Posts Tagged ‘electronic music’
Audio/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 MoreEI4: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT, April 11 2010
EI4 is a live performance of an interactive electronic program I wrote for SuperCollider. The performer (in this case, me) uses the built-in microphone to scrape, scratch, and otherwise agitate the system. The software configuration consists of a series of reverbs, feedback lines, and samples which are triggered at various times throughout the performance.
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 MoreGlossary
Glossary of terms often found on the pages of this site This page will be updated often. Algorithm: an algorithm is a general rule set (finite) that is used to solve a particular problem. An algorithm is best when it solves one problem and it does so efficiently, using the smallest number of instructions required…
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…
Read MoreEl MuCo: PC PicturePhone Janked (plus a little Kidtunes)
On the 27th of June, in the year of our Lord (his Noodliness the Flying Spaghetti Monster) 2009, a PC Picture Phone was janked into greatness. Additional functionality was also added to the KidTunes Keyboard with some soldering and the assistance of “The MegaPot.” The creation of the PC Picture Phone JankoCircuit ™ on the…
Read MoreCapturing the gentle sounds of short circuits
After a long night soldering in the “man room,” Kane recorded some of the gentle sounds of the the Scientific Toys Kidtunes Electronic Keyboard. By running a cable straight from the speaker (and bypassing any external amplifier circuit) the sound is surprising clean…and, dare I say it, refreshing! Kidtune Magicke Addendum: A few more samplings…
Read MoreMuCo and the Laying-on of Hands (and pincers)
Having purchased 9 electronic children’s toys for the purposes of evil (and paying by the pound $16 total!) Kane and Dusty set out to bend the devices to their will. With the laying-on of hands, ordinary became extraordinary. Following are some pics and a sound clip of the newly “fantastified” PC Picture Phone. PC PicturePhone
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