Create Digital Music, ETSY & MAKE - Handmade music night 9/27 8pm! NYC

It looks like our buddies, Peter Kirn of CDM and Richard Lainhart will be at Handmade Music at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn. Richard will be playing a solo set with his Buchla and Continuum on Thursday, September 27 at 8PM. The cool part? It will be free! Just RSVP. If you are in the area, don't miss this! Check out the videos on Richard's site for a sample. Also see these previous posts for some of Richard's contributions to this site.

"Handmade Music is an evening of original creations for music making, open to the creative minds of the New York area. It's equal parts party, show-and-tell, performance, and science fair, open to whatever oddball software and hardware people want to bring, complete or not. Some come with projects, others just to hear and see unusual new instruments, from software to game systems to homemade electronic instruments.

Each installment brings plenty of surprises, but appearances confirmed
for this one include:

* A featured performance by Richard Lainhart, a renowned electronic improviser and innovator
* Seven-foot tall "Suburbanite" aka "60 Switches of Fury", a music controller by Eric Johnson
* The Monome, a minimalist open-source hardware controller with grids of buttons
* A fluid musical instrument controller entirely by webcam, by Peter Kirn
* Lots of other things that may just appear"

click here for more info.

PARSONS STUDENTS ROCK OUT AT HANDMADE MUSIC EVENT

"Innovative Class at Parsons Teaches Students How to Create Musical Instruments From Found Electronics And Other Objects

New York, December 18, 2007- Armed with two toy robots named Freddy and Teddy, a violin with a bow made out of cassette tape, and a synthesizer assembled from a 1960s electric guessing game, last weekend students at Parsons the New School for Design took to the stage to perform rock songs they created out of these and other found objects.

The event marked the end of an innovative course offered through the Communication Design and Technology Program at Parsons called Mr. Resistor, which taught students how technology can serve as a form of creative expression. They were equipped with basic knowledge of electronics and then challenged to create handmade musical instruments that they performed together as a rock band.

The performance took place at The Openhouse in SoHo and was born out of a burgeoning DIY music movement where artists take the debris of everyday life, for example an amp made from a Ritz cracker box and instruments made from Gameboys, irons and electronic toys, and turn them into musical instruments to play at events such as Handmade Music Night and Music for People and Thingamajigs. It was cosponsored by Create Digital Music, a webzine and community site for musicians using technology, Etsy, a website selling D-I-Y products and Make Magazine, a magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects.

'The course teaches students how to use technology to make art. With simple electronic tricks, students are able to tap into their creative potential and make instruments and music out of their own imagination' said Ranjit Bhatnagar, a faculty member at Parsons who taught the course and who is also an artist creating music out of found objects, such as a wind-up noisemaker and a Theremin-playing robot.

In the course, which has 13 students and is in its third year, students were taught basic electronic manipulation such as circuit bending and encouraged to creatively explore this technology to create instruments. The instruments range from an electric hurdy gurdy (a stringed instrument) made of an old synthesizer and operated by a wooden crank, to an electric cello made from two-by-fours a student found in the hallway of the school. Please visit the course blog (http://www.doot.com/resistor07/) for descriptions, images and video of the instruments.

'The Communication Design and Technology programs encourage hands-on experimentation, collaboration, and creative risk-taking,' commented Colleen Macklin, Chair of the Communication Design and Technology program at Parsons. 'The Mr. Resistor class -- and departmental band -- is a great example of these processes.'

Parsons BFA Communication Design and Technology Program. Offering BFA degrees in Communication Design, and BFA and MFA degrees in Design and Technology, Parsons engages students in these programs in typographic exploration to geek graffiti, book design to game design, information visualization to animation. The programs form a dual curriculum that emphasizes experimentation, collaboration and social activism in the design of media experiences and new narratives for all kinds of people, in all kinds of places, around the world.

The program educates students about the social and cultural implications of technology through an interdisciplinary course of study that includes interactive media, motion graphics, animation, and game design and prepares students who are seeking careers in interactive media, film and television, motion graphics, animation, product development, advertising and fine arts. For more information, please visit www.parsons.newschool.edu/dt.

Located in the heart of New York City, Parsons The New School for Design is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive degree-granting colleges of art and design in the nation. Parsons has been a forerunner in the field of art and design since it’s founding in 1896. Parsons’ rigorous programs and distinguished faculty embrace curricular innovation, pioneer new uses of technology, and instill in students a global perspective in design. For more information, visit www.parsons.newschool.edu."

