Handmade Electronic Music

Video and audio files contributed since 2003 by hackers and artists from all over the world. Most are under 60 seconds long. I've organized them into categories, but many examples defy simple classification. I hope to add more material as it reaches me. I'm using embedded YouTube players for the video. I apologize for the crude audio playback mechanism.

Doing It Together
Circuits and strategies for socializing.

Coil Pickups
Sniffing electromagnetic fields.

Contact Microphones & Electret Microphones
The magical world of contact mikes, and their subtler electret pals.

Speakers & Drivers
Loudspeakers and transducers as musical instruments -- Rainforest and beyond.

Feedback
"When you don't have an idea you can always feed back" (the infinite amplification of silence).

DJs
Spinning discs, playing grooves, pits and data files.

Radio
Surfing the aether.

Laying of Hands
Playing circuits by direct touch.

Circuit Bending
Circuit Bending toys and more.

Circuits
Mostly circuits built from scratch.

Visual Hacking
Hacking for the eye.

Machines and Installations
Things that move, and are mostly bigger than a breadbox.