DJ Duo Sock & Buskin to host rave on moving CTA train this weekendYou might have attended raves before, but have you ever partied on a moving train?
This coming Saturday (15 June), DJ duo Sock & Buskin will gear up to transform a Brown Line train into a mobile rave. From 7pm to 11pm, your otherwise routine CTA commute will be electrified with pulsating beats and a whole lot of groove.

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Chicago-based event company Redline is set to host what it calls the Redline Express, a unique train rave that will feature a live, five-hour set by Sock & Buskin.
Sock & Buskin, known for their impromptu “walk-up” DJ performances across Chicago, will bring their act to CTA commuters by loading their gear onto the train at the Kimball station.
The event is powered by 10 SOUNDBOKS speakers and promises an immersive auditory experience as the train travels towards the Loop, making a stop at the Washington and Wells station. The train will circle the Loop a couple times, giving passengers the opportunity to hop off and on for breaks, before heading back to Kimball.
The Redline Express will occupy six CTA cars, offering attendees the chance to dance their way through Chicago’s iconic train system. The rave is split into two segments, with the first departure from Kimball at 7pm and the second at 9:20pm.
Tickets to the event are priced at $75 per person and grant access to the entire journey. Attendees can check in and board the trains 40 minutes before departure.
Sponsored by Red Bull and SKAA, the rave aims to create a one-of-a-kind experience reflective of Chicago’s rich and global music scene.

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In related news, deadmau5 recently commented on the commercialisation of rave culture, saying: “I hear kids saying, ‘Hey, going to the rave, bought my ticket on Ticketmaster, and it’s in Vegas, it’s sponsored by Live Nation and Coca-Cola’ … you know what I mean?”
“My favourite acronym for EDM is event-driven marketing. That’s so funny, I know, because it’s what it is really – that doesn’t take away from anyone wanting to go out and have a good time.”
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Mariachi instruments: An introductory guide
From the vihuela and guitarrón to the violin and trumpet, learn about five instruments that define the sonic identity of mariachi music.

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Tight Handheld CRT Asteroids Game Curses in TuscanHow many Arduini does it take to make a tiny CRT Asteroids game? [Marco Vallegi] of MVV Blog’s answer: two. One for the game mechanics and one for the sound effects. And the result is a sweet little retro arcade machine packed tightly into a very nicely 3D printed case.
If you want to learn to curse like a Tuscan sailor, you can watch the two-part video series, embedded below, in its entirety. Otherwise, we have excerpted the good stuff out of the second video for you.
For instance, we love the old-school voice synthesis sound of the Speak and Spell. Here, playback is implemented using the Talkie library for Arduino, and [Marco] is using the BlueWizard software on a dated Macbook for recording and encoding. (We’d use the more portable Python Wizard ourselves.) Check out [Marco] tweaking the noise parameters here to get a good recording.
And since the Talkie Arduino library uses PWM on a digital output pin to create the audio, the high-frequency noise was freaking out his simple transistor amplifier. Here, [Marco] adds a feedback capacitor to cancel that high-frequency hash out.
The build needs to be quite compact, and the stacked-Arduino-with-PCB-case design is tight. And the 3D-printed case has a number of nice refinements that you might like. We especially like the use of thin veneers that cover the case all around with the build-plate’s surface texture, and the contrasting “Asteroids” logos are very nice.
All in all, this is a really fun build that’s also full of little details that might help you with your own projects. Heck, even if it just encourages you to play around with the Talkie library, it’s worth your time in our opinion. And while you’re at it, you can turn on the subtitles and pick up some vocab that’ll make your nonna roll over in her grave.

Part One: Rebuilding the CRT

Part Two: Adding Sound

Thanks [ZioTibia81] for the tip!

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The World’s First DIY Minicomputer Was Almost AustralianThe EDUC-8, a DIY minicomputer design that came out in “Electronics Australia” magazine, was almost the world’s first in August 1974. And it would have been tied for the world’s first if inventor [Jamieson “Jim” Rowe] hadn’t held back from publishing to rework the design to expand the memory to a full 256 bytes. The price of perfectionism?
Flash forward 50 years, and [Gwyllym Suter] has taken on the job of recreating the EDUC-8 using modern PCBs, but otherwise staying true to the all-TTL design. He has all of his schematics up on the project’s GitHub, but has also sent us a number of beauty shots that we’re including below. Other than the progress of PCB tech and the very nice 3D-printed housing, they look identical. We have to admit that we love those wavy hand-drawn traces on the original, but we wouldn’t be sad about not having to solder in all those jumpers.