Three images top down:
Mr. Resistor students jamming on the ir toy robot and homemade slide guitar
Mr. Resistor student Michael Perkins puts some finishing touches on his synthesizer.
Mr. Resistor student Samuel Strick cranks out Samples on his handmade synthe sizer.

click here for a pdf with more imgages.

Handmade Music Minneapolis

via Paul:

"We are having a Handmade music event in Minneapolis on Thursday February 25th in Minneapolis' new Hacker Space The Hack Factory.

What's Handmade Music?

Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds. The evening is a gathering of inventors of new instruments & music technology. Featuring circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots and new acoustic instruments. And it’s open to everyone from hard-core hackers & newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene.


The event is free and open to the public.

Also we have planned to have two artist perform at the end of the night (~30 minutes each) and both slots are currently open email sobczak.paul over at gmail if interested. Flier and information at http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2010/02/handmademusic_1/

The Hack Factory is located at :
3119 E. 26th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55406

Use the side door by the alley- go though the chain link fence to the yellow door to gain access."

MeeBlip Release Party

CULTUREfix Presents: HANDMADE MUSIC Party

"Time Sunday, November 14 · 4:30pm - 10:00pm
Location Culturefix
9 Clinton Street
New York, NY
Created By
CULTUREfix, Peter Kirn
More Info
FREE - Handmade Music is part party, part science fair. Come meet people who make things that make music. This month...

* MEEBLIP - the official release party and debut of a new, fully open-source synthesizer
* MODAL KOMBAT - real classic guitarists use real guitars to play video games like Tetris, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat
* CHECKERS + ABLETON LIVE - A tangible artwork featuring beats, sequences in Ableton Live controlled by ... a... game of checkers! (Checkers players, don't miss this!)
* MANO FICO - surf rock meets speed metal, with drums, bass, glockenspiel, and three Casio VL-Tones, featuring world-famous glock and Casio artist Glockabelle!
* EXILE FAKER - chip music favorite

Come at 4:30 pm for a hands-on Q+A with artists. See game controllers used for music, and meet the MeeBlip synthesizer in its first public appearance. Bring questions; newcomers welcome!

Stay for 7:00 pm as artists perform and demo their work.

Enjoy drinks and the tasty tapas for purchase all night long from Culturefix's awesome bar - the stuff that has NYC press raving - and shop their electronics boutique."

Richard Lainhart at Handmade Music

YouTube via rustyanalog.
"Richard Lainhart's performance from Handmade Music Night at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn, New York. Richard chose his Buchla 200e Electric Music Box not only because of its compact size and functional density, but also because it's the only patch able modular synthesizer with preset memory, making it ideal for live performance."

Handmade Music Night

YouTube via Popscivideo. via brian c
You can find some previous posts on the event here.
"Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds and drink complimentary cheap beer. The evening is a gathering of inventors of new instruments and music technology. Featuring circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital and visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots, and new acoustic instruments. And it's open to everyone from hard-core hackers and newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene."

Handmade Music Minneapolis on the 30th

via Paul, via Twin Cities Maker
"On January 30 at 8 pm, the HackFactory be hosting a Hand Made Music night.
Special Guests include

Matte Resist from Resist Instrument Works showing some cigar Box Guitars and other cool stuff.

Ryan Olcott From Food Team. Ryan will have some crazy electronic instruments and a great performance.

So stop by and meet some old friends, make some new ones and make some stuff that makes music. Hope to see you"

headphone session

YouTube via EA78751. "camping in brooklyn"
"this video is warmup for some gigs we have in NYC. In the video you see the Big Box o' Techno (BBoT) on the left and Another Box o Techno (ABoT) on the right. Ragsdale is playing the TX606 in the background. ABoT and BBoT are handmade by me, really fun and abstract to play b/c most of the patterns are algorithmic.

BBoT: 808 clone kick, snare, hats + experimental pattern sequencer + drone commander + dR0NEMATr1X optical synth

ABoT: algorithmic bassline generator (fibonacci generator + 4069 VCOs + sync LFO & LFO sequencer), and SP0256-AL2 speech synth

TX606: modified TR606 w/ extra 808-style kick drum osc, noise source crossfader & two external audio inputs to the noise section.

