Free electronic music - Made by a bear, with love and care
Anonymous electronic artist Podington Bear has been releasing a song every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a year, totalling 156 original tunes.
P Bear's tracks are whimsical yet thoughtfully constructed, taking us through unexpected little turns in a Eno-like instrumental landscape. NPR's Stephen Thompson says that the music "pings and plinks and whirs and clatters like a toy machine, but it’s also made with the understanding that, when programmed correctly, robots can convey the soul-sick pathos of grieving poets.”
By his website, it seems Podington Bear is enthusiastic about the confluence of music and online media, as he encourages people to remix and appropriate his tunes for all their non-commercial fancies. Recently, the Podington Bear blog has featured a number of music videos using a mix of found footage and music visualizations to create a fantastic aesthetic of digitally-constructed organic warmth.
I love this one, where old family vacation style film is layered underneath a watermark visualization of the music.
The Beach from P Bear on Vimeo.
P Bear's tracks are whimsical yet thoughtfully constructed, taking us through unexpected little turns in a Eno-like instrumental landscape. NPR's Stephen Thompson says that the music "pings and plinks and whirs and clatters like a toy machine, but it’s also made with the understanding that, when programmed correctly, robots can convey the soul-sick pathos of grieving poets.”
By his website, it seems Podington Bear is enthusiastic about the confluence of music and online media, as he encourages people to remix and appropriate his tunes for all their non-commercial fancies. Recently, the Podington Bear blog has featured a number of music videos using a mix of found footage and music visualizations to create a fantastic aesthetic of digitally-constructed organic warmth.
I love this one, where old family vacation style film is layered underneath a watermark visualization of the music.
The Beach from P Bear on Vimeo.
