• Full-frame graphics on a LaTeX beamer presentation

    2018-06-02: This content has been superseded by this newer post: Finally the definitive full-frame graphic commands for beamer in LaTeX. Look there for an updated version. This snippet defines the custom command \fullframegraphic. Paste it into the document preamble (header) of your presentation: Then, you can create a full-frame graphic slide anywhere (outside a frame)…

  • Various Artists – [2012] Braaahhlitz Compilation

    Various Artists – [2012] Braaahhlitz Compilation

    This excellent compilation is a product of the well-developed German netlabel aaahh-records. Well-developed means that while they still release free music under Creative Commons licenses (aaahhwoo!) the label self-identifies as a “festival curators” nowadays. For me, they are one of the longest-standing publishers of consistent high-quality “analogue” music out in the net. This album features…

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  • Nicolas Falcon – [2011] Nicolas Falcon

    Nicolas Falcon – [2011] Nicolas Falcon

    Folky post indie rock. This acoustic guitar vocal gem is the debut album by Italian artist Nicolas Falcon. Voice, guitar, piano (in that order) are all it takes him to write thoughtful, entertaining songs. The (apparent) love ballad I Promise features the following lines: But I promise you baby I’ll never let your heart break…

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  • The Easton Ellises – [2012] EP Two

    The Easton Ellises – [2012] EP Two

    80’s Pop with New Wave. Having proven their disco-suitability with their previous release (review of The Easton Ellises – [2011] EP One) at netlabel Enough Records, this sequel comes as a pleasant surprise. Without deviating from the success recipe, this EP delivers danceable music by truck.

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  • Crepusculum – [2009] Sing on in Silhouettes

    Crepusculum – [2009] Sing on in Silhouettes

    Ambient guitars. Many of them. Strange, uncommon harmonies that sound uncannily familiar. Multiple acoustic guitars, all recorded by Fred Baty (aka Crepusculum), create a rich soundscape. Rhythmic chords and melody patterns render percussion unnecessary.

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  • Berlin wallpapers II

    Berlin wallpapers II

    After the post Berlin wallpapers from 2011, here the second batch of assorted photos from Berlin.

  • Wallpapers of Berlin morning mist

    Wallpapers of Berlin morning mist

    Fernsehturm Berlin offers a great view over the city. I was up there in the morning on a sunny day. A milky mist had not yet vanished, covering everything in a blurry aura. Enjoy!

  • Almost black desktop wallpapers

    Almost black desktop wallpapers

    Photographed in Berlin’s Museum of Technology.

  • Reichstag dome

    Reichstag dome

    Trying out stuff with my new ultra-wide angle lense in a nice setting. Post-processing with GIMP. Recipe (roughly): Cropped, Resized, Layer duplicated; Top layer: Gaussian Blur (15px), Levels, Transparency; Bottom layer: Unsharp mask (radius 1, strength 0.5), Levels.

  • Virt – [2003] FX EP

    Virt – [2003] FX EP

    Classic(al) chiptunes. Virt is one of the great masters of this genre. Chiptunes are about taking the limited resources of old audio hardware and trying to bend the space of what is possible within these constraints. This EP (and it’s successor, FX 2.0) are soundtracks to imaginary NES (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1980s) games. And then…

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  • Rho – [2010] Cedarleaf

    Rho – [2010] Cedarleaf

    Unambient ambient. This release raised the bar for me when it comes to “memorizing” what it sounds like. Should I put it into the ambient category? Or eclectic electronica? Cinematic orchestrations, based on solo guitar melodies, served on a bed of electronic sounds. Not easy to classify. Listen for yourself…

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  • Rktic – [2003] Northern Lights LP

    Rktic – [2003] Northern Lights LP

    Frosty minimal techno. This (by online standards) antique release at the Thinner netlabel had a big part in slowly seducing me into exploring the less danceable areas of electronic music. I wonder how this album will sound to me in 30 years. It now feels quite timeless, a bit like some tracks by Kraftwerk.

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  • Nic Bommarito – [2009] Harp Fragments

    Nic Bommarito – [2009] Harp Fragments

    Melancholia shoegaze in beautiful cinemascope. Think Ennio Morricone’s classical movie soundtracks, but in today’s style. The same deserted emotions, but mixed with modern post rock. 7 tracks, released at netlabel 12rec, brilliantly show that post rock can be so much more than guitar effect avalanches.

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  • How to git push to multiple remotes with one command

    There are multiple questions with even more answers on this exact question at Stack Overflow. The simplest answer, which I failed to find again, looks like this. Add the following lines to your repo’s .git/config: [code lang=”bash”] [alias] pushall = !git push origin master && git push github master && git push remote3 master [/code]…

  • Sasha Raskin – [2011] Only Music

    Sasha Raskin – [2011] Only Music

    Electronic soft rock. Jerusalem-based artist Sasha Raskin makes us a great present by releasing his debut album for free at the netlabel diym. To cite French reviewer @adiffuser: Do not rely on the efficiency and the energy of the first title to automatically store the music of Sasha Raskin in the category electro-pop mainstream.

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