Reader Travis Boisvenue let us know about a new mini-documentary, that he directed, about modular synthesizers, Modulo.
The film features Arturo Brisindi (AKA Hard Science), Edmund Eagan and Mike McGrath (AKA Muff Wiggler), along with lots of gear (including some really ancient synths), and a few performances.
It’s dedicated to physicist and electronic music pioneer Hugh Le Caine. The score features the work of Le Caine.
Glad people dig it! For anyone interested, there’s a write up and a link to the radio version of this documentary on Weird Canada:
http://weirdcanada.com/2013/12/premiere-modulo-directed-by-travis-boisvenue/
Cool.. Good to watch … Did anyone else notice the Blatnophone at 17:25?
nice documentary, but sound and lips are way out of sync
guys you make a documentary about sound and dont get the sounds synced ^^
Clearly a transcoding error when creating the QuickTime, of course they know how to sync sound, obviously something has gone wrong, don’t be so pedantic.
Great Doco guys, well done!
Ta for this one. Very interesting. Just way to short 🙁
There’s IDOW!
Awesome, thanks so much for this!
Wondering what that black module with the touch pads and yellow leds is? The guy starts playing it around 3:30 and it looks like some kind of sequencer? Very cool.
That’s the Make Noise Pressure Points, and it is indeed very cool. It’s basically a four-note keyboard, but you tune each key individually (if I’m not mistaken! Sadly, I cannot afford a modular system at the moment). You can also pitch bend by moving your fingers on the touch pads, and there’s an expander that gives you sequencing capabilities.
great stuff!
seeing NRC on stuff like that really paints a picture of a long gone era in Canadian culture.
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Just scratching the surface, but it’s good to see some locals bringing awareness & recognition of related Canadian contribution – thanks for sharing!
vimeo and its wonderful picture drop outs…