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CIRCUIT BENDING DOCU

The nice folks at Absurdity.Biz, who are responsible for the famous Bent Festivals, have been kind enough to host a video documentary on everyone's favourite glitchtastic pastime: circuit bending. From the tried and true Speak and Spells and SK-1s to more radical things like optical glitch synthesizers and art installations that gallery visitors can tweak themselves, everything about circuit bending seems to have been covered. The above video is the product of an ongoing documentary about circuit bending, other parts of which are sold on DVD at Bent festivals. It is truly worth watching even with the long running time. It is actually an entire DVD worth of film, so popcorn is recommended.

CIRCUIT BENDING - DIY ALIEN INSTRUMENTS

Fans will get bent out of shape if they miss the first book to cover circuit-bending-”"bending,”" for short-the method by which an electronic toy or a device such as a keyboard is short-circuited and modified to create an entirely different sound Written by the inventor of the technology, this book covers the tools of the trade, shows how to build a bending workshop, and reveals secrets that will have readers of all levels making sweet music in no time Readers learn basic bends, body contacts, and other bending skills, as well as ways to create bent instruments from a variety of popular toys and electronic devices. Features some of the author’s own unique creations.

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by Reed Ghazala August 2005, Paperback

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