E-Squared plays tonight and tomorrow in NYC... electro/techno

Thu 4/16 - Handmade Music Night at 3rd Ward (brooklyn) ... free event, w/ free PBR!
http://www.3rdward.com/events/handmademusic

Fri 4/17 - Bent Festival (manhattan) $... more"

Handmade Music_Etsy Labs_Music Machines_2007

YouTube via rustyanalog.
"Filmed at Handmade Music Night at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn, New York, Sept 27, 2007"

fridgebuzzz MK1 prototype

fridgebuzzz MK1 prototype from Paul Rothman on Vimeo.

"Custom programmable midi controller. more info at fridgebuzzz.com"

fridgebuzzz MK1 prototype demo three from Paul Rothman on Vimeo.

via Paul: "I'll be debuting the MK1 in a NIME concert on Tuesday Dec. 15th at Southpaw in Brooklyn. I will also be showing it at Create Digital Music's Handmade Music Night this Wednesday at 3rd Ward, also in Brooklyn." follow-up to this post.

Richard Lainhart's Buchla 200e.

More shots from Handmade Music Night.

flickr by revbean
click here for the full size shot

Handmade Music Night Images and Coverage

Remember this post? Click here for images and coverage of the event on CDM. via Paul.

Handmade Music Night Recap and Call for More on CDM

It looks like it will be a monthly event in Brooklyn. You can find images and more info at this CDM post.

Create Digital Music Night at Etsy Labs!

YouTube via etsy. via Nusonica.
"Check out hacked synths, CD-Rs, a handmade keytar and more at Create Digital Music's party! Hosted by Esty Labs and Make: Magazine."

Richard Lainhart - Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival Lecture & Performance

Slideshow of Richard Lainhart's lecture at the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF), Friday, May 6, 2:PM PST, 2011 (mentioned in this post). Below is a video of the Buchla and Haken Continuum portion of the lecture followed by a performance of Olivier Messiaen's Oraison written for the ondes Martenot at the 48:00 mark (see this post for the original version and this post for another performance by Richard). You will notice Richard makes references to earlier parts of the lecture. These included his training on the CEMS modular synthesizer system and the ondes Martenot (don't miss this post and this post on the CEMS). See the labels at the bottom of this post for more info on each. I will upload those videos at a later date. They were background to Richard's experience with early modular synthesizers and controllers that eventually lead him to the Buchla and Haken Continuum. It was a great lecture and I hope you enjoy it. Be sure to bookmark this one. I also want to thank Richard Lainhart for doing lectures like these. They are a rare treat.


YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on May 19, 2011

The following is a full transcript. BTW, if anyone is interested in transcription services, let me know.

"RICHARD LAINHART: BUCHLA AND HAKEN CONTINUUM LECTURE

Speaker: Richard Lainhart
Lecture Date: May 6, 2011
Lecture Time: 2:00 p.m. PST
Location: Western Washington University
Event: Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival 2011 (BEAF)
Length: Digital AVI recording; 57 minutes 32 seconds

[Beginning of recorded material]

Richard Lainhart: Okay. What I want to do now is actually talk a little bit about the system itself here and about the design of the system and explain what's actually happening here and why it's designed this way, and again, my focus on, on expression. So this is, as I mentioned, this is the Buchla 200E. This is a current electronic music instrument that is still being made now by Buchla. Don Buchla again was a contemporary, or is a contemporary of Bob Moog, and he took a very different path than Moog did. And one of the reasons I think that Moog's instruments became so popular, of course the Mini Moog was like the first real break-out electronic music synthesizer, was that Moog's instruments had keyboards on them. They had black and white keyboards. And you could use them to play, you could use them to play rock and roll with them basically because you could plug them into a really loud amplifier and it could be louder than a guitar. And it could be a bass, you know, it could be louder than a bass and all that sort of stuff. And of course a lot of, you know, a lot of wonderful music was made with that instrument.

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Lori Varga and Unpopular Electronics

Published on Sep 21, 2019 CatSynth TV

"We return to the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco to see Lori Varga (16mm film, slide projectors, and electronic sounds) join forces with Unpopular Electronics (Gino Robair and Tom Djll on sundry synthesizers).

For more adventurous art and music, please subscribe to CatSynth TV and visit www.catsynth.com.
_________
Unpopular Electronics is a project by Gino Robair. Gino will be performing improvisational electronic sets on modular devices and otherworldly analog sound devices, alongside the multi-talented musician Tom Djll w/ bay area veteran Expanded film artist & noise maker Ms. Lori Varga.

