[Gadget]FM3 Buddha machine!

Wat de hell is nou weer een Buddha Machine?

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The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music.

Specifically, FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly in the listener’s ear until the “track” is switched to the next drone (or the two AA batteries run out).

The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more personal meditative experiences. There’s a switch on the side that allows for traversal of the tracks, and a DC jack (though an adapter is not included) for those who would like the Buddha Machine experience be truly endless.

In a way, it’s like the cheapest pre-loaded IPod you’ll ever be able to buy.”

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This is a quite unbeleivable, utterly unique soundbox from China, which is causing quite a stir worldwide - the Sun City Girls / Sublime Frequencies main man Alan Bishop bought twenty four of these on sight and Brian Eno bought eight! (how's that for apocalyptical math?).

The Buddha Machine is a hardware loop player, built kind of like a little AM radio, playing 9 different built-in loops on an endless cycle, with one simple button allowing you to fade between them - something that creates an oddly compulsive effect on the senses.

Available in 6 different colors (shipped randomly), the Buddha machine has an Audio out jack for widescreen audio enjoyment, and also an integrated speaker, volume control, and comes with 2 x AA batteries. Simple and beautifully bizarre.

Een leuk apparaatje dus waarmee je heerlijk weg kunt spacen onder het genot van je zelf geproduceerde en eindeloze drone/ambient muziek

Er is inmiddels al een compleet album uitgebracht met behulp van dit apparaat door Robert Henke, bekend van Monolake;

Robert Henke - Layering Buddha

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“the recording contains audio information up to 48 kHz, which makes it possible to transpose loops down and expose otherwise inaudible hidden details.” Interesting indeed, as we sometimes tend to forget how digital technology is much more than simply a perfunctory medium or tool. Regardless, the musical attributes of this cleverly devised outing stand on their own, bespeaking man and machine at their creative apex.

en er is inmiddels een verzamelalbum uit van verschillende artiesten:

Jukebox Buddha

Jukebox Buddha

01 Wang Fan - "Xuanzhuan De Tuoluonidi"
02 Kammerflimmer Kollektief - "Gammler, Zen & Hohe Berge"
03 Aki Onda - "The Buddha in New York"
04 Adrian Sherwood & Doug Wimbish - "Karma-Cola"
05 Thomas Fehlmann - "Liquid Buddha"
06 Robert Henke - "Layer 02"
07 Blixa Bargeld - "Little Yellow"
08 Es - "3 Tietä Valojen Taa"
09 Gudrun Gut - "Rendering Buddha"
10 Mapstation - "Watching Paik's Video Buddha"
11 Jan Jelinek/Andrew Pekler/Hanno Leichtmann - "BuddhaMachineCommercial"
12 Sunn O))) - "BP//Simple"
13 Alog - "A Dragon Lies Listening"
14 Minit - "Winged Life"
15 Sun City Girls - "Dry Valley"

Zijn er meer mensen die dit apparaatje in bezit hebben en hoe bevalt hij?

De prijs is rond de 25/30 euro (incl. verzendkosten) en het is te bestellen bij o.a.

Staalplaat:

http://www.staalplaat.com/search/catalog/14671 (24,80 incl. verzendkosten)

of boomkat:

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=19806

Om je een beetje een idee te geven hoe dat apparaatje nou klinkt en wat je er mee kan, je kunt hier wat tracks beluisteren van die Robert Henke plaat:

http://www.monolake.de/layeringbuddha.html

en hier heb ik nog een video gevonden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ximzY0tblw

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Op maandag 4 december 2006 21:38 schreef Yorrit het volgende:

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op www.fm3buddhamachine.com kun je de loops downloaden
dan wil je m nog meer