Ep 5 is finished and available
for free download here !
Neal Beard and his Machines EP 5
01 Apple loop 9 1:13
02 Heard it before harp MT 3 2:40
03 Piezo 3 2:19
04 Is it meant to sound like T? 2:51
05 OSC wah 7 1:44
06 Messy beat 3 2:50
07 CATS THATS 3 0:35
08 THE SNAKE 3 1:46
Recorded July 2009.
ABOUT THIS EP
All the music was made using home made and circuit bent instruments and recorded by a human called Neal Beard with help from a human called Erica Lavender. Neal Beard and his machines hope you enjoy listening to their musical creations.
http://www.nealbeard.saftandboneless.co.uk/
http://www.nealbeardahm.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nealbeard
INSTRUMENTS USED TO MAKE THIS EP
Circuit Bent Casio SA 5
Circuit Bent Casio SK-1
Circuit Bent Yamaha DD-10
Circuit bent vTech Apple Toy
Circuit bent Casio MT540
Casio VL1 with added Highly Liquid MIDI and Pitch Bend
Circuit Bent Roland TR505
Paia Ring Mod Kit
Paia Fatman
Home Made 6 x Oscillator
Circuit Bent Voice Changer Megaphone
Home Made 2 x Gated Oscillator
Circuit Bent Speak and Maths
Homemade distortion box
Another Homemade Oscillator
A Weird Sound Generator (MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE)
African thumb piano with homemade piezo mike
KORG ER1 not circuit bent!
MIXING AND SOUND
Electro Harmonix Small Stone, Memory Man and Holy Grail guitar pedals
Frostwave Resonator
Various homemade switching devices
Soundlab Micromixer
Marshall Amp
INSPIRATIONS
'Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments' by Reed Ghazala
'Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking' by Nicolas Collins (both the oscillators were based on schematics from this excellent book)
http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/
http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/
http://www.casperelectronics.com/
http://www.paia.com
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