My previous post was about an artist who goes by Floex for his personal compilations, and Tomas Dvorak for his soundtrack work. In researching his other work, I came across a puzzle-adventure game called Machinarium (try the free demo here), for which he did the soundtrack.
Love. Love everything about it. For so many reasons. Concept, aesthetic, music, intrigue, cuteness, robots. Love.
Not only do I think this track is wonderful and unique – one of my all-time favourite ambient-electronic tracks – but the composer, a Czech named Tomas Dvorak (a.k.a. Floex) is also a musician and graphic artist. My kind of awesome.
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A charged build-up set against a steady drone releases into a free-floating and energetic melody. Then the breakbeat comes in, followed by a changing chordal landscape and climbing melody that takes you on a trip. It’s clean, other-worldy, emotive, and refreshing.
Off his album Pocustone. Other tracks from the album are also extremely sweet and worth checking out, like Phi_Log (somewhat reminds me of Bonobo’s work, dark, rich, and oh so smooth) and Pointilice.
It’s great to see that Floex actually gets some solid google hits now. I’ve known this track for years, happily stumbled upon from a somafm.com streamrip, but even just last year, you could barely find this track or anything about the artist online.
Reggae beat, pure-tone alto vocals, feel-good chords, bright timbre, and heavy on the reverb. The sound of happy, from 1989.
(Best part at 3:29.)
Inviting steamy swirls, crisp reflective patterns, and perfect starry glints, spotted at a nearby table, captured my imagination at Cafe Zucchero yesterday morning.
Playful, cute, inspiring, happy-making. A must-try musical internet toy!
Check it out here.
I recommend holding down your mouse button while scribbling wildly all over the grid; like splattering paint, only with notes.
Just one of the many sparkly gems on his site, too. Enjoy!
8-second nighttime exposure of this backyard character using a fixed 50mm Nikkor lens on my Nikon D60. 
Just another pencil sketch. 
Some work I did for my friend’s specialty foods store & deli, Gaucho Gourmet Market. Acrylic on chalkboard.
Also, they make the best pulled pork sandwich you will ever have.
For the past few years, I’ve been looking for something like this for my parents: a large (yet unobtrusive), video-streming, wall-mounted, internet-connected touchscreen monitor for the kitchen. What a fun DIY project! Check out the details here.
Whoever decides to take this from a DIY prototype to an affordable commercial product could make some great cash! But then, Apple is probably all over it (iKitchen?).
