Episode three takes a journey into the underground world of circuit bending. Circuit benders hack children’s toys and dissect cheap archaic electronics, to produce strange new instruments. Circuit bending lies at the intersection of instrument building, grass roots activism and psychedelia. Listeners will learn about the history of circuit bending, a hobby that grew out of the the microprocessor and psychedelic revolutions in the 1960’s; and how these technological and cultural movements fused into a kind of activist musicianship.

From the work of Reed Ghazala (creator of Circuit Bending) on, musical tinkerers have been antiestablishment figures – taking technology beyond its intended uses and in the process becoming outsider artists.

Andrew Edgar explains how geographical differences in the history of consumerism influenced the musical cultures of different countries – and how he views taking toys apart as a sort of ‘sound archaeology’. Andrew introduces us to his collection of unique circuit bent instruments. Artist and VJ MarQu Vr situates circuit bending in the history of electronic music. John Leech gives us a live ‘cartridge ripping’ demo, which involves tricking a classic megadrive into producing chaotic musical sequences. We begin though, in Berlin, where writer and one time rock star Julian Gough, is making his own weird and wonderful instruments.

Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 3 - Toys

Creative soul exploring all avenues of visual and sonic delightfulness.

Producer / Writer / Director at Dead Medium Productions.

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Psychedellic -- Cyber Punk -- Experimental Audiovisual Production -- 
--------- FOR MORE MUSIC PLEASE CHECK --------- http://www.mixcloud.com/QPOP
The Q symbol represents the universe within and without.
Questions without Answers, answers within questions.

Qpop started out as Aleatoric concept based Audiovisual ElectroniQ Art in 1999..

 Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") 
is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, 
and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s).

Q stands for Questions,, 
where we should question the politics of media, open up to more peaceful expressions 
and abandon pornograffiti ( The graffiti the media puts in our minds -- the tools used are sex and violence --)
 These are the P. O. P we need to Question.

Previous Experimental tracks on the myspace link.
Audiovisual examples on youtube and facebook pages.

Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 3 - Toys

Gareth Stack