A.S.M.O.

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ASMO (Anti Social Musik Order) is the ‘circuit bending’ project of artist and musician Stu Smith. He works with self made instruments custom built from the modified circuits of electronic toys, keyboards and other discarded gadgets. His work explores the sonic landscape of ‘circuit bent’ instruments and their integration into existing modular synthesizer systems. He writes and performs with the groups Threep and The Buoys and has performed at concerts and festivals across the UK, Europe and New York.

Since 2000 he has been co-director of Bathysphere, an artist led production company and label specializing in music and video. He is an accomplished video artist and graphic designer and has produced work for large scale performance installations at Lincoln Cathedral and Ashby Castle funded by Arts Council England and English Heritage.

Website:
http://asmo23.wordpress.com/

Past Events

Thu 11th March, 2010

Stench VI @ The Art Organisation

Stench VI @ The Art Organisation

8:30pm @ The Independent Arts Centre, Leicester

Kanta Horio Kanta Horio studied acoustics and sound art at the Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan. He presents audio performance using physical phenomena with electronic devices, kinetic o.. Read More »

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Throbbing Gristle’s throbbing Gristleisms

Mon 19th July, 2010

These little puppies are custom modded Gristleisms I’ve recently finished building for Throbbing Gristle, one for each member of the band. They have LFO pitch modulation, auto loop advance and audio out jacks. They’ll be using them at an upcoming performance later this year (details TBC). More pictures on my Flickr page.

Chris Carter and The Dirty Electronics Ensemble

Mon 17th May, 2010

Every once in a while something quite special comes along in the crazy sonic world of the Dirty Electronics Ensemble. In the past our leader John Richards has arranged for us to collaborate with some great names in the world of experimental music, including Pauline Oliveros, noise legend Merzbow and Nic Bullen amongst others. Our [...]

The Dirty Carter E.S.G.I.

Mon 26th April, 2010

Pictured here fresh off the workbench is The Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument, designed by Chris Carter from legendary industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle and Dr Noise  John Richards. The instrument has been designed for a special performance by Carter and the 25 strong Dirty Electronics Ensemble ( of which I am a member ) [...]

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