Ep released next week

Next week (03.03.09 to be precise) is the release date for my new 6 track EP "Until Forever"...It's being released on the excellent Warmdata label. The 6 tracks are all made from my homemade/modified/hacked/circuitbent arsenal of toys, drum machines, keyboards etc.

I'll post the links to the shops on the release day where the tracks will be available for preview and purchase but I also plan to release the first 3 tracks as free to view and download videos again posted here.

Stay tuned!

Here's to 2009

Been very quiet of late..due to moving house, no internet access and all my kit being in boxes! Thanks to everyone who has shown an interest, commented and given me any support in 2008. 2009 should be good I have a 6 track ep hopefully going to be released in the first quarter with some freebie tracks and some videos as well. I'm also going get of my ass and try and find/create more live gigs so I can go freakout with my hardware. I've got some hardware projects ready and waiting for me to setup a workbench so I should be posting some new guides to modifying stuff as well.

Merry Xmas or whatever winter festiveness you celebrate.

Warm Data Video Excerpt

I've posted a video made up of some of the audio recorded of my live set I did at the launch of Warm Data and a sample of the visuals I made to play randomly on the projection screens.

Audiowise I did the gig entirely on my circuitbent casio SA8, my DIY squarewave synth and my modified walkman with motors! I did, of course, use my favourite zoom palmtop effects boxes as well.( so you know this soundtrack isn't disco I'm guessing)

Visually I made these clips by placing or throwing things onto an old overhead projector and filming the results, interestingly most of the stuff in the video is stuff used to construct and or modify the audio instruments.

It feels odd to some to have such warm imagery set to such a dark theme, but I like that kind of juxtaposition. I like the way that things can sometimes appear as mindfully sequenced when they are in actual fact randomly placed.

Here we go


Concretedog Warm Data from concretedog on Vimeo.

Highly Liquid MSAR video.

Last weekend I finally got chance to finish building a MSA/R kit from Highly Liquid. This kit is a midi decoder and can covert midi note messages into the physical switching of a relay or switch. This means that anything that can be controlled by an off/on switch or button can essentially now be controlled by midi. In the video I have just hooked it up to 1 sound on a circuit bent drum toy but with the eight switches/channels there is a myriad of possibilities. I actually built this one for a friend and need to build my own but I already have numerous ideas of projects I could implement with this.


Concretedog Highly Liquid MSA/R from concretedog on Vimeo.

Warm Data

Last night saw my good mate Jetsetjim launch his new netlabel Warm Data and to celebrate a night was held with all the Warm Data artists performing (myself included). My set was a 45 minute film I made with a live soundtrack played on some homemade electronic gubbins (excerpt to be posted when I get chance).

Warm Data has 2 Ep's as its first releases- Data Patterns Volume I and Volume II available now with more releases to follow in the coming months.

Featurng on Data Patterns Volume I is my tune Star 56 (see separate blog post) which is great to get something of mine properly released. You can find out more about Warm Data, the artists and releases here... Warm Data
(click different areas of the logo for different sections)
or jump straight in to preview and purchase here Warm Data Shop

One of my Amdek PCK100's on Ebay

Indeed I am beginning to have a bit of a clearout! My first attempt at ebaying is one of my Amdek PCK100 percussion synths.

They're great, the one I am selling is completely unmodified but has a wide array of sounds and they are great for jamming and for inspiration. I'm selling it as I have another one that I did some modifications on and that one still does all the things this one does but more besides so this one is going to a new home.

I stuck a sample up for the auction on my zebox check it out if your interested.
Amdeck PCK100 mp3

And here's the auction

droney murmurs

Been a while...been playing with a squarewave synth box I made a while ago based on a schematic from Nicholas Collins excellent book "Handmade Electronic Music". I made this track using just this synth and my zoom pfx9003 palmtop effects unit. BLACKBOX