If it can be made with a machine it is not work. #ॐ
Making noise is not a strategy (2017) Lanre Akinola.
20171220
How the baby boomers — not millennials — screwed America (2017) Sean Illing.
Returning from Turku, gave my best effort in explaining Judith Butler’s Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly (2015) to the Neighborizome crew. We had a pleasant chat about it but I failed to nail it. Made plans for next months discussion events.
Made the VCF resonance mod for my Volca Monotron Delay. I’ll test the CV input (via Gate input) too.
20171217
Porin Juhlaviikot performance went well and the evening was very fun. Arma Agharta was the highlight of the festival. He has songs on SoundCloud. Irma Optimisti was fun too. She performed an interpretation of Kimmo Kaivantos drawings. Her work made me think that performance art has an important role in illustrating modern concepts using bodies. Performance artists make sense of art.
20171215
Preparing for tomorrows gig at the Porin Juhlaviikot. I’ll go there today and stay at Jussi Matilaises place. Preparing a piece with techno (Drums from SOW: Blacksmith ed1 – Samplepack), Berlin Wall Distortion pedal, soviet electronic music, shared bodyweight exercises (as presented in Brussels) and a kettlebell. I have a lot of shit to carry with me.
Sonic Reducer circuit by Fredrik Lyxzén seems like a possible pedal build too. Lyxzén is also a musician: Friends in the Force – Rough mix (2013)
20171214
Berlin Wall Distortion pedal is operational, I’m happy – But still hungry and I’m already planning for a new audio effect project (possibly a cold war / Finnlandisierung related filter / amplifier unit). Before I start with a new device I’ll wrap this project properly. Made corrections to the Berlin map/schematic and moved it to OpenStreet map. I’ll remake the circuit board toner exposure / transfer images next week and possibly shoot a video explaining how it works (I’ll use archive.org videos as illustration). I’m thinking about making a cover of Dancing on the Berlin Wall (1982) by Rational Youth.
Homemade Modular Synthesiser explained by nervoussquirrel (the previously noted Geiger counter module also included). The system is dedicated to Ray Wilson.