Crocanti is a project by Martí Guillem Císcar, based on the research of sounds in electronic devices, toys, and retro stuff, developing personal interfaces with the art of circuit bending, which are his own way of  playing music, based on noises, randomness and live-performance.

Most of the elements are recycled or reused and also some d.i.y. instruments are often used, mixing them to generate a concrete audiovisual experience.

Pulsa un botón (press a button) Live recorded in Plutón cc Valencia 2011. (Click t odownload from Internet Archive)

 

 

"Pulsa un botón" is the last composition of Crocanti, mixing structure and improvisation, control and kaos, noises and low-fi sounds.
It´s possible to understand what’s happening and where the sounds came from. By using non totally controlled devices, to play music  becomes a live experience.

An  experience across childhood, electricity, nature, retro-game, industrial aestetic, naif, absurdity, etc…using, bugs, errors and failures of the system as main concept of creation.

This piece is elaborated by playing non often used instruments:

Stylophon beat box mod
Chorus pedal mod
Casio sampler mod
“Nino”Baby toy mod
Toy laptop mod
Benjolin synth
Looper.
Mixer.



See also the session in Youtube:

Marti-net.blogspot.com

The active group of Spanish-speaking Culturachip, give us a varied playlist with various styles and artists from Latin America and Spain.

culturachip

If you are interested join the forum and participate!
http://foro.culturachip.org/

Posted on the blog “Los Aparatos”

Here is a step by step instruction, very detailed, so that we can all take home a sub-oscillator.

Ingredients:



1 pcb suboscilator
1 100K potentiometer
1 330K Resistor
1 0,01µF Capacitor (code 103)
1 10µF Capacitor (16v)
11 switches
1 9v Battery connector
1 Female mini-jack connector
1 CD4060 IC + Base
10 leds

Tools:
1 tin solder 30 or 40W if ceramic tip better.
1 clamp pliers
- Tin
- cable

Instructions
1 Make the PCB sub-oscillator from “Los Aparatos”.  Here is the file if you want to do one in Eagle:
PCB Suboscillator. The eagle is a shareware that allows free pcb's with all features turned on (to a certain size.)
  Download it from here

This is the image of the pcb if you want to print directly:


2. mount the base and weld


3. Now the resistance, no matter which side we place, we put it where it says R1 or 330k.

4. The capacitor:
Have no polarity, place it where it says C1 0.01 uF. If a ceramic capacitor has a code that says 103.


5. Potentiometer: weld it like you see in the picture:


6. Now the 10 switches:


We put two cables that says SW1.

In order always follow the same provision in the cable connection to the switch (simple inverter).
The middle piece of the switch and the outer needle, will be connected to either end parts of the switch. In this way we know when output is activated and when deactivated.


7. We soldered the 9V battery connector, the black wire goes to GND and the red states is placed where it says +9 V.

8. We soldered the jack 3.5 as follows:

Place the integrated cd4060.
We are now ready to prove our sub-oscillator.

Connect with a cord plug 3.5 to an audio amplifier and check that the battery in place a sound pace. Turn the knob to check that the frequency up or down, The litmus test is to turn off all switches and should not play anything ...

If all goes well we move forward, if not right, we review the welds to the switches.

9. Now the LEDs.

Its longest side is positive and the negative shorter.
Positive leg will connect the end part of each switch and the negative leg of the jack which is land mass or GND, as follows:

We continue with the rest, all the negative short legs of the LEDs will be connected together and go to GND ...

10. Now we can start thinking about where to mount our sub oscillator ... the bigger our firm better. The disposition is at the discretion of each.

Here are a few pictures of the installation:




Sub-oscillator finished and ready!



to oscillate that the world ends!!



for more theoretical information refer to previous post on SuBOSC:
http://losaparatos.blogspot.com/2010/02/vida-nacimiento-y-muerte-del.html
http://losaparatos.blogspot.com/2009/06/suboscilando.html

Web
http://losaparatos.blogspot.com/

Selected Works of 12 Artists (with capital letters, of course) who have gone through "El establo" and "Intr:Muros" in the first two editions of Familiar Fest.

The publication is a birthday present (yeah!) as Family turned 1 year!
Hopefully the beginning of a long series of titles and serve as a tribute to those who have kindly collaborated with Familiar.

It has been a very complete selection. From fine lo-fi noise, ambient through the most elegant or crude improvisation. Something for everyone, come on!

FREE DOWNLOAD

Tracklist:

01. Smëgg - Pantallas
02. Lautaro - N song 
03. 3 Mendigos - Une Collectione particuliere 
04. El Excremento Fashion - Largo ciclo de Kondratiev 
05. Snail - Mr. Hiroshi 
06. Pak zero - Sweat and heartstrokes 
07. Ralp - Lieliut 
08. Sidboy - Deadly fun 
09. The CRRRRR!!! - Reyes de la era zombie 
10. Lautstärke - Miedo 
11. DREIBLER - Red Forest II 
12. frank boyant - Tu espíritu

All songs are under Creative Commons.
Cover by Enrique Carnicero  

http://famfest.info 

Second compilation of Distortled Box Team. 14 new fresh tracks of playful and hard 8 Bit music made with Game Boy DMG and Little Sound Dj. No edits, no effects, no mastering, 100% LSDJ. 2010.
This compilation is under a Creative Commons license. (CC) BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Cover design by Ralp.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Tracklist:

1. Ralp - Wrotror
2. Snail - Siren
3. Degon - Arkantis
4. Nude Boy - Anaïs
5. Snail - Mentha Cave
6. Ralp - Xarprax
7. Weldio - Deodre
8. Degon - Gyro
9. Nude Boy - Fluxtrax Nation
10. Ralp - Judro Pelax
11. Snail - Road To Centurion
12. Nude Boy - Fifi
13. Degon - Avlerp
14. Weldio - Diezpan

http://www.distortledbox.com
 

Lautstärke is Lautaro and Smëgg's 8-bit-noise-improvisation project.
Setting up a few instruments and being driven by the energy of the moment to create rarefied atmospheres is the idea behind their sessions.
Ukelele, Gameboys