My machine!

Sat 14th March 09
Exeter Castle, Exeter, UK - Free!
A Vibraphonic Festival and Transition exhibition workshop

A rather fun workshop. Inspired by kaspar from the DIY festival we will be taking over a former cell at exeter castle and attempting transform the space into an instrument capable of self generated sound and modulated feedback.

Using found junk, sound generators and the physical space, we will construct diy electronic and mechanical instruments, using the room as one resonant space. Using microphones and spy pickups, furniture, fixtures and junk will be turned into sound generators. The signals will be mixed and fed back into the room until the room resonates continuously, and is modulated by human intervention, accidental or otherwise. Additional sound input will be created with childrens toys, circuit bent devices, random noisemakers and sonic pollution from participants.

Junk will be provided, but please feel free to bring anything that you feel will interact with the room.

The workshop is scheduled for Sat 14th March 09 from 12-5pm. however the space will be open in the week leading up to this, with many other installations and exhibits in the cells. during this time i hope to start building the machine, and any drop-in guests are welcome.

i went to the zoo, they had images of me and you, like coo coo ca choo

For content and Nihilism here are some pictures of me. Live at DIY Fest

Gear; Roland SH10, Nord MicroModular, BossDD20

and live at Wattsfest

Gear; Akai MPC1000 JJOS2, GameboyAdvance Sp with Nanoloop2, GameboyColour with Nanoloop 1.3, firestarter sync, Boite Diabolique, Uglyface, Casio Vl tone, casio Mt200, Novation Drumstation, alesis bitrman

both were wild and out of control, with long stories about triumph in the face of adversity, broken equipment and winning the crowd over with love and comedy. any audio or video evidence would be welcome.

In other news, there is a HigherQ version of my DIYFest video on my vimeo page

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I stole it, no one was looking, i did it for you, sorry

Hello,
I'm back in exeter UK and have just set up my computer after getting drunk, unpacking my synths and making a new workshop space. If you're looking for Vibraphonic workshop info, it will be here soon, promise.

For no reason other than content here are some pictures of the MIDI interface i built using a highly liquid kit. looks cute by the nord.


*EDIT*
...and i lied. again. and i promised i'd stop. its a doepfer pocket electronic midi kit, there are some pretty and amazing applications on their site.
highly liquid are still badass though, i have many of their kits and they made my dr rythym good,
next on the shopping list is the midispeak, giving control over any speak and x!

Ja!

made it back. we made 23 funboxes. got 27 left, info on that soon.

DIY FEST!

I'm off to Zurich for the 2008 DIY festival. It appears to be a cross between Maker Faire and Bent fest. And thanks to the tip off from getlofi i'm going! I'm taking my funbox kits and may be running a workshop,may be playing live, depending on which way the wind blows. Nic Collins will be there with a live bending idea that i wish I had thought of, but will be sure to 'borrow',and I will be getting my well worn bible signed.

and in other news....i edited a video for natureboy!

Its a Fun Box

and in other news, i have written a brief tutorial on how I trigger my Boss Dr110 by MIDI!

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Noise

2 soundclips available from a latenight show on phonic fm . with powersof10 and kidclanny from avant rural.
Featuring random vinyl, an sh101 and a machinedrum :#