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Riding Tren Maya, Mexico’s Controversial New Train
On December 15th, 2023, the brand new intercity railway in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula opened. First announced by President Lopez Obrador in 2018, this new railway is now partially open – but it has been anything but smooth. Tren Maya is … Continue reading
Çifteli: This microtonal instrument changed the way I think about music
The Çifteli sample I made can be downloaded here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product… It is meant to be used with Decent Sampler, a free plugin that can be downloaded here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product… If you’re curious about microtonal composing, there’s a nice explainer here: https://blog.discmakers.com/2017/08/m… … Continue reading
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The Listening Service – Strange Tuning – BBC Sounds
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.Mozart’s famous Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola makes its effect not least through the unusual tuning of the strings of one of the solo instruments. Mozart asks the viola player … Continue reading
The Last Repair Shop
Once commonplace in the United States, today Los Angeles is by far the largest and one of the last American cities to provide free and freely repaired musical instruments to its public schoolchildren, a continuous service since 1959. From Academy … Continue reading
An Italian Basilica, Mountain, and the Moon Magically Align in an Extraordinary Photo | Colossal
JANUARY 10, 2024 GRACE EBERT Image © Valerio Minato The hilltop Basilica of Superga sits directly in the center of the Monviso mountain with the moon precisely framing the pair. Looking out from the high elevation of Castagneto Po in … Continue reading
A House built from Living Trees is truly Nature’s Architecture
A House built from Living Trees is truly Nature’s Architecture, a charming house built from living trees. Bob and his family are aiming to live in a house enveloped by a mesh of trees. Living architecture is defined as the … Continue reading
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