If you want to dig more into the EDUC-8, or the 8008-based Mark-8 that just nosed it out across the finish line, you can find the original articles online, or even check one out in person at the Computer History Museum. We wonder how many of these were ever made, and how many survive in the wild?

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YouTube Music to Honor Cash Money Records MenYouTube Music announced its second Leaders and Legends gala, celebrating hip-hop’s top executives, entrepreneurs, artists, and creatives who have impacted the music industry in an immeasurable way. Coinciding with Black Music Month, this year’s event will honor southern hip hop icons Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams, founders of Cash Money Records. The event is invitation only. 

Hailing from New Orleans, Ronald and Bryan played a pivotal role in popularizing Southern rap music in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Cash Money Records’ unique sound, characterized by bounce beats and catchy lyrics, helped shift the focus of the hip-hop industry from the coasts to the South.  The label has been home to some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mannie Fresh, and Juvenile. These artists have not only achieved immense commercial success but also pushed creative boundaries within the genre.

“The story of Cash Money Records is one for the history books,” said Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music at YouTube. “Leaders and Legends recognizes entrepreneurship and leadership in black music and culture, attributes Birdman and Slim embody to their core. They defied the odds, raising up some of rap and hip hop’s most iconic figures to superstardom and shattering sales records while doing it. We are humbled to honor the success and look forward to celebrating the music that continues to shape the label’s incredible legacy.”

Leaders and Legends is YouTube’s way of celebrating entrepreneurial achievements and groundbreaking founders in black music and culture. The inaugural event in 2020  was held in Atlanta honoring LaFace Records and the entrepreneurship of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and LA Reid. "We at YouTube are committed to pushing the culture forward, so leading the charge to celebrate Cash Money’s impact via Birdman and Slim’s leadership is an honor” said Tuma Basa, YouTube’s Director of Black Music and Culture. "As a platform with a global reach and influence, it is our responsibility to acknowledge and elevate the stories of black trailblazers in the industry and remind the world of the immeasurable impact black music has on the culture globally, and that's what Leaders and Legends is all about.”

The Leaders and Legends gala will be held in Los Angeles on June 27. The program will feature a star-studded lineup of performances, culminating with Lyor Cohen presenting Birdman and Slim with the 2024 Leaders and Legends Award. The post YouTube Music to Honor Cash Money Records Men first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

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“My favourite acronym for EDM is event-driven marketing”: deadmau5 reflects on the commercialisation of rave cultureRave culture and electronic music are becoming increasingly commercialised, says Deadmau5.
Speaking to Tom Power, the DJ explains, “I hear kids saying, ‘Hey, going to the rave, bought my ticket on Ticketmaster, and it’s in Vegas, it’s sponsored by Live Nation and Coca-Cola’ … you know what I mean?”

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Deadmau5 continues, “My favourite acronym for EDM is event-driven marketing. That’s so funny, I know, because it’s what it is really – that doesn’t take away from anyone wanting to go out and have a good time.”
He compares the contemporary scene to the one he grew up in, where “We had to beg the cashier for like, print-out tickets done on a Xerox thing for a meet-up point, to get on a bus to take us to God knows where, for a party, for a raid. You know, that’s exciting.”
He adds, “I was having a great time. It was new, it was different. It was illegal, yeah, in some cases, and that was rave. Now I am so salty and old – in the sense that, like, that is dead; that is long and gone.”

Deadmau5, real name Joel Thomas Zimmerman, was inducted into the Canadian Music Week’s Music Industry Hall of Fame earlier this month, where he stands alongside some of Canada’s most well-regarded musicians. Among them are Alanis Morissette, Rush, and Andy Kim.
Last month, Deadmau5 poked fun at another fellow Canadian, Grimes, during his set at Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival after her infamous Coachella set rife with technical issues.
Before going into his track, Maths, he played clips of her discussing the problems she faced, saying, “It’s hard to explain”, with the sound of a metronome present, Then, the beat dropped for the song.
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Spotify names 30 Songs of Summer 2024 contendersSpotify has released its annual list of predictions for the Songs Of Summer 2024. featuring the top 30 contenders they think could take the crown.  From “Not Like Us” by. Continue reading
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