The Vocoder: From Speech-Scrambling To Robot Rock

A nice audio clip from NPR on a particular history of distortion: The Vocoder: From Speech-Scrambling To Robot Rock

Music journalist Dave Tompkins has written a book about the vocoder and its unlikely history. It’s called How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II to Hip-Hop.

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Technology and design @ V&A Museum in London

Decode: Digital Design Sensations at the Victoria and Albert Museum features the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small screen based graphics to large-scale installations.

Decode explores three themes:

1. Code – as a Raw Material will present pieces that use computer code to create new designs in the same way a sculptor works with materials [...]