April 2012
1 post
March 2012
2 posts
Brian performing at Symphony Hall for Fierce...
As part of the Curious Sounds in Curious Spaces event at Symphony Hall on April 7th, Brian will be performing his Speak & Spell piece, last seen at Friction’s The Edge in 2010 (video here).
Ross Cotton has an interview with him about it:
“There’s a lot of random aleatoric stuff in the toys that we don’t use in the Plastic Planet set, and I found it very interesting that...
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
3 posts
“We were then treated to Brian Duffy’s demonstration of how he has sonified the...”
– Kathy Hinde reports on TEDx Aldeburgh
WatchThe Modified Toy Orchestra perform at @tedxaldeburgh (by matthewlinley)
September 2011
1 post
Mini-MTO at Sound Kitchen
News reaches us that there’s a (rare?) chance to see an extended Casio Duo set from the Modified Toy Orchestra on the 6th of October at Kings Heath’s fashionable Hare and Hounds where they’ll be supporting Coppe’, “the legendary godmother of Japanese Electronica”.
The whole gig should be unmissable. More info on the Sound Kitchen blog and tickets are a mere...
August 2011
2 posts
MTO circuit bending workshops in Bristol →
A 6 day course for £40 in the week before the big gig. Exciting!
MTO Bristol gig, 27th Oct →
Plastic Planet at the Colston Hall.
July 2011
3 posts
April 2011
5 posts
March 2011
4 posts
“Described by Mute magazine as a “national treasure” Brian is the...”
– Brian’s bio on the Stan’s Cafe Theatre Company - Associate artists and other collaborators list.
MTO live at the Rites of Spring: Ikon Music...
Thursday 7, Friday 8 and Saturday 9 April, 7–11pm
Ikon Eastside, 183 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5SE
Ikon presents Rites of Spring, a special festival of live music taking place 7-9 April 2011 at Ikon Eastside, Digbeth.
Modified Toy Orchestra, Martin Creed and his band and Fyfe Dangerfield headline the three-night festival, which showcases a pick of emerging folk, pop and...
MTO on Mark Riley
The Modified Toy Orchestra will be in session for Mark Riley’s 6Music show tonight.
January 2011
2 posts
Planet of Rock
The tracks on the Plastic Planet...
December 2010
2 posts
WatchModified Toy Orchestra live at @Supersonicfest 2006.
Fantastic cameraphone footage of the 2006 MTO lineup (including Mike “In Mono” Johnson) at that year’s Supersonic Festival.
October 2010
9 posts
Synthesizer Youth Day from the 2002 Static Caravan...
September 2010
34 posts
“Beginning his toy modifications 10 years ago, Duffy’s ‘modifying procedure’ goes...”
– Gifted Originals » Sound of music from discarded play things
BrumNotes interview with Modified Toy Orchestra
This is a scan of an interview with Modified Toy Orchestra from the Sept 2010 issue of BrumNotes magazine.
Click for big.
“The Modified Toy Orchestra does two things very well. Firstly, they take circuit...”
– Sam Underwood aka Glatze on the Town Hall gig.
“Last night’s gig was fantastic, beautifully structured, performed and played. It...”
– Stan’s Cafe’s blog on the Town Hall gig.
“Performing ‘Great Kings Fall’ for the first time in the UK, the audience were...”
– Review of the Town Hall gig by Ross Cotton on Project Platform
