Our song “the gentle art of self destruction” is at no. 8 on the kiwi fm top ten.
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p.s. download the song here: the gentle art of self destruction
Today I’m releasing an ep/mini-album of new experimental noise/toys/ambient/lo-fi music.
It consists of three songs totaling about 30 minutes in length, all recorded in one live take with no overdubs or edits.
It’s free to download but I’m also happy burn you a cd if you like. Click through to bandcamp to order one or download it free.
Instruments and devices used:
Pics of some of the stuff I found at the tip on the weekend:
The whole face is a flat panel with touch sensitive regions and the “keys” can play flute, glockenspiel, trumpet, and guitar sounds.
This one is very boring but I’ve been looking for a boring keyboard to modify, and lately I’ve only been finding ones that are too useful to mess with.
I never would have looked twice at this clock until I saw this video of Peaking Lights: part 1 and part 2.
A lovely 15″ Fender bass speaker
And a lovely box to put it in.
That’s why I like the tip.
Well I was all set to record this show but I accidentally hit the genius switch and missed it all, so we’re stuck with the cruddy audio from the camera, you and I.
For this reason, gentle reader, I’ve only posted a short clip so as to at least give some idea of the kind of set it was, albeit heavily distorted and screeching insane. Just trust me, the PA was huge and sounded awesome. I wouldn’t lie about that, not to you.
Muchas gracias to AJ for filming and capturing the vibe of the night.
Instruments and devices used during the 4 min video, in order of appearance, are:
Also used on the night but not in this video:
(No MIDI sync between any devices, all manual control).
And next time I’ll get a proper recording. Promise.
trons video by snakebeings
New video from Greg Locke’s Hamiltron-based robot band The Trons, beautifully filmed by Snakebeings in Matangi dairy factory.