Spectral Display: It Takes A Muscle To Fall In Love

Petit Fantome's interactive music video, Superhumanoids' i-D mix, our Valentine's theme song and more in the music we tweeted this week

On what many might argue is a manufactured holiday, it’s still love we’re celebrating, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But among all of the sappy Valentine’s Day sentiments, it’s important to take a cue from Spectral Display’s Michel Mulders and remember that—like all great things—love takes work. The Dutch composer’s 1982 hit, “It Takes A Muscle To Fall In Love,” mostly relies on a …

Beep Music

Two ex-Googlers create hardware that allows you to stream Pandora onto any speaker

Music streaming services such as to Pandora, Spotify and the just-launched Beats Music are no longer newfangled “apps of the moment,” but have become the standard way of listening to music. While new apps and services for listening to and discovering tunes are continuously being developed and updated, hardware still lags far behind. Chromecast was perhaps a response to the increasing number of users who …

AIAIAI + Stones Throw: TMA-1

A music lover's dream collaboration from those who create the sounds and the tools

Collaborations between like-minded creators often produce the best results, when the combination is just right. Luckily the team at Copenhagen’s “no bullshit” audio design company AIAIAI and Los Angeles independent record label Stones Throw (known for releasing some of the most influential hip-hop and experimental music of the past two decades) have teamed up to produce a true music lover’s headphone, the TMA-1 Stones Throw …