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Check out this preview for Made In Queens, a new documentary directed by Nicolas Randall and Joe Stevens, that looks at the frankenbike sound systems of Queens, NY.
Doesn’t this film look insanely fun?
via apc

Another video of bwack’s creation - the largest sampler in history.
It’s more oddity than innovation - but this would definitely make it easier for audience to understand the relationship between what they see going on onstage and what they are hearing.

The video quality is pretty terrible, but this demo of “bwack’s very large sampler being properly operated by the family force 5″ is, nevertheless, pretty cool.
It looks a lot like a giant MPC. If you can add any info about this, let me know in the comments!

In case you think Pikachu isn’t disturbing enough, there’s Kaseo’s circuit bent Pikachu, one of a limited edition of 100.
If you like stuff like this that’s a bit out there, don’t miss 13 Bizarre Circuit Bent Children’s Toys.

“Ohm” is a series of electronic lo-fi noiseboxes/recorders made with laser cut grey cardboard.
The interface and the inner circuits are printed with a special conductive paint. By touching the printed surface the user can modify the sound in different ways.
I love the way this project is so lo fi, and how the case is the [...]

Nervous Squirrel’s circuit bent mechanical Furby sequencer linked to a Korg SQ-10.
One of a new batch of four Furby Gurdies. This model allows you to program your own rhythms by rearranging screws inserted into the four wheels.
There is also a ‘trigger out’ socket, which has been used in the last section of the video to [...]

This video introduces Younnat, a Ukranian electroacoustic musician that creates some quirky, funky music with a bizarre range of music controllers, including:

Genius Speed Wheel 3MT
Logitech Joystick Attack 3
Logitech Gamepad Dual Action
Genius KB-06X
Bulb kit

Looks like he puts on a very interesting show. Let me know what you think of Younnat’s style!

Ukrainian electroacoustic guru Younnat has come up with an interesting mechanical sampler interface, the Socket Sampler.
Younnat is a side project of Oleg Serdyuk, keyboardist of the easy listening & funky band Lyuk (Ukraine). His electronic music is different from his work with Lyuk - more eclectic and experimental.
Oleg began releasing material as Younnat in March [...]

JooYou Paek’s Fold Loud is a music interface that explores using origami paper-folding techniques and ritualistic Taoist principles to create a fun and relaxing music controller.
By folding paper in various ways, different sounds are triggered.
Here’s Paek’s explanation of the project:
Fold Loud interconnects ancient traditions and modern technology by combining origami, vocal sound and interactive techniques. [...]

Surachai’s video capturing the creating of a ThingamaKIT synth monster.