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Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. The project is set to be released on Cantaloupe on August 24, 2010.

Order now ($29): bangonacan.org/store/product/181

More info:

Cantaloupe Music: cantaloupemusic.com
1-Bit Symphony: 1bitsymphony.com
Tristan Perich: tristanperich.com

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  • nick humphrey 1 year ago
    this is genius =) nice!
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  • K. Telle 1 year ago
    Blogged. Thanks for allowing embedding for promotion on blogs!
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  • papernoise 1 year ago
    this is really amazing! great idea, and btw. it looks really stylish too!
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  • Diego Stocco plus 1 year ago
    Love it, it's a really cool idea!
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  • Peter Smith 1 year ago
    This is great and I hope it is a success for you. I really like the way that this limited technology will direct the listener to the actual music. Also, the whole package looks like a piece of art in itself.
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  • Sarah Badr plus 1 year ago
    that's absolutely wonderful!
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  • accorgitene™ 1 year ago
    Yes, yes, yes!
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  • CocoaGeek 1 year ago
    This is pretty awesome, but will we be able to to get an MP3 version? ;-)
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  • Sasha Nevolin 1 year ago
    Hi ! We are letting you know that we added your wonderful video to our collection at lookva.com
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  • alias pail 1 year ago
    awesome tristan
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  • Juan Sebastian Bosnic 1 year ago
    motherff.. that is brilliant in every way it could be
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  • Vijay Dev 1 year ago
    Awesome!!
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  • ABV TV plus 1 year ago
    Genius.
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  • universalserialbus 1 year ago
    where to buy?!
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  • Santiago Rubio López 1 year ago
    Really good project.
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  • Aubrey Erickson 1 year ago
    I love everything about this.
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  • Rob 1 year ago
    I love it!
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  • baldakino 1 year ago
    great! (8 bit was too sophisticated anyway :-) )
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  • Leo K 1 year ago
    Kudos for making people interested in the PROCESS of making music!
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  • jez stevens 1 year ago
    love it! finally plastic CD packaging that does something useful ;-)
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  • Shad Lillie 1 year ago
    Amazing.
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  • BretonLABS 1 year ago
    Love the ideas here. We did something really similar a few months back when we released our EP as a synth

    vimeo.com/11814184

    We've posted your video on our blog, would really love to collaborate the two synths.

    Here's a track that someone made using sounds just from the synth

    soundcloud.com/silokk/simonnumbernine-garygavemeatinthatgoesbeep
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  • Roth Mobot 1 year ago
    Bravo! How long is the piece? What did you write it in? Just curious.

    p
    =
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  • MM+C 1 year ago
    absolutely stunning
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  • cristina ghetti 1 year ago
    bravo :)
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  • FILMOCHOD 1 year ago
    Love it! The best thing between Glass and Ikeda!
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  • nocolor-in-mybalcony 1 year ago
    genius!
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  • Christian Ruud 8 months ago
    Great idea!
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  • aiding 3 months ago
    Really nice idea!!
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  • Joey Livingston 2 months ago
    wow, that's brilliant.
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