Peter Blasser is President and Designer of the electronic instrument producing entity known as Ciat-Lonbarde. The device plans on their site display a refreshing ability for incorporating chance and forcing experimentation – evidenced by instructions from the Paper Circuits collection (which almost simultaneously do and don’t make sense). […] resistors with an X can be […]
Gmoon wrote a hefty(22-step!) how-to for constructing your own sweet-sounding tube based guitar amp. Even if you’re not planning on specifically building this project, there’s a lot of really helpful details told from the maker’s perspective (even some informative regrets) – No project is without lessons learned. In this case, I wish I had: –Used […]
Paul Freedman of Rock the Bike fitted a utility bicycle with instrument rack + seat – thus creating a mobile music performance vehicle. This demo vid shows the maiden voyage his friend Janaysa on vocals/keyboard – would’ve been nice to hear them ride through my neighborhood. Just imagine all the other instruments this could carry, […]
Create Digital Music, Etsy, and MAKE join forces to bring to life another night of audio-crafting delight – July 8th @ the Etsy Labs. Come see a myriad of sound-bearing ideas made real – Chiptune game-music Wireless sensor driven sound Wii balance board instrumentation Custom software for sound-mutation Experimental MIDI controllers of oddity If you’re […]
For three hot and sweaty nights in July, punk music and robots collide at the ICA in a series of exciting and evolving gigs called Neurotic. Neurotic highlights the neurology associated with the essential human experience of pleasure, learning, taste and ageing within the context of the instinct to dance. Artist Fiddian Warman fronts ‘Neurotic […]
Jake von Slatt sends word of this elegant example of analog synthesis in brass. Brought real by a maker named Peter, who describes his strategy for the build – I don’t have any plans to add a keyboard to the setup anytime soon. Being an electronic instrument the control interface is somewhat arbitrary. I feel […]
Robot rock! the Trons practicing “Sister Robot” in the lounge before their up and coming Ignition Fringe Festival shows! I think Ham (vox and rhythm guitar) is sooo dreamy! Who’s your fave? – The Trons [via MatrixSynth]