Lori Varga creates handmade 16mm films ,35mm analog Slides & Free- improv- Noise collage. This night's performance will accompany two very unique, cagian-like experimental sets of instrumental soundscapes and electronic music in duo and trios. 16mm Film materials will be processed live turning inks into tonal and dronal sound bursts , utilizing the Oramic method of cine-sound, LIVE. Intense /profound Knob twisting /free radical expressive electronic music and non-musics to be heard with the flicker of analog films & hand manipulated projected light paintings."

2nd Annual Experimental Garage Sale

Saturday August 08,2009
At the Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL, 773-769-1069
12 noon - 8 PM

Ransom Duets Recording Session 8 PM - 11 PM

Midwest circuit benders and DIY artists will be unloading piles and piles of thrift store treasures like keyboards, Speak and Spells, and oddity kids toys. The sellers will also be demonstrating and selling LoFi Synth prototypes, kits, handmade contact microphones, and completed circuit bent works of art. Bring wads of cash to snag some awesome deals, otherwise this is a great chance to experience circuit bent devices in person and make new friends.

Special Guest, Father of the Circuit Bending movement, Reed Ghazala
Reed promises to have for sale some of the best vintage electronic parts available anywhere, like shuttered or polarized pilot lenses, short-throw all-metal reset switches, plus glass deer eyes, classic knobs, signed CDs, historic ephemera and way more. He will also be signing hand-annotated copies of his Circuit Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments book. Hope to see you there!

The list of sellers has been finalized to include a wide geographic variety of Midwestern Artists.Last year’s round up from the event can be found here. Music through out the day and the sale is Free to get in.

Sellers:
GetLoFi.com/shop - Alex Dyba ( IA )
Roth Mobot - Patrick McCarthy ( IL )
Roth Mobot - Tommy Stephenson ( IL )
Creme Dementia - Austin Cliffe ( IL )
Thejunkyard Catalyst - Karl ( OH )
Spunky Toofers - Daniel Park ( MO )
Properboy - Steve Stoll ( IN )
Pelzwik - Nick Heimer ( MN )
Datura 1.0 - Matt Cisler ( MN )
Mike Una - ( IL )

Later in the evening we will be pulling names out of a hat and conducting a series of brief duets to be professionally recorded at the studio. So stick around for what will undoubtedly be one of the best FREE shows in Chicago that night!

check out the Facebook Event Page or the mySpace page

Tube Gristleizer

Update: video here.
Update: check out the update below.

via this auction

Details:

"ONE OF A KIND handmade and modified TUBEGRISTLEIZER. The gristleizer was an effect made famous by throbbing gristle which was played by everyone in TG and can be heard on many throbbing gristle recordings, live performances and is still on their solo recordings. The circuit itself is a fairly loud tremelo(VCA)/squelchy filter(VCF) under control of an lfo. The VCA gives you that dark brooding pulsing sound from a slow steady blast to helicopter fast chopping action. with guitar it can sound bassy or razor sharp and rather piercing, with synths it gives movement and can alter harmonic content. the VCF can scream when in self oscillation mode and turns any boring synth or feedback loop tone into a nice sounding near modular beast!

The LFO on the original gristleizer was slightly different, using a switch to change waveshape, the LFO on this circuit uses a pot to alter wave shape from ultra chopy to sloped triangle.saw shapes. This is the signature sound of industrial music! HEAVY pulsing and throbbing beats or lighting fast chop chop!

In addition to the gristle circuit, the effect also has a HI VOLTAGE (200v+) tube preamp/distortion for completely destroying the sound. the circuit was lo fi at first but now its plain garbage! By turning up the gain for the preamp the sound ranges from light harmonic clipping to a blown speaker blasting away. I take no responsibility for damage to amplifiers or recording equipment.

SPECS:
* tremelo/filter switch
* self oscillation switch
* tube power switch
* LFO shape Control
* LFO speed Control
* LFO Depth
* Oscillation Frequency Knob
* Tube Gain
* Tube Input Level
* 1/4" Mono Input and output
* powered by dual 9v and 120vac

No sound samples at this time but there will be videos on youtube by tomorrow night, showing off self oscillation (not on original gristleizer), with guitar or with a simple squarewave bass tone... just search it."

