Faders and switches in Bidule were controlled using a NanoKontrol. I played through a GT-5, a DL-4, a BitRMan and a Korg Slicer into the Bidule script on the notebook. There is even a part where I play a sample of a bee swarm which I had recorded myself last summer.įor those who know this but still wonder: The Fernandez guitar is equipped with a GK-2A and a sustainer. It can control samplers via midi, so I can play the guitar but you will hear strings, voices, or strange noises. (here's a download link if you can't stream this)įor those who don't know but wonder - yes, all sounds were played live on the guitar. Instead I strongly felt like creating harmony, and so I started by setting up a simple but cinematic soundscape, and only later on went through more experiments, noise, samples, and cut-up rhythms. Argh !!! (sigh)Īnyway, sound was back, and I dropped my vague plans about continuing my explorations of radical noise. Eventually I discovered that I simply had forgotten to pull up my main fader in my new Bidule setup. I did some small talk and actually rebooted my Vista notebook, hoping the sound would reappear - but it didn't! The audience was very relaxed and humorous, they even seemed to like that something went wrong, and their support made me relax too. Well this part worked as imagined but when I plugged it into my setup, there was nothing. Actually I had vague plans for the beginning of the set that involved walking around in the room, theatrically whirling around my trusty old Höfner Shorty guitar - it has an integrated speaker that screams with string feedback in an amazing way when cranked up, and whirling it around creates a nice man-made leslie effect.
My set was not planned out, I was underprepared as usual but also willing to go for the risk. I was amazed at his sound, his precise technique, and his style in general. Michael Frank played a noise improvisation and two of his older compositions: a Gong influenced psychedelic piece, and a wonderful rather intricate piece full of odd meters that although it has no Guitar Craft roots, it would fit in there quite well.Ĭraig, who came with his amazing new hi-tech Teuffel guitar, played two jazzy, very virtuoso, almost romantic compositions, and one of his trademark noise explorations.
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