Buddha Machine Pt.2 Yesterday I wandered down to White Noise Records, and after failing to find anything I was particularly interested in (and being slightly intimidated by the obscurity of their stock), I was happy to find that they sell Buddha Machines. Unfortunately I'd missed the chance to hear the designers of the machine (FM3) play live in the store on Saturday, but at least I can now listen to the machine.



So I bought one. It's great. It's sitting on my desk next to the computer, playing the same loop over and over and over and when I want to change loops I push the switch on the side and it moves to the next loop. The only way to choose a particular loop is by cycling through all nine in order until you land on the one you want.



The machine is thoughtfully packaged with two AA batteries so you can start listening to it straight away. The music itself is sort of like gentle tones throbbing or pulsing away - very ambient. I'm finding it's a great antidote to the noise pollution outside. Some of the loops are very short (a few seconds), others are a bit longer. It's hard to tell where they begin and end. Slippery.



tags: music | fm3 | buddhamachine  ¶ 12:41 PM