Early this year I released the 4-song instrumental e.p. The Congo, and now it’s remix time. Here’s the first one:
(click through to the site if you don’t see a player here)
It’s a free download for now, and I’ll add more remixes of the other songs as inclination permits. (Anyone else want to remix any of these songs, let me know what you need.)
The original version is a free download too, and the whole e.p. is only a couple of bucks.
Enjoy and share.
Posting has been a bit slow lately, been busy making things like these (click through to the site if you can’t see a video here):
I’m selling these first ones for 120 – 140 New Zealand dollars each but the price WILL go up steeply thereafter, so be in quick and grab one while they’re cheap. [edit: there are two is one left, the rackmount one in the video. It's on trademe here but of course you're welcome to contact me directly.]
For those interested in the circuit and construction of these instruments, they’re based on the same principle as Tim Escobedo’s synthstick, with a few modifications. Next one I make I’ll do a blow-by-blow with photos and stuff.
Alright, regular weeklyish posting resumes as of now.
A few years old and always a live favourite, I’ve never really been happy with any of the recorded versions of this song.
This new version gets closer. And I made a wee video on my phone.
Download it here, free for the next few days.
Built 2 new optical theremin devices this weekend, one with an LFO modulating the oscillator voltage.
Here’s a quick video to demonstrate:
One of these devices was built to order for a DJ who plays a lot of gigs in a lot of different environments, and from my own experience using these light-controlled instruments in live settings I know it can get a bit tricky dealing with the many and varied light sources which are often out of your control.
That’s the reason for having a potentiometer in line with the LDR, so the LDR can be quickly tuned to the conditions.
Also if the light is so bad the LDR cant be used at all, it can simply be switched off and the pot used on its own.
Schematic (click for full size):
Notes:
Let me know how you get on building either of these designs, or any other light-controlled instruments. Or anything else for that matter. Good luck!
Just before Christmas I played at Fukai Ongaku and I just got around to digging out the recording. Here ’tis:
I played solo with my home-made/bent gadgets, some percussion instruments, a couple of miniature keyboards, and the Mobius looping software, in a similar fashion as I did for the Idioelectric project a few months ago.
Not being particularly organised for this one, I forgot to start recording until I was well underway with a few loops already rolling, so it starts pretty abruptly and there’s a bit of a jump toward the end when the recording device was briefly powered off.
Apart from that there has been very little editing done. A little taken out here and there but nothing added.
Instruments used, roughly in order of first appearance:
