Friday afternoon I was interviewed by the excellent Gwaith Swn collective for their monthly show on Resonance FM. It airs Today (Monday 5th) at 8 and again Tuesday at 9.
Author Archives: Vulpestruments
The Aftermath of Music Tech Fest
I don’t often talk much on this site about what I do or why I do it. I’ve tried to avoid any sort of personal theology and let the instruments just talk for themselves. But this past weekend I attended Music Tech Fest in the wonderful city of Ljubljana in Slovenia and it’s made meContinue reading “The Aftermath of Music Tech Fest”
The Hummingbird @ the Tate Modern
One of my newest creations that I developed at my time at machinesroom is The Hummingbird. It’s a twitter – controlled instrument that I recently showcased at the Tate modern as part of the Turbine Festival. pic.twitter.com/yckbuCpngY — Vulpestruments (@Vulpestruments) July 26, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It consists of a series of 8 motors that playContinue reading “The Hummingbird @ the Tate Modern”
Updates!
Things have been pretty busy over here lately, so first i’ll let you know what’s coming up, then I’ll let you know how amazing the past few weeks have been! First up, I’ve been invited by the Acoustic Hack group of the London hackspace to join them at THE TATE MODERN on the 25th asContinue reading “Updates!”
Dronitar for Glen
My latest commission was this Dronitar for artist Glen Tomney. The neck is made from a piano lid rest while the body is plywood with a few layers of Shellac ontop. It uses miscellaneous hardware in place of nuts, bridges and saddles etc. The pickup is simply a coil from a small power transformer withContinue reading “Dronitar for Glen”
Upcoming events, of which there are many.
I have a ton of events coming up, all of which I will add to the events tab on the right hand side over there –> First up is my workshop at Machinesroom, ‘An introduction to scrap instrument building’. It is currently sold-out which means I’ll have to organise another one for soonly afterwards! MachinesroomContinue reading “Upcoming events, of which there are many.”
The Lyre of Doom
My latest commission is a droney Lyre-type instrument made from a chair leg, washing line, miscellaneous hardware. The motor part can be attached to a modified desk lamp neck for handsfree-play. It uses 2 piezo pickups and also a speaker as a pickup. They’re all wired into seperate pots so you can control the volumeContinue reading “The Lyre of Doom”
Monster Dronemachine
One of my latest commissions was this monstrous Dronemachine. It’s an unpredictable demonbag of noises, timbres, resonances and textures.
The Bookitar
When I got the confirmation that I would be at The Great Home Hack, I realised I should probably create something a bit more ‘crafty’ to fit in with the Upcycling theme. So, I came up with The Bookitar:
Luke Gottelier’s Painting guitar
I’ve found myself recently in a really fun new role of consulting on instrument building for various people. Recently, I helped Luke Gottelier turn one of his old paintings into a working guitar for an exhibition here in London. From the Press release: Luke Gottelier will be responding to the DOLPH brief by moving intoContinue reading “Luke Gottelier’s Painting guitar”
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