Make Beats by Bouncing the Oddball Drum Machine

Funding on Kickstarter now, a product that's part musical toy and part tech device

Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Oddball is many clever entities, crammed into a palm-sized sphere. Part toy, part musical instrument and part tech device, this invention is a drum machine that can be bounced to make different sounds. Almost any surface can be used—simply bounce the Oddball (the lighter you bounce, the more delicate the sound) and sensors inside translate noise via Bluetooth to a …

Sam Spiegel feat. CeeLo Green, Theophilus London + Alex Ebert: To Whom It May Concern

Some 15 years in the making (and unveiled after a two-year hiatus), Sam Spiegel’s “To Whom It May Concern” features superb contributions from some epic talent, including CeeLo Green, Theophilus London and Edward Sharpe’s Alex Ebert. The song was originally intended to be a N.A.S.A track in 2003 but didn’t come together. Slowly, Spiegel picked up the key collaborators and the result is funky, smooth …

How “Now That’s What I Call Music” Became a Juggernaut

Launching 28 November 1983 in the UK (and 27 October 1998 in the US), “Now That’s What I Call Music” has become a bastion of record sales in an ever-changing industry. In its origin nation, the compilation series has now reached its 100th edition. Not to mention more than 120 million records have been sold (and the albums have spent 654 weeks at number one). …