Matylda Mclvenny, the talent behind designs for Element, Burton, numerous websites, and all of Twilight Note’s design and web work, has finally made some of her paintings available in print format. Look for more work on the way soon, from her company, Relicdwellers. 

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Also, the Lineup for the Coachella festival was announced today, as always they have outdone themselves. Set for April 17-19 in Indio, Ca. 

“N.A.S.A is an ongoing creative collaboration between two lifelong music aficionados, Squeak E. Clean ad DJ Zegon, and their friends, friends of friends and musical heroes. The Spirit of Apollo was born with the righteous goal of bringing people together through music and art, and that is exactly what masterminds Sam Spiegel (Squeak E. Clean) and Ze Gonzales (DJ Zegon) have done. Brazilian funk provides the roots of the songs and binds them together into a cohesive whole, but from there, the imagination behind The Spirit of Apollo ranges far and wide.

Features a wide array of special guests, including Karen O, Ol Dirty Bastard, KRS-One, John Frusciante, Santogold, Kanye West, Chali 2na, RZA, Kool Keith, David Byrne, George Clinton, and more…

N.A.S.A.-Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)

Though my body rests comfortably in south florida, my heart lives in Philadelphia.  As such, I am excited to announce that Wax Poetics has dedicated an entire issue to the musical history of my hometown. 

“The Philly Issue, commemorates some of the most influential and industrious musicians from the City of Brotherly Love. Features include Gamble and Huff, Teddy Pendergrass, and the Stylistics, among many others from the soul, jazz, and hip-hop communities that have long flourished in this cultural mecca.”

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British music producer, dj and PhD in genetics releases a new EP, based on the “important mathematical and musical concept, describing a repeating pattern of changes to a string of numbers, so that each number on the string is a multiple or divisor of its neighbors.”  What?

“A harmonic series is an important mathematical and musical concept, describing a repeating pattern of changes to a string of numbers, so that each number on the string is a multiple or divisor of its neighbours.

These sorts of ‘infinite sets’ are used in maths to do things like calculating the number π (pi), and describe a property of notes in music, which, in addition to their fundamental frequency, tend to have lots of higher (harmonic) frequencies that are divisors of the fundamental, and give each note an audible ‘richness’.

So the idea behind ‘Harmonisch Serie’ is that the human concept of what is musically (or artistically) beautiful; is often the result of mathematical properties that are understood at an unconscious level, giving us the feeling that we like the particular piece of music (or art).

That’s why chords sound pleasing or not to us in music, because we detect subconsciously how the different frequencies of the notes interact mathematically, finding those chords that fit nicely into one another (in terms of the ratios of frequencies) more pleasing – there’s a lot of complicated maths going on inside your head. ”  (Read On and Buy It Here)

Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National produced the album, with John Carlin (founder of the Red Hot Organization) its executive producer. A total of thirty-two exclusive tracks have been recorded for the compilation, which will be available as a double cd, triple vinyl and download album, with profits benefitting the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS.”

This album features the best artists producing “indie” music today; Bon Iver, the National, Fiest, Grizzly Bear, Iron and Wine, My Morning Jacket… the list goes on.. and on. Check this exclusive preview below. 

The National- So Far Around The Bend

“If you want to change the world, first you gotta change yourself.”- Notorious

Lord knows if Christopher Wallace ever actually said these words, but the word is that in the movie, now in it’s second week, he says it not once, but twice.  Yikes. Either way, I wanted to share this classic jam from Biggies’ heyday, this RnB track with 112.  Welcome to your weekend.  I thought I told you that we won’t stop… 

112 and Notorious- Only You

Special thanks to Myspace Transmissions, who gives us this video and free recording of Bon Iver performaning live in their studio. The live versions are much different from the album, while retaining the same aesthetic- sparse, rich, beautiful.  Also, his new Ep, Blood Bank was released tuesday. Buy it here.

Get the video and free download here.

Today is Obama’s first day in office, and after yesterday’s emotional inauguration, we here at Twilight Notes are excited for our collective future.  Read this quote from our new President:

“We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.”

In addition, Obey released a new print to commemorate the inauguration, urging us to “be the change,” and that we all take responsibility for our future.  Check it out here.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, knows you. He knows your friends, hobbies, favorite music, books, what you did last weekend, what your plans are for the week. Where you work. Who you’re dating.  How does he know all this?  Because you told him.  And so did I.  So what is he doing with that information?

I wanted to share this article with everyone about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his quest to monetize Facebook.  During that discussion, important issues of privacy, identity, relationships, the role of  the internet in our future.  Read on here, and check out some quotes from Zuckerberg below.

“There’s this definite evolution happening. Where the first part of the social web was mapping out the social graph. And the second phase is now mapping out the stream of everything that everyone does. All of human consciousness and communication.”

“We give people tools so they can share as much as they want, but increasingly people share more and more things, and there’s this trend toward sharing a greater number of smaller things like status updates, wall posts, mobile photos, etc. A status update can approach being a projection of an emotion.”

Show them what you got.

“Cut&Paste’s 2009 Digital Design Tournament goes above and beyond most art competitions. Rather than the standard submit-and-wait format favored by most contests, this one treats design like a spectator sport, with live, quick-paced, one-of-a-kind 15-minute design competition rounds (including 3D and motion) displayed on massive screens at each of numerous venues.”

“The tournament will begin another worldwide, 16-city tour in February, starting with Los Angeles on February 21 and wrapping up in Sydney on June 6.” (Source)