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.
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.
After the Squeal & Scrape workshop at Framewerk Gallery Belfast, the participants will perform support for JD Zazie at the 343 as the Squeal and Scrape Orchestra.
Saturday 26 October. Doors 8pm. Tickets £7/5. BYOB. No Glass.
JD ZAZIE is an experimental DJ, avant-turntablist and sound artist living between Berlin and Bolzano.
The participants will build two items:
• a piezo transducer (contact mic)
• a small amplifier powered by 9v battery.
The sound produced is not clean; it’s dirty.
The circuit is not complex.
This workshop is suitable for beginners, with no previous electronic circuit making experience.
booking email – barryjoecullen@gmail.com
Location – Framewerk gallery & framing service.
When – Saturday 26th October 2019. 13:00-17:00.
Cost – £10
Pandemonium Trio = Barry Cullen, Miguel Ortiz and Paul Stapleton.
Pandemonium Trio is a new group based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), dedicated to bring audiences the finest in folktronic audio and cybernetic signals, vibrating together in heart-warming 12V ballads, oscillating between the sacred and the profane.
Venue – Agulha. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Video – Alex Lucas
Edited & automated remix of Drone and Drama v2. Prep for HearSay festival 2019.
Make Your Own Light and Sound Device in Response to Brian Eno, 77 Million Paintings
This playful adult workshop is an opportunity to build your own O’Scamp, an audio device which is controlled by light. Participants will be introduced to electronic components and will construct their own circuit, through exploration, experimentation, and customisation. At the end of the workshop, participants will take away a functioning sound generating instrument. No previous knowledge is required.
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Sound art collective UMBRELLA channels yuletide spirit and presents ‘String Lights & Umbrellas’. This concert, part UMBRELLA and part special guests, will introduce an eclectic collection of works of improvisation, vocal performance, DIY electronics and live processing sound performance. Happily coincided to take place on the opening evening of Lawrence Street Workshops’ annual show ‘Artifice 9‘, you can be guaranteed a feast for the eyes and ears, and more!
Doors 8pm, Saturday 8th December 2018
Lawrence Street Workshops
BYOB
Suggested donation £5
barry joseph cullen 