Aphex Twin; Nine Inch Nails; King Crimson; Weather Report; Peter Gabriel; Squarepusher; Devo; Genesis; Lecivius; The Mars Volta; Dredg; Critters Buggin
The Circuit-Bent Project is a recycling endeavor on a musical scale. In late 2000 Tablebeast began a unique musical endeavor. Starting with a single Texas Instruments Speak & Read, he created some of the most unusual synthesizers out of mundane and forgotten electronics of the 1980's. The first Speak was modified and sold to buy several more. Those were then modified and sold themselves to fund more purchases. Some of the people who bought Tablebeast Modified instruments along the way include such diverse musicians as Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails , and Jesse Lacey of Brand New. The upward spiral had begun. Slowly but surely Tablebeast concentrated his creative energies and built a dynamic circuit-bent orchestra. It was rife with Yamaha Drum Machines, Casio Synthesizers and completely indescribable sound making devices all built on the revenue of that first Speak & Read. Once he had a sufficient amount of instrumentation available to him Tablebeast dropped out of sight to work on the true secret purpose of all this crass commercialization: to create and fund a recording like no other. He began to learn the art of recording sound properly so that his sonic vision could be fully realised. With the fruits of the first cycle of The Circuit-Bent Project in place, Tablebeast set about recording massive sample libraries of his creations. In 2004 Tablebeast emerged once again and announced the formation of The Circuit-Bent Project. Teaming up with studio partner Tim Wright, the duo set about creating music unlike anything they had heard before. Tim handled the musical aspects and Tablebeast handled the technical aspects of the project. The goal was to transcend genre and allow the modified devices to lead the way. Tim Wright worked along with the hacked machines in a uniquely cooperative songwriting process. The samples culled from these unique devices were complex and with Tim's expert tweaking, extremely musical. The songs for the album were released one at a time for free ( along with the actual devices used on the tracks being made available for sale to further the recording sessions ). The spiral was expanding scope all the time. In the summer of 2005 all of the songs as well as some unreleased tracks were finally collected into an album called 'Slow Children Playing'. On June 28, 2005 The Circuit-Bent Project's debut album, Slow Children Playing was released, the culmination of almost 5 years of work. The result is something we are all proud of mostly because it is an album that doesn't easily fit anywhere. Most who have bought the album love it despite being confused by the name. It is never what anyone expects. Music calling itself circuit-bent tends to be formless noise or insipid dance stuff. This recording was neither of those: leaving many to scratch their head in amazement. Call it rock, electro, industrial, folk, alt-whatever... Slow Children Playing occupies its own unique space in the vast seas of sameness. Listen to it yourself and you'll see.
Hi, Thanks for the add. I was in Marshall, NC this past summer, perhaps we met then (I was at the Prama Institute). In any case, I hope you have success with your music. Best Wishes, Dada Veda
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