Close Machine

Hello I'm Mark E Pitt. I am a Musician based in Bristol. 

I started playing instruments and DJing from young age, music fascinated me as did my record player and my mostly inherited collection of old vinyl. This is why I am so eclectic, I was listening to whatever fell into my collection. 70's heavy metal and disco, 60's soul and pop one hit wonders. 

As I got older I started to get more contemporary music, at the same time my interest in playing music via the guitar and other instruments also developed. Soon I started to hear about people playing records (DJs) as an instrument and that intrigued me, soon I was actually experimenting with scratching on my old Fidelity player with the auto-load arm getting in the way! Soon I was to discover house music and started getting little gigs and occasional mates parties, Chicago and Deep house really got me in those early years progressing onto more funkier sounds and mixing in indie, electronica and rock. 

I still play in bands  and instruments such as the bass, guitar, keyboards and drums but I keep my DJ hand in trying to keep up with new technology and new sounds. I still have that spark for new music that I had when I was younger, I still love old music too but new things excite me and my ears are always pricking up when something fresh and interesting comes along.

We go into a room and fill it with sound.

We mostly use electronic instruments both analogue and digital along with live drums but we dont restrict oursleves.

We are interested in new and shifting soundscapes, most performances are improvised. We like give unique performances for our audience.

We have built some of our own instruments like guitar-theremin hybrid and electrified melodica.

We use Jen SX1000, Korg MicroKorg, Arturia MiniBrute, Akai MPC2000, Ashdown Envelope Filter, Alesis SR16, Novation KSR, Waldorf Blofeld, Korg Monotron, Yamaha DX21, Electric Guitar with Micro Theremin modification, Behringer BSY600, Jim Dunlop Crybaby, Korg NanoKey, Hohner Melodica modified with piezo pickups, Electro Harmonix Big Muff to make our music.


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