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The Speak & Spell was introduced at the summer Consumer Electonics Show in June of 1978. Created by a small team of engineers at Texas Instruments, the Speak & Spell's speech technology was groundbreaking in that it introduced artificial speech technology to the mass market, albeit in an educational toy.
This week, DJDeedle weaves in some of that 32 year old speech technology to test, not your spelling, but your innate sense of rhythm.
At last, the first droid powered Deedlecast. For your listening pleasure, the sounds of DJDroid, DJDeedle's cybernetic alterego. Artificial intelligence finds its own unique and energetic sound.
DJDeedle's made music for robots before. Remember, iRobot from September 12, 2008?
It's the icon of youth rebellion, and it made rock music as we know it possible. This week, DJDeedle salutes the electric guitar, the axe, the tool Jimmi Hendrix, the Beatles, Slash, Jimmy Page, Prince, Johnny Ramone, and a multitude of other notables used to carve out the unforgettable riffs and sounds of the rock era.
This week, the guitar greats grind their axes DJDeedle style.
A word of caution: some rude words in this one.
Rumors of the demise of disco are greatly exaggerated. Disco never died, it just went high tech. It's disco time on Deedlecast. But, as you might expect, not your old fashioned disco sound. DJDeedle's breathed new life into the disco sound using 21st Century technological magic.
This long weekend, it's time to boogie.
New technology always needs rigorous testing. This week's Deedlecast tests out new tools and techniques, sounds and combinations. But don't worry, it's ready for prime time. No glitches here.
The unmistakable sound of Portishead returns to Deedlecast this week. You'll recognize the pops, scratches, and stutters created by keyboardist/multi-istrumentalist, Geoff Barrow, that create the perfect glitchcore frame for Beth Gibbons' lyrical, haunting voice. But the Portishead of 2010 has been given a harder edge, a gritty makeover.
There's more Portishead to be heard on Deedlecast. Remember DJDeedle's Portishead from April 27, 2007?
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