Speaker Synth is an interesting synth DIY project – a five-speaker array with no external audio input, created by Lesley Flanigan. The only components in the system are the instrument’s speakers, piezoelectric microphones, amplifying circuits, and the hands of the performer. Speaker Synth is played by positioning individual piezo microphones with their corresponding speakers and… Read More Speaker Synth
GetLoFi has a roundup of videos and images from the Minneapolis Bent Fest 2008. Part 1 Part 2 Above, Italy’s EraSer demonstrates his approach to layering glitch and bent sounds over a repeating background.
Minneapolis is the last stop for Bent Festival 2008, being held at the the Intermedia Arts Center, Thursday May 1 through Saturday May 3rd. Workshops will begin on Friday with tutorials on HighlyLiquid’s MIDI kits and on Saturday there will be a wide range of classes for every skill level. Each night there will be… Read More Bent Fest 2008 Minneapolis Starts Tonight
Electro-Music – a forum & site focusing on electro-acoustic music, has announced electro-music 2008, a three day conference/music festival to be held at the Renaissance Center in Kingsport Tennessee, August 14 – 16, 2008. The program will include lectures, demos, jam sessions, and concerts. The scope of this festival is very broad, covering all aspects… Read More Electro-Music 2008 Festival
This video, via BBTV, is really pretty strange. At the 2008 Bent Festival for experimental electronic music, Xeni encountered Krach der Roboter (“Noise Robot”), who offers a message of peace, crackers, and chaotic tonal algorithms for all mankind. “Why do humans love robots so much?” Xeni asks. “Actually, people love animals, babies, and robots,” Krach… Read More Bizarre Circuit Bending Video
Casper Electronics has the stuff on circuit bending. If you want to see some wonderfully illustrated circuit bending diagrams, they’ve got you covered. When you’ve got fantastic illustrations like this, though, and tutorials on how to do the bends, is it still circuit bending?
An interesting new video looks at circuit bending in Oregon: Some people call it “electronic folk art” or a regular-people’s entree’ into electronic music. Enthusiasts call it circuit-bending: opening up discarded electronic teaching toys, musical keyboards and talking animals to reveal their circuitry, then re-wiring the circuits to make sounds the original designers never imagined.… Read More Circuit Bending In Oregon
PowerFX has introduced a couple of new sample libraries that just may save a few old toys from molestation. Here are the descriptions: Burning Circuits – ACID/WAV FORMAT AudioAndroid, the UK producer/confessed toy molester has tweaked his way into the new circuit bending scene with the digital release of “Burning Circuits” . This download contains… Read More Bent Samples May Save Old Toys From Molestation
Tiger Claw Records is organizing a showcase of circuit-bending musicians in Madison June 28th. It promises to be a psychedelic experimental toy revolution. Roth Mobot, Spunky Toofers, Talking Computron, Igloo Martian, and Creme Dementia will all be playing. Here are the details: June, 28 2007 at The Klinic Bar 520 S. Park St., Madison, Wisconsin… Read More Circuit Bending Showcase in Madison, WI June 28th
Circuit bending is the process of creatively short-circuiting cheap electronic devices such as guitar effects, children’s toys and synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. If you’re not familiar with it, you might want to check out this short preview for the circuit bending documentary by Derek Sajbel. The video features Q.R. Ghazala,… Read More What is Circuit Bending?
