As well as confirming the new toy he explains the “misbehaviour” of certain members of the orchestra…
Hula Barbie wasn’t entirely compliant at the beginning of the Supersonic set and neither was my trusty FancyCam, which spat and wheezed its unpredictable, stoccato refrain in Black Star. Such is the susceptibility of the Toys to atmospheric changes that it’s rare for a performance to take place without one or more of the instruments behaving against expectation. But then it is a series of beautiful accidents which are at the root of the MTO concept; in which latent musicality is channelled and liberated through a process of circuit bending and the subsequent organisation of sounds. To be a player is to marshall the Toys through their symphonic paces, whilst being all-the-while prepared for the unexpected.
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This blog has no connection with Brian Duffy, Warm Circuit or anything like that. It's a homage, a monument of love. We love you Brian.
"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 labeled a genius, a madman, and a national treasure."
