Brian Eno

creepy tone with the masks that the robots eventually put on. For me it was a little haunting. One thing to note is that Daft Punk does not use their own music in the film, which was a little disappointing for a Daft Punk fan, instead they go with Brian Eno, Todd Rundgren and Curtis Mayfield. The music still fits well with the film. Now that I’m done praising the movie it’s time for the complaints. Earlier in the review I said that slow isn’t necessarily boring, but with Electroma I feel that…

If you’re not familiar with Hot Chip, let me introduce you: Hot Chip is a synth-driven, pop-fantastic, disco fancy, funk-rock, dancey, sentimental, sassy, experimental anomaly from London. They make original music that doesn’t always make musical sense—by that I don’t mean it’s hard to digest because most of it is enjoyable to listen to. However, they offer melodies, sounds and chord progressions that keep the listener interested and often thinking, “I didn’t expect that.” Their sound is their…

The year is 2012 and the blisters on the palms of my hands have become rock hard from years of manual labor. After a hard days work, I kick back and relax, and sit on the porch with my lips wrapped around the tip of a green Heineken bottle. I share laughs with my next-door neighbor, who also happens to be my best friend, while the speakers blast Nas 's "Represent." I 'm not really thinking of the future just yet, I 'm more indulged with the thoughts of females and the summer nights ahead of us,…

What is minimal wave? What "In comparison to mainstream synthpop, the minimal wave sound is sparse, amateurish, stripped down and lo-fi, using analog synthesizers, drum machines and pre-MIDI electronics. The singing is unconventional, with detached and cold vocals. " Minimal wave was coined as a genre name in retrospect. It makes reference to the most electronic and minimal forms of New Wave, Coldwave, Synthpop and Post-Punk. In its most purely electronic and synth-driven form, it is called…

Why are Sagmeister & Walsh considered innovative in todays design world? Sagmeister & Walsh not only come up with some of the most innovative graphic design but they are also one of the top design firms around today. Throughout this essay I plan to explore how they got to be where they are and how their work is so different to that of other graphic designers. Also talk about the various ways they use their graphic skills and comparing their work with that of Josef Müller-Brockmann on how they…

As a big movie fan I have found amazing films all over, whether it be big-budget action dramas, or low-budget indie moves, you just need to open your horizons and try new things. I try to do this by looking at trailers for upcoming movies online which helped me stumble upon a trailer for The End of the Tour, which from the start caught my eye and had me anticipating it 's release. I winded up watching it at home one night and after the film, I was just over come with amazement at this movie that…