Circuit Bending
View Related Episode: Clog Dancer Rachel Johnson, Circuit Bending, Folksinger Tom May
Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music, though many more conventional contemporary musicians have been known to experiment with these "bent" instruments.
First Broadcast: 2008
Producer: Eric Cain
Appeared in episode: Clog Dancer Rachel Johnson, Circuit Bending, Folksinger Tom May
- Panzen.net — Home page for the Pan Zen Konspiracy Nettwyrk (Billy Neenos’ crew).
- Circuit Bending Book — Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments by Reed Ghazala
- En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending — Wikipedia has some good basic info and links on Circuit Bending; a great starting place.
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