Teenage Engineering’s custom designed performance deck for Swedish House Mafia resembles a spaceship cockpit

Swedish House Mafia has once again made a thumping comeback in their musical journey with their latest album “Paradise Again” and now they have a custom performance deck to match the laurels.

Teenage Engineering is renowned in the custom builds’ world for their niche creations, and now for the Swedish House Mafia’s 2022 Coachella set and the respective United States and Europe tours, the Swedish consumer electronics manufacturer (known for its OP-1 portable synthesizer) has created the MOAD (The Mother of All Desks). The custom design is a wide canvas for the music group to play with as they make the crowd go crazy at the live performances.

Designer: Teenage Engineering

The two go a long way back when SHM approached Teenage Engineering after the launch of OP-1 for the music video “one”, feat. Pharell Williams. A decade has gone along and the two have again collaborated for this amazing creation. To be honest, the rig is rightly expressed as the mother of them all. MOAD is 5 meters in length and 1.2 meters in width – with the ability to disintegrate into nine separate parts in under 30 minutes. According to Teenage Engineering, they were aided by long-term friend Daniel Araya (who’s an engineer) in constructing the deck.

So, what does this over-stretched deck hold for the music composers to exploit? Well, it’s got multiple mixers, a computer, DJ decks, effect processors, customized light effects, mechanical tape reels, and of course sequencers and samplers. By the look of it (Teenage Engineering doesn’t detail the specs) the master computer here looks to be running Native Instruments Traktor or the Ableton Live software.

While SHM is the lucky one to exploit their mixing skills on the MOAD, other DJs on the planet would be licking their lips, already imagining the tunes they’ll be churning up on this monster canvas!

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Shoes With Light Up Soles

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You don’t know you want shoes with light up soles until you want shoes with light up soles. It’s one of those things that only a very narrow demographic band will enjoy, like fans of electronic music and chemical “mood enhancers”, for instance. They’re a bit of a novelty item, sure, and you couldn’t just wear them anywhere, but in the right time and place, these are great. Better yet is the fact you’ll have to pay only $79 to get a pair, which isn’t all that bad considering the 8 hour runtime, and optional cycling colors.

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Pocket Operators Are Pocket-Sized Synthesizers For Mobile Djs

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Cheap-Monday-Pocket-Operators-Micro-SynthesizersWe’ll admit we don’t know much about synthesizers, but we like the idea that a product seemingly as small as this could allow someone to make electronic music on the go. About the size of an iPhone 6, the Pocket Operators come in three flavours: ” the “Rhythm” operator is a drum machine, the “Sub” is a base line synthesizer, & the “Factory” provides a selection of melodies.”

The SUB is a bass line driven synthesizer. It’s got a 16 step sequencer with 16 sounds and 16 effects/playing styles.

Type: Pocket bass line synthesizer and sequencer

Key features:
– Real synthesizer engines
– Sequencer
– Parameter locks
– 16 punch-in effects
– 16 punch-in styles
– Built-in speaker
– 3.5 mm audio I/O
– Jam/Trigger sync
– LCD display
– Folding stand
– Watch + alarm clock
– L 10,5 cm x W 6 cm

All Pocket Operators can be sync to each other or to external gear.

That’s the description for the SUB Pocket Operator, but features are similar for all. They cost all of £49, which is about $74USD.

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Giveway: iLoud Speaker and GrooveMaker 2

If you’re into recording or playing music, you’ll definitely want to enter this giveaway that we’re doing in partnership with our pals at Gear Diary and IK Multimedia.

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One lucky winner will receive the iLoud portable speaker (valued at $299.99), a high-fidelity speaker designed specifically for musicians and audiophiles. This compact studio monitor has 40-watts of power, yet it’s small enough to tote around with you wherever you go. Not only does it crank out amazing sound for its size, but you can connect audio sources via Bluetooth, a 3.5mm jack for mobile devices, or a 1/4″ jack to connect your electric guitar or a microphone. It’s even got an iRig circuit built in, so you can use your mobile device to add effects to your jams.

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In addition to the iLoud, the winner will receive a download key for GrooveMaker 2 (valued at $9.99). This cool iOS app lets you easily create non-stop dance beats in real time, without the need for in-depth musical knowledge. It’s easy to use, and lets you make tracks using either pre-packaged sets of samples, or your own recorded sounds.

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We’re also giving away four additional keys to GrooveMaker 2 at various points throughout the contest. Enter early to increase your chances of winning one of these.

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Contest Ends 11:59PM CDT on March 19, 2014. See Terms and Conditions with entry form above.