Update via BugBrand in the comments:
"I'm just about to meet up with Roy Gwinn (literally in a couple of hours time) who wrote the original article back in the 70s for Practical Electronics magazine (he was 16 when he published it!) from which the Gristilizer came.

If you're interested, Clone Analog Gear have a pdf of the article::

http://rubidium.dyndns.org/cag/

http://rubidium.dyndns.org/cag/pdf/gep.pdf

It was published as the Guitar Effects Pedal."

Update via Chris Carter in the comments:
"My original Gristleizers were based around the PE kit (PCB & components) produced by Phonosonics in the UK in 1977. I've never made any secret of this, and in fact for a while had the PE schematic on my site. However, I added some mods of my own and designed a completely new case and made units for myself, the band and friends, probably about 10 in total. Cosey's still works to this day but mine was unfortunately 'lost' shortly after appearing in a exhibition in London a couple of years ago. I'm going to upload some photos of an original Gristleizer to my site soon and I'm currently in the process of building myself a replacement.

original Gristelizer photos and additional info now available here: www.throbbing-gristle.com/gristleizer and/or here: myspace.com/chemistrylessons"

Also see this post including comments.

Synth Demos by Lost Clouds

If ou are viewing this post from the front page you will see a more link directly below. Click it before you start to get to the list of videos plus descriptions for each. You can use the controls at the bottom of the player to skip around. You can find Lost Clouds music at https://lostcl0uds.bandcamp.com

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From Which the Gristleizer Came

Update: be sure to check out the comments of this post for more, including some comments and links to more info from Chris Carter.

In case you missed the update to this post, BugBrand dropped by the comments with the following:

"I'm just about to meet up with Roy Gwinn (literally in a couple of hours time) who wrote the original article back in the 70s for Practical Electronics magazine (he was 16 when he published it!) from which the Gristleizer came.

If you're interested, Clone Analog Gear have a pdf of the article::

http://rubidium.dyndns.org/cag/pdf/gep.pdf

It was published as the Guitar Effects Pedal."

You can see a video of the Gristleizer here.

Update via kapnkrunk23 in the comments:
"Sorry to everyone for the delay. I know everyone is excited about this. We at the shop are super stoked to be doing this. We have had a pretty awesome response from minimal advertisement. So due to the over whelming emails, We are going to start an email newsletter dedicated to replying to your questions. A few of which are about the CV mods. We are still up in the air, but leaning towards adding them. And as you all were wondering about prices, here it is….

PCB $30
Kit without box $100 (PCB and parts)
Kit with box $220 (PCB, parts, box drilled, no powder coating)
Kit with box and powder coating $250 (same as above with finish, and control labeling)
Pedal version $325 (complete. Will be similar to the PE version only with cool graphics)
Table top version $350(A modern reproduction of the original TG black box)

Kits will not come with instructions. Sorry. But will come with the parts list and layout.
The completed versions will come with a limited lifetime warranty against parts and workman ship. Owner will be responsible for shipping.

Please inquire about custom powder coating or using you own artwork. We will have a website up for the shop as well as a dedicated page with a secure checkout. We will be taking pay pal. We will also take check or money order. Pay Pal order will add 3%. Debit and credit cards can be taken over the phone. Pictures and sounds will be up as soon as we complete the first one. Which will be soon!!!!!

If you have more questions feel free to email us. I hope everyone is as excited about these as we are!!!!! I personally have wanted one for a loooong time. THEE return is soon.

Charles Howes
Smashing Guitars

P.S. I would like to thank Both Chris Carter and Roy Gwinn for supporting, and allowing me to do this."

Updates via Chris Carter:
"My original Gristleizers were based around the PE kit (PCB & components) produced by Phonosonics in the UK in 1977. I've never made any secret of this, and in fact for a while had the PE schematic on my site. However, I added some mods of my own and designed a completely new case and made units for myself, the band and friends, probably about 10 in total. Cosey's still works to this day but mine was unfortunately 'lost' shortly after appearing in a exhibition in London a couple of years ago. I'm going to upload some photos of an original Gristleizer to my site soon and I'm currently in the process of building myself a replacement. See here: http://www.myspace.com/ChemistryLessons"

"OK original Gristelizer photos and additional info now available here: www.throbbing-gristle.com/gristleizer and/or here: myspace.com/chemistrylessons"

Update via kapnkrunk23 in the comments:
"Here is a link to our myspace www.myspace.com/theegristleizer . This weekend I will be driving to Chicago to deliver the first of The Gristleizers to Throbbing Gristle. Which will be the official release. Our website will be up VERY VERY soon. I have to say. This has been a very intense project. Which has been a team effort of Endangered Audio a division of Smashing Guitars in Asheville, NC. The passed month and a half Todd Kelley(owner) has been working super late nights removing quirks, looking at waveshapes, turning things, and adjusting them. Truly the brains of it all.

