Light Dependent Resistors (LDRs) are really, really cool. Wikipedia has a proper explanation of how they work, but the short version is that the amount of resistance changes depending on how much light hits the face: more light = less resistance i.e. more current can pass through. Over the weekend I finished off this little [...]
Clip from a solo gig earlier this year. Audio quality is doubleplus ungood BUT it includes Antonio the surprise percussionist who snuck up behind me unannounced and tore it up. Also includes weird old guy who was too curious not to walk right up on stage and check shit out. Instruments played: * Alesis HR16-B [...]
A quick video (about a minute and a half) that I made last night, playing around with a real-time looping program called Mobius. Instruments in order of appearance: oscillator with LFO shaker HR16-B drum machine “Animal Band” toy keyboard oscillator with LFO
Once a year (at least) I re-mix and re-invent white collar criminal, a track I started work on in 2004 and don’t intend to finish. The first one was a zero birthday present for my godson, Rhythm, and they’re all dedicated to him. This year’s version is a noisy, glitchy, live-in-the-studio jam on my drum [...]
I’ve had this drum machine, the Alesis HR-16b, for about 15 years. I haven’t used it much lately because although it’s a nice machine which is really quick and easy to program and a lot of fun to use, it has to be said that the sounds are a bit too clean. It’s hard to [...]
