Archive for June, 2009

Igloo Martian/The Koobaatoo Asparagus Split

Friday, June 5th, 2009

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Yet another release from Igloo Martian , this time pairing up with The Koobaatoo Asparagus from San Diego, California. Combined they give us one heck of a bent split that’s so hot you can fry an egg on it! The download includes a cover with some crazy great artwork. This album is also available through Igloo and Koobaatoo in a hard copy as it was attended for release. But with all this technology we got going, they were cool with letting it out as a Free Music Friday release as well. Lucky us because these two guys are rocking hard with the bends and one shouldn’t miss out on any of this! I also believe this is Koobaatoo’s first bent release. So that’s a pretty big moment in any artist life. I’m glad to help spread the word! Enjoy!

Download – Album Zip.

Pikacho Goggles from Kaseo

Monday, June 1st, 2009

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Here is a nice modification from Kaseo who’s been circuit bending Pikachu action figures into just about everything imaginable. This time the heart of the Pikachu is mounted in a pair of safety goggles with audio output, pitch, and trigger inputs. More awesome images are here. Definitely gives you that freaky cyborg look when playing live. The lenses also flip up so you can see what you’re doing. The external trigger box is also very nice, made from what appears to be a florescent light case, with chromatically positioned push buttons that control the pitch of the circuit and an oscillator to trigger the sound over and over. Nice work.

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