El MuCo
Audio/Video: Uncertainty Music – April 24th
[wpvideo PlQ8VSar] Here is some low-quality video from our show at The Big Room in New Haven. More details will follow. Below is audio only.
Read MoreAudio/Video: Hartford Artspace, April 25th
[wpvideo D3YNrBlv] The above is some low-quality video from our most recent show at Hartford’s Artspace. Below is audio only. The performance space, as you will be able to tell in the recording, was cavernous. I estimate the ceiling to be between 16-20 feet. The room was exceptionally live and reverberant. Our approach is always…
Read MoreDJ TOY THING (aka DJ Crappy Turntable)
El MuCo has begun work on a number of one-off instruments, one of which is briefly described here. This fantastic pile of crap was once a DJ toy whats name I have forgotten, but will refer to as the DJ Crappy Turntable or DJCT for short. This instrument had two “platters” on the top side…
Read MoreCasing the Casio SA2
There are a lot of sites/posts online with either audio or video of bent Casio SA2s. One site in specific has a lot of great, detailed information on the Casio series, and that is CasperElectronics‘s site. In fact, his site should be required reading by anyone looking to learn anything about hardware hacking. That said,…
Read MoreEl MuCo IBeam Performance Recording — More
Hello El MuCo fans! Below you can find pictures and recordings from the show at IBeam on the 12th. I will upload the audio for the group improv and from Rich’s set when I have time to edit it! Happy listening! Many thanks to Heather for taking photos and video! El MuCo Set: IBeam All…
Read MoreEl MuCo Performance: Feb 12th, IBeam – NYC
El MuCo will be performing a set at IBeam Music Studio on February 12th. The show starts at 8pm. We will be giving the inaugural performances of The Growler and the newly (last night!) completed Casio SA-2! IBeam Calendar IBeam Music Studio – 168 7th Street – Brooklyn, NY 11215 Directions: SUBWAY Take the F…
Read MoreQuick Update
Lots of work is being done — just none on this site! Kane and Scacinto have found some interesting and exciting sounds on the Casio SA-2, and a post is in process. However, dissertations must be finished, and Kane has a lot of drinking to do, so most likely some new and janky stuff will…
Read MoreEl MuCo: Birth of The Growler!
Less than two weeks after the completion of the JankoTunes (real name pending) Kane and Scacinto have finished the second El MuCo instrument! Witness the birth of THE GROWLER! In its previous life, The Growler was a PC Picture Phone: a pathetic and annoying toy whose only purpose was to entertain tiny people with underdeveloped…
Read MoreMaiden Voyage
On Saturday the 18th of July, the first El MuCo instrument was completed and taken for her maiden voyage. Enjoy some pics of the instrument and a sound clip of scacinto introducing her sonorous loveliness to the world (not for the first time, but for the first time as a complete and beautiful lady…) Also…
Read MoreEl MuCo: Custom JankoTUne (KidTunes) Post-Evisceration Construction
Once the PC Picture Phone and the KidTUnes were eviscerated and frankensteined back together in a manner more aesthetically pleasing to both eye and ear, it was time to re-house the KidTunes. The aesthetic of painted toy plastic is nauseating to both Scacinto and Kane so a plexiglass housing with stainless (when possible) hardware was…
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