Circuit bending and experimental jazz!

I heard this on NPR today. It's about a pianist and composer named Marco Benevento who used circuit bent toys, Nintendo game consoles and other items in his music. Very interesting!

Circuit bent electronics on Yo Gabba Gabba!

You might have noticed on page 75 of our book there is a photo of a circuit bent Atari made by "noted circuit bender" Corey Busboom. Well, we weren't making that up: he really is someone to watch. You can spy one of his DIY creations being used by Devo on this Yo Gabba Gabba clip. You get a good look at it at 0:21 seconds in.



It's true! Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh bought a load of Corey's instruments from his show at Phoenix art gallery Trunk Space in December 2008. It's nice to see they are making use of them!