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Circuit Bending

Some people call it "electronic folk art" or a regular-people's entree' into electronic music. Enthusiasts call it circuit-bending: opening up discarded electronic teaching toys, musical keyboards and talking animals to reveal their circuitry, then re-wiring the circuits to make sounds the original designers never imagined.

Producer - Eric Cain; Narrator - Kristian Foden-Vencil; Videographer - Tom Shrider; Editor - Greg Bond

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