"Brian Duffy, award winning sound artist and creator of the Modified Toy Orchestra, has been at the forefront of a world wide underground movement called circuit bending which involves rescuing childrens electronic toys from car boot sales, and converting them into new strange and wonderfully sophisticated musical instruments. Taking them apart, he finds new connections hidden within each toys circuits that reveal new sounds, exposing the surplus value of redundant technology. The toys are then reassembled including switches and dials with which to control this surplus value. The results of this process can be shockingly beautiful, funny and extreme and have led to Brian being labelled a genius, a madman, and a national treasure."
Modified Toy Orchestra - New Sounds From Old Circuits (7”) at Discogs
Label: Static Caravan
Catalog#: VAN 35
Format: Vinyl, 7”
Country: UK
Released: 2002
Credits: Arranged By, Conductor - Brian Duffy
Artwork By - Montelimar
Notes: Comes with A5 b/w insert.
Tracklisting:
A1 Toy.Riff.i.c (1:58)
A2 Synthesizer Youth Day (1:58)
B Xylo (7:55)
