Max Waves

The aim of this project is to produce the first ever Palace Network Compilation Album, which will be distributed both physically and through the internet, with the intention of gaining profit for all the artists that appear on the album.

It may also be available for free under a Creative Commons license.

The winners of the first ever Palace Compilation Competition, in order, from most votes to least votes (that would fit on a single CD) are:

01 – Hot Bitch Arsenal – Double Down Quick
02 – Max Waves – Reflections (feat. Pixieguts)
03 – Baxandall IP – Shiva Star
04 – Corrientes – Thinking Back
05 – The Peach Tree – A Perception Of Change (Understanding)
06 – Herrera – Beedlebo
07 – Jacky Bullfrog – Psychedelic Excursion
08 – Nicky Bendix – The Vision
09 – HealeyIsland – Four Tubs Of Tallow Spread
10 – Crimson Death – Hell is Hell
11 – eQo – Memento
12 – General Fuzz – Go Inwards
13 – ElectricOkra – Amplifiers
14 – Electromagnetic Impulses & Crimson Death – Sick (E.I. Remix)
15 – Reconsiderate – Foot Soldier
16 – Re-Drum – A Long Run

Novembre 6th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Pixicast Episode 4 travels the cyberglobe to uncover a rich vein of vocal electronica thriving in the independent zones of post rock, trip-hop, idm, alternative and related genres. Counterpointing this and rounding out the episode are a selection of funky and exquisite electro-instrumental sounds we just had to share. Show is jointly programmed by host producer Voide in Stockholm and publisher Pixieguts in Australia and focusses on the music of artists around the Palace Network.

Play here – Download here

Novembre 6th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“We have an extended show for you this month with more excellent music from Jamendo. The best of free creative commons licensed downtempo music. This month we dedicate this show to those in South East Asia who have been devastated by a range of natural disasters. The Philippines with servere flooding, Sumatra rocked by a major earth quake and Samoa hit by a tsunami. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.”

Listen here

Novembre 6th, 2009 | Category: Electronic Music | Leave a comment

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Novembre 6th, 2009 | Category: Electronic Music | Leave a comment

This video, via RetroSound, explores using the Korg Wavestation & Roland JD-800 to create an ambient track, Arctic Circle.

Pads and fx sounds: Korg Wavestation SR played with the DX7 II
CS-80 like brass sound: Roland JD-800

Dicembre 24th, 2008 | Category: Electronic Music, Vintage Synths | Comments (1)

The new super hardware synth from Arturia gets some scrutiny from Sonicstate.com’s Sonic LAB

Dicembre 15th, 2008 | Tags: Virtual Analog Synth | Category: New Instruments, Virtual Analog Synths | Leave a comment

Check out this out – Jean Michel Jarre met Norbert Pavel, a street musician in Budapest on a hang drum, and the next day they were jamming together on stage.

It makes a great combination, doesn’t it?

The hang drum is a relatively new instrument, developed in 2000 in Switzerland, and inspired by the steel pan and other world instruments.

Dicembre 15th, 2008 | Tags: Electronic Music, New Instruments | Category: Electronic Music, New Instruments | Leave a comment

A nice Italian girl “plays” the Moog Theremin at the MidiWare booth at the Meet Show ‘07 in Milan. 

This video demonstrates the tantalizing nature of the theremin – everybody that sees a theremin in action wants to give it a try.

It also highlights the difficulty of making the theremin do more than scream and squeal like a stuck pig.

Novembre 8th, 2008 | Tags: meet show 2007, moog theremin, theremin | Category: Hystorical Synths, Vintage Synths | Leave a comment

Graphite conducts electricity. Two wires brush against the surface of a paper disk as it spins. The wires are connected to a simple electronic tone generator. When a line of graphite is drawn across the disk, connecting the two wires, a tone is heard. The quality of the line affects the sound. For example, if the line is thick, allowing more current to pass over it, the pitch changes to a lower tone.

Video here. Audio demo here.

Novembre 7th, 2008 | Tags: electronic, Electronic Music, New Instruments | Category: Electronic Music, New Instruments | Leave a comment