I am one of the very very lucky few to get their hands on a DADA Machines Automat Kit already. I’ve known about this product since I met Johannes in Slovenia for MTF and have wanted one ever since then! He launched a very successful kickstarter a few weeks ago and achieved his goal within…
Updates! Workshop! Hackoustic!
I have been very very busy lately with a bunch of different projects. Most notably with Hackoustic, a group/collective/events series I have been running with Tim Yates and friends. We have 2 exciting events coming up including one that I will be running a workshop in: Hackoustic All Day Workshop Our second event I will…
Newest Dronemachine
My newest commission for Belgian musician Quentin Stinglhamber. It uses the coil of an electric fan as it’s pickup, with an additional piezo pickup at the far end. Two knobs control the levels between the 2 pickups and one for volume. The strings are excited by a small piece of string attached to a motor…
The Schlechte-Bond machine
The latest commission is for composer Chris Schlechte-Bond. It uses electrical interference of various DC motors to create noises and textures in the central pickup. 2 inputs are connected to some pulse width modulation boards to control the speeds of the motors and gives different pitches and textures. The other 4 inputs share a 9v…
#MTFSparks in Genova
I’ve just got back from an amazing few days in Genova, Italy, where I was part of a team of incredible people running workshops for a group of kids as part of Orientamenti. This was the first, of hopefully many, MTFSatellite events. So a massive thanks to Music Tech Fest for inviting me along The…
Back to the Tate Modern!
After a successful Hackoustic Festival and following on from our last aperance at the Tate Modern, Tim Yates and I have been invited to take part in the first ever Late Tates! We’ve invited along a bunch of friends too and will be showing off a whole bunch of amazing projects. http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/late/uniqlo-tate-lates Friday, October 28th…
Hackoustic Festival
So the dust has settled on the first Hackoustic Festival and its time to reflect on what a fantastic day it was. I will start with a preface about Hackoustic, it’s an open group of people who meet at the london hackspace to talk and tinker and play with sounds and music. Tim Yates often…
#HackousticFest
Tim Yates and I are running a festival in July centered around London’s current, brilliant, music hacking/DIY/Experimental community! Details and Tickets can be found here
MTFBerlin
It’s been a few weeks since Music Tech Fest in Berlin happened so it’s about time I write about what I got up to. As is to be expected with MTF, it was all mind blowingly incredible, innovative and fun. Hakan Libdo bought quite a few of his installations with him which were all fantastic!…
The Institure of Making’s Festival of Stuff
This weekend I will be at The Institure of Making’s Festival of Stuff! http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events/series/festival-of-stuff It’s a free event full of loads of amazing looking participants who I hope i’ll actually get a chance to see!
UAL Makers talk and workshop – SOLD OUT
My next event is a talk and workshop for the UAL Makera network hosted at musichackspace. Details below: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/ual-makers-network-10769072491
Music Tech Fest Berlin
I am beyond excited and honoured to have been asked back to MTF to talk about my work. The lineup for Berlin looks insane and I strongly advise anybody within affordable ranges to go there. I will be presenting some of this work plus one of my new ventures into instruments which is in the…
