Definitely NOT chill. What a night, eh? All hardware + modular live techno set improvised on the spot at Twisted Frequency Festival near Takaka in New Zealand. Saturday night on the chillery stage, 1 January 2022.

Full video recording: https://youtu.be/c3kISEZ1QhY

https://destroywithscience.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-resonance
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LIVE TECHNO IN THE CHILLERY @ Twisted Frequency Festival 2022

A bit of a weird one, but I reckon it does a pretty good job of showing my range HAHAHAH. Taken from this week's Techno Thursday stream on Twitch.

I stream regularly on Thursday/Friday (depending on your timezone): https://twitch.tv/destroywithscience

TECHNO MEAL REPLACEMENT

Live and direct bloop/doof/wub machine madness from a gig I headlined at Birdcage Bar, Wellington. Recording from 8th October 2022.

Presented by 909 TEKNO x GALACTIC FREQUENCIES.

DWS LIVE TECHNO SET @ BIRDCAGE [909 TEKNO x GALACTIC FREQUENCIES]

Jamming away in Loop Drop (my live performance software I'm working on - http://github.com/mmckegg/loop-drop-app) and out came this.

edit 16 Jul 2014: shortened it considerably

Quantum Loop

There's No Conspiracy

Playing some techno in the cradle basement to celebrate the return of Calyx the cat! 🐈‍⬛

DWS live in the CRADLE BASEMENT [Techno Bass Set]

I made a song with computer code and my voice.

Lyrics:

I know you can't see me / but I still feel you with me
A million shattered light bulbs left / and you keep on glowing
Into their hearts we go

You tell me your secrets / I wrestle with time
They're flowing down a slippery slide / and here I drown in
Into their hearts we go

Now is an oscillation / a slice of dirt / hear it in the earth
On the edge of one vibration / decimation / T plus one spectation
Into their hearts we go

Time Travellers Die

VIBE

Full hardware live set at Soundation Summer Technival 2023 festival in the South Island of New Zealand, 2:30-4am on the 3rd of December, 2023.

Watch full set up close: https://youtu.be/v4Kjf7i-zGQ

DWS live @ Summer Technival 2023

Modular Monday (4 December 2023) stream, new module day and then this happened. Someone, do something!!! HALP!

Watch full VOD on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2001814019

DWS HAS GONE TOO FAR AND MUST BE STOPPED

Melodic, soft, rowdy techno breaks and bass -- from GSG CLUB 021 livestream on twitch (22 December 2023).

BEHAVING MYSELF... mostly

Apparently I yelled out "MAXIMUM RISK, MAXIMUM REWARD" at some point in this set then dropped straight into CARAMELLDANSEN... live and direct straight out of the Noisy/Club room at Camp A Low Hum 2024, Wainuiomata, Aotearoa New Zealand (2am Sunday 18th February 2024).

Cut a few painful minutes out (around 15mins in) where I was desperately trying to get some broken samples to sync up before I gave up and tried something else (moral of the story is make sure to turn the SP-404mk2 off using its own power switch, rather than just yanking the cable after making important last minute changes).

Includes the 90-260bpm encore I did at the end (for some reason) enjoy!

DWS live @ Camp A Low Hum 2024 (weekend 1)

GSG Club 12 July 2024

post kiwiburn comedown 🔥🦒😶‍🌫️

POSTWUB

📺 YouTube Visualizer: https://youtu.be/9lVxo5XxlMM

RIDE THAT BELL CURVE

YOUTUBE VISUALIZER: https://youtu.be/w8zVS4TPIF8

EXACTLY THE TYPE OF MUSIC PEOPLE WANNA HEAR

Drum machines and you.

Samples from: 
- Linn LM-1
- Chamberlin Rhythmate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmAbtzMChHk)
- "Will Robots Make Us More Human?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsACeAkvFLY&t=576)

I Am Not A Robot

Nested Loops opened JSConfEU 2017 with a super polished audio visual performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCn-XCASn98)!

But us Live JS folk couldn't resist closing it with a entirely improvised audio assault remix with ALL THE TECHNO!

Featuring Matt McKegg (DESTROY WITH SCIENCE) and Sam Wray (2xAA) on the beats and synths!

NESTED LOOPS - People Got Mad JavaScript (Live JS Techno Remix)

Originally recorded as part of this live stream: https://www.facebook.com/destroywithscience/videos/285159978784394

The stems from that session were rearranged and enhanced in Ableton Live.

Surface Level (full doof session)

now I know nothing can be so simple ☄️
music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8Rcnb7OGY

Know

Some ambient chords an' shit. Real chill and nice. Think deep thoughts, etc. 🕊🐱🌦🦄🌈

https://destroywithscience.bandcamp.com/album/internal-construct

Internal Construct

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OPEN (from INTERNAL CONSTRUCT)

🌌 3am burn night 🔥 at the edge of the forest 🌲 shiny, sparkly improvised electronic music ✨

Kiwiburn 2020 Forest Set

I recorded this little jam at 2 AM last night during a thunderstorm, and it feels like a pretty good farewell to 2020. Here's to 2021 🎆

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_hWB3kBkM

One Dark And Stormy Night

Destroy With Science live in the Zen Zone at Taniwha's Den 2021. Definitely not techno!

Live in the Zen Zone @ Taniwha's Den 2021

DESTROY WITH SCIENCE is Aotearoa based Matt McKegg’s response to the overly produced, studio-focused electronic music so common on dancefloors these days. Instead, he’s taking it back to the roots of dance music, finding the vibe entirely in the moment, right there in the room. 

Matt performs using a modular / hardware synth setup, live sequenced via custom software running on a Raspberry Pi. Prepare for some eartingle infused analog techno bangers and the odd dancefloor nostalgia remix to keep things interesting.

DESTROY WITH SCIENCE

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