled ‘Everythinks a Ripple’ but the live material found on video all over YouTube (see below). This is a case where the ‘real’ is far superior to the posed, produced, polished and manicured. It’s Benjamin’s performance that seals the deal. I would NEVER throw my copy of ‘Everythink…’ in the trash but I certainly would prefer a quality recording of streetside emotion and honesty over a refined-by-q-tips take any day, any hour, any way… at least for now.

Enjoy the tracks below. Please watch each at least once through to the end. If you don’t choke up while watching any of these videos you have ventured too far from the wall and your emotional self has become unplugged.

‘Flow’, the second video is my personal fave.

Just found a nice electronic music / gear blog called:

Waveformless

See the snip below for an idea of what

it’s about.

“(Picture by Sequencer.de)
As you may or may not know, Musicmesse (the European equivalent of NAMM) has been going on this week. There hasn’t been too much announced that has really set my socks on fire, but this innovative approach to modular synthesis from Klangwabe looks promising. Info is pretty hard to come by, though. Anyone have any details?”

OMG. Best reviews ever.

Ok, so I was just link-hopping and somehow came to this page from Electronic Enterprises, a high-end A/V product site. Well, having heard of the Sennheiser Orpheus, I was simply delighted to see these three reviews (likely the same individual)

Original description:
The Orpheus combination offers the audiophile the ultimate in reference sound reproduction. The Best Headphones In The World, that is the unanimous verdict on the Orpheus reached by the international trade press. Audiophile limited edition only 300 systems worldwide.

Keep in mind, it costs just a few cents under $28,000. Yes, you read that right. $28k… headphones.

Now, a taste of the reviews:
My first impressions were one of total awe and delight as I don”t usually get a birthday present from my Nan. The headphones came in a lovely silver box,too which was made of recycled elephant dung.
It did take a while setting up the other thing.There were too many wires and I couldn”t find a slot for the batteries. The manual’’s in German I think.

They sound all right I suppose, but they look really old.

Well done, sir. Well done.

Be sure to visit the links above for the others.

Thighpaulsandra demonstrates his masturbation material. I must admit, I agree…

Because, well, sometimes even geeks like myself need to have their hearts melted by fur and electronics.