David Rees-Thomas

I shall be endeavoring to update this blog a little more often, but I’m still just getting used to things:)

I have a new article appearing in this month’s issue of Kansai Scene. It isn’t available on the online version unfortunately.

To those of you who know your conspiracy theory, you’re probably quite up on the enigma of Numbers Stations.

If not check out the wikipedia page or you can download some recordings from the old Conet page.

I shall update again soon!!!

Just in case anyone is interested in the curious and the odd, I have another article this month in Kansai Scene

It’s about a musical instrument called the Taishogoto. It’s a peculiar little thing, and as it stands at the moment, all I can play is Sakura , which is almost beginning to sound quite pretty.

It’s not exactly a traditional instrument as it’s only about a 100 years old, but it’s a lot of fun to play and somewhat singular in its existence.

I am hoping to use it on some Phenotypo stuff soon.

Unfortunately, the article isn’t in the online edition of Kansai Scene this month, but here’s a link to a Taishogoto site that gives some info. It is written in somewhat idiosyncratic English but you’ll get the idea.

…or something along those lines.

I wrote an article about the TB303, TR808 and the TR909 recently, and it appears in this months (November 2010) issue of Kansai Scene magazine.

If you are at all interested in these little machines and their contribution to club music, please check it out here- How the Japanese invented techno