Everyone will be super pleased. We will be publishing mods for it on the EA/SG website. CV in and out pads are included on the boards. We ran tests using Moogerfoogers, and man was it sweet. Keep an eye out on our myspace, TG's website, and as soon as it is up, The EA/SG website where orders will be taken, through a secure checkout. In the meantime, feel free to email us at smashingguitarsasheville@hotmail.com. Thank you all for waiting. It is now time for THEE GRISTLEIZER!!!"

Update: some pics and notes on the new Gristleizer from vav: "Smashing Guitars/Endangered Audio are indeed making a fully authorized Gristleizer available. At the TG show last night in Chicago at the Logan Square Auditorium , 7 were made available for sale. I picked one up, and TG was kind enough to sign it. I even requested Gen sign it next to the AC input, as it's kind of male but kind of female :P She seemed pleased. Here are the photos, and i'll try and get some demos up soon."
Update: audio via vavmusic:

Gristleizer by vavmusic

"Easy-peasy: Korg ER1 left/mono out to Gristleizer in. Gristleizer out to interface in. Recorded straight into Tracktion with no effects applied. Apologies for any digital clipping, Gristleizer is quite unruly. TG fans will recognize the drum pattern. Start of clip effect is bypassed, then put into VCF mode, manual tweaking of Speed, Depth, waveform type, Bias, Level. Switch is thrown from VCF mode to VCA at 1:08, manual tweaking of all controls again." Update via kapnkrunk23 in the comments: "For Immediate Release Smashing Guitars/Endangered Audio Releases The Gristleizer ASHEVILLE, NC APRIL 27, 2009ó Smashing Guitars has announced the release of the first of their new product line, the Gristleizer. The flagship of the newly formed Endangered Audio (a subsidiary of Smashing Guitars), the Gristleizer is an extremely rare and unique unit. Originally designed by Roy Gwinn in 1976, the Gristleizer is based on a design published in Practical Electronics and sold in kit form by Phonosonics. Chris Carter of the British industrial music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle modified the kit in 1977, unleashing what is known as the Gristleizer. Lost to time, the unit has been re-designed and produced by Smashing Guitars Owner/Engineer Todd Kelley, with assistance from Charlie Howes. After months of research and consultation with Gwinn and Carter, the audio path has been kept original-- "we've taken what people love about the sounds of the original Gristleizer, and given them much more" says Kelley. The Gristleizer had its initial release at the sold out Throbbing Gristle performance at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago on April 25, 2009, one of their first performances in the USA in 28 years. Features of the Gristleizer include: table top design; 18VAC power supply with dual 9-volt battery operation option; professionally etched PCB board; LFO controlled VCA and VCF filters with four wave forms; chassis mounted bias control; bypass switch; and LED for speed. Pads have been left on the PCB board for mods, with on-line releases of these mods to be made available by Endangered Audio. The Gristleizer will be available from www.smashingguitarsasheville.com, and from the retail store of Smashing Guitars located at 103 Broadway St. in downtown Asheville, NC. The unit will be made available in small batches and will be announced from both the website and www.myspace.com/thegristleizer. The table top version retails for $374.95, PCB circuit board available for $49.95, with a stomp version available soon. Owned and operated by local musicians and engineers, Smashing Guitars is a full service music shop, repair and building facility servicing Asheville, NC and vicinity since 2002. Endangered Audio is their handmade, in house product line. EA is recreating obscure classics as well as interesting original designs of a number of effects, instrument tube amps, tube hi-fi and pro audio projects. All of this occurs by their own staff on the second floor of their facility, "the lab." Any outsourcing is kept local or within the USA. For more information, press only: Dave Harris, smashingguitarsasheville@hotmail.com General Inquiries: Smashing Guitars 103 Broadway St., Asheville, NC 28801 www.smashingguitarssheville.com www.myspace.com/smashingguitarsasheville www.myspace.com/thegristleizer" flickr group shot by Chris_Carter_