Guide

Here is your handy cut out and keep guide to the Monome interface for Kombine BeatHarvester:



As you can see, it features one 9-bit and two 5-bit crossfaders!

Below are some shots of the track browser in action, see if you can make out which famous Detroit Techno track is being selected:

KBH & Monome Crossfader Mixing Demo

KBH / Monome / akaRemote

A short demonstration of a few of the features. I didn't go wild, it's a bit hard to while having one hand tied up holding the camera.

Can YOU tell what's going on in this video?

Well, neither can I. I've only got 4 days left to learn how to use it!

P.S. It's my Monome track browser for Kombine BeatHarvester. What you are seeing are collection names, artist names and titles, and BPM info. The typeface consists of letters that are 2 x 3 pixels, and numbers that are 3 x 3.

Pepper Spray

New track is up on MySpace.

UPDATE: It just got played on Radio 1 "Introducing", thanks to Louise (the producer) and Huw (the presenter)... that made my evening! Not bad for a track that didn't exist in any shape or form until a week last saturday, and was only finished monday night.

UPDATE 2: Huw "sprayed" me again last night (27th.) Looks like I should get my PRS form off pronto, so I can go down the pub and "spray" my ill-gotten performance royalties up the wall as soon as possible.

Plex - London 1st March flyer

I'll be busting out the futuristic DJ style as per Seattle, with a further trick up my sleeve, which I am busy coding for right now!
More info: www.plexlondon.net

DJ Cylob in Seattle Feb 08 - MP3

pic (c) Damon


DJ eye's view

**** Contains swear words ****
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dly1jakdjn1

Setlist in the comments.

Me and Jimi

I'm not a tourist, I'm a traveller.

3 things about the Seattle gig

photo (c) Damon

1. The Bonkers crew, who put on the party, and 99% of the audience, were super friendly. However, Mace was sprayed in the venue during my set - under what circumstances is unclear, so for the last half an hour there was a weird peppery sensation in the air.

2. After I played, one audience member asked if he could make an equipment donation in person rather than through PayPal. No problem! I accepted without counting, which would have been vulgar and it would have meant the same whether large or small. Of course I checked it later, and was shocked at the amount - thank you kind Sir, you were very generous.

3. This was the second gig I've done performing entirely with my own DJ software, without the use of a safety net, and the first using my recently acquired (last sunday) Monome 128. I barely touched the laptop or mixer - the Monome was used to control track selection, loading and playing, random access, looping, crossfading and tempo, and worked flawlessly (apart from slips of fingers now and again.) A future post will reveal more details. Using SuperCollider, I wrote the DJ prog in 2 weeks, and the Monome interface in 3 1/2 days, so you can take your shitty Max / MSP patch and stick it up your arse!

DJ Cylob @ Plex, London, Saturday 1 March 2008

(I'm sure you haven't forgotten which blog you're reading, the title is just so the search engines pick this up.)

PLEX - 1st March 2008

Cylob [Rephlex, Cylob Industries]
Rustie [Stuffrecords]
Hazell [Outlet Collective]
Bracket
Luke Handsfree
James Tec

@ Korsan Bar
161-165 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AL

£6 in adv / On the door

Advance tickets via paypal: info@plexlondon.net

More info at: www.myspace.com/plexlondon

New Cylob EP on MP3

Cylob Industries CSR 005 M : Cylob : Late In The Day

You can get it here - the password is "luscious2". You don't need to pay anything in order to access this release, but if you would like to donate towards my equipment costs, you can do so here. It will also appear on the usual digital music sites soon.

*** UPDATE: I've had a few donations already, which is amazing, thankyou very much. I would be happy to personally mail everyone who does so, however, I have to bear in mind that it could be perceived as a bit invasive. Still, you can take my appreciation for granted.

*** UPDATE 2: I have added an .html section to the download, with my web page links and the paypal button. You may distribute this wherever you like, but please include those files if you do so. Thanks!

Published

The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music contains a collection of essays covering the history and methods of electronic music making (funnily enough), along with some artist statements from luminaries such as Stockhausen, Max Mathews, Kevin Saunderson and (ahem) myself... That's right, I'm now a published authority on the subject, and contributer to an official Cambridge University tome, which makes me better than you, obviously. The most important three paragraphs in this publication can be found on page 77 - these alone are worth seventeen pounds of anyone's money.

On its way

CSR 005 M is a 22 minute, 6 track EP.

Downloads + Hard Sell

(yep, I told you!)

OK let's have a quick recap:-

LIVE
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London, December 2007
Tokyo, October 2007
Osaka, October 2007
London, December 2006

DJ
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Fribourg, December 2007
Acid On Sea, London 2006
Glade Festival 2005
Britain's Best DJ 2005

FREE TRACKS & PREVIEWS
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Alpine Acid (!)
Get A Taste
Rock The Trojan Fader

VIDEO
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Brentford To Little Venice, Winter
Brentford To Little Venice, Spring

AMBIENT RECORDINGS
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Kensington Bells
Japanese Train


You may enjoy these downloads - with a total value of over $60 - absolutely FREE with our compliments! You can purchase more of this stuff by either searching "cylob" on iTunes or similar MP3 store, or by visiting one of these fine retailers.

Live in London 6 December 2007 - MP3

Me, the promoter, his partner, his friend, and the entire audience, at The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London.

You can download a desk recording of this set HERE ... thrill to the bits where I play live keyboard or enter beats in real-time! I had to cut the sound in a few places due to the notorious SuperCollider audio glitch problem, and I've applied some eq, compression and level-riding, but apart from that, this is how it was.

Alpine Acid

We present to you this complimentary release, consisting of six quickly made, artless 303 tracks, yours to keep and treasure for eternity!

(Thanks to Pitch Mode for the use of his studio.)

DJ in London, Feb 2 2008

Cylob + DJ Venom + others

@ The Old Blue Last, Great Eastern Street, London.
Free, 9 - 1.30 am.

info: myspace.com/topniceclub

DJ in Seattle, Thursday 7 Feb 2008

One-off west coast U.S. date.

"Bonkers! A night of fresh hot Braindance.
Thursday February 7th @ The Re-bar, 1114 Howell St., Seattle.
10pm - 2am.
Featuring --> Cylob & Jacob London with residents Mr. Zillion, The Naturebot, and Erictronic."

UPDATE:
Here's the flyer:



More info at: www.myspace.com/bonkersseattle

Opinion Up

As previously stated, by and large I keep my blog controversy free, since it's just a boring blurb sheet for my nosediving "career." Look what happens when somebody speaks their mind on the interweb: they get labelled as "opinionated." OK fine, but personally I like to read someone pouring forth on what they're up to and what is bugging them! Analog Industries is always worth a read, especially when its author lays into the very customers he relies on. Benn Jordan has fired up his blog again, witness him bite the hand that feeds and tell it like it is about Native Instruments' software copy protection and NAMM's tinpot bureaucracy.

V/A Various Acid

Acid - the sound that refused to die, and then became trendy again. I must admit there's a part of me which says, how many more times do I need to hear the twang of a 303, but at the same time I just can't get enough. I have contributed to this new WeMe album - it's really good! And not just my track (which by the way was made on my own digital 303 replica that sounds nothing like the real thing.) Luke Vibert, EDMX, Todd Osborn (part time Sound Murderer), Ceephax and Syntheme are also featured, along with a few other collaborators. If that doesn't appeal at all, then give up.

Check the track list here, and buy it here.