DIY EMI / A / V / Noise
The files to build your own Drone & Drama v2 instrument are available online.
Files include: schematics, bill of materials, gerbers, build guide.
There are four modules: sine/triangle generator / noise siren / filter / mixer.
It was inspired by simple synth DIY + the idea “bent by design”.
Sound examples can be heard through Toneburst.
Drone & Drama – 12v / Amplifier – 9v / Cassette recorder – 6v
Analogue electronic music.
Recycled cassette tapes.
Renewable energy.
Portable studio.
Retro tech.
Preparation for another TONEBURST collaboration.
The latest TONEBURST release is now available.
https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/
<kat no.7>
Live Electronic Music.
Improvisation.
All frequencies.
The latest TONEBURST release is now available.
https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/
Studio improvisations
Cassette & drama instrument
Release 26 October 2019
The recordings are stereo. From instrument to mixer to hard drive. From hard drive to tape.
Each of the tracks were made using the Drone & Drama v2 + v1.5 instruments, Companion Boxes and DIY modular synth.
The recordings are selected from a pool of multi-track recordings made over the course of one working month. Each day improvised recordings were made adding layers until satisfactory results were created. These studio improvisations of around fifteen minutes were recorded according to the following guide to how to use the instrument.
Drone to drama & back again.
Drama to drone & back again.
After capturing the recordings two of the representations were selected for release. The recordings should be played back and played along with the drama instrument.
The listener / audience ‘finishes’ a composition by giving it attention. Listening is a form of composition; deciding, discriminating. The inclusion of an instrument with this recording offers the audience another type of participation. This is to make available and explicit the active role people can have when deciding to spend time on music activities. The combination of media and artefacts draw attention to the lines between digital and online culture.
Contribute to the composition. Complete the work.
bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v2
Released on TONEBURST 26 October 2019.
Launch event @ the343 (JD Zazie), Belfast.
The latest TONEBURST release is now available.
https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/
<kat no.3>
Studio improvisations.
The recordings are mono. From instrument to hard drive. From hard drive to tape. Each of the four tracks were made using the Drone & Drama v2 instrument. The recordings were selected from a pool of recordings made over the course of one working week. Each day (Monday to Friday) four recordings were made using the same guidelines. Four studio improvisations of around five minutes were recorded according to the following guide to how to use the instrument.
Drone to drama.
Drama to drone.
Drone to drama & back.
Drama to drone & back.
After capturing the recordings four of the representations were selected for release.
Cassette & sine instrument.
The recordings should be played back and played along with using the sine instrument. The listener / audience ‘finishes’ a composition by giving it attention. Listening is a form of composition; deciding, discriminating. The inclusion of an instrument with this recording offers another type of participation to the audience. This is to make available and explicit the active role people can have when deciding to spend time on music activities.
Contribute to the composition. Complete the work.
The instrument requires a 12 volt DC power source (2.1mm tip negative) this is not supplied in the box set.
bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v1
Released on TONEBURST 27 September 2019.
Launch event @ Oscillations & Modulations festival, Derry.
Drone & Drama v2 – Studio improvisation. Edited & arranged in Resolume Avenue 6.
Latest toneburst cassette tape release/launch event.
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