Circuit Bent Instruments
Circuit Bending with PartyShank
Because of Howard and Christian of Partyshank, I finally possess a term to make use of when describing the glitchy bleep-bloop technoise utilized in their music. what on the planet is ‘circuit bending’? NIN, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Portishead, Venetian Snares, ec8or, and exemplified by Partyshank. circuit bending is behind the the best ‘tech’ noise within my collection. So what exactly is it?
Within this class we’ll first discuss what Circuit Bending is, and how it operates. Then, we’ll really circuit bend a classic keyboard from starting to finish, going step-by-step car process. Within the finish, we have a awesome new keyboard able to completely new sounds, and I’ll even create a track by using it.
This could just be the weirdest class I’ve available. Within this class we’ll hit the street, likely to some thrift shops to consider bendable instruments, I’ll perform some time-lapse videos of taking things apart (filled with Benny Hill), and we’ll melt lower some Spongebob Squarepants. You’ll have to join the category to determine how that unfolds.
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For that third episode of The way forward for Music, I’m in Margate, England, standing before 44 Furbies which have been hacked and wired together to produce a giant, playable organ.
You may have seen this absurd instrument if this went viral online captured. It’s the development of Mike Fight, also known as Look Mother No Computer, a mad researcher of sorts who’s designed a reputation for themself by modifying toys such as these rows of slack-mouthed Furbies using a process known as circuit bending. And, because he shows me round his studio mentioning other far-out circuit bent creations having a laissez-faire attitude — like his flamethrower synth — it rapidly becomes obvious he is not driven by anything except sheer curiosity. It’s precisely how his mental abilities are wired (pun intended).
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[Editor’s note – the next excerpt is obtained from the approaching book, Junkyard Jam Band, compiled by David Erik Nelson and graciously presented to Artist by No Starch Press. To purchase it, or for more information, mind to www.nostarch.com/jamband]
The Slinkiphone (Project 1) and Scratchbox (Project 5) hint in a fundamental truth from the modern day: there are numerous really neat sounds hiding within your toys and electronic devices. Opening cheap electronics and feasting around the sonic goo within is known as circuit bending. This type of exploration was pioneered by artist Reed Ghazala, the “;Father of Circuit Bending,” who happened across his first bends like a teen within the mid-1960s. Ghazala has tirelessly promoted the creative potential of musically upcycling electronic devices since. Within this project, you’ll get the ft wet with three entry-level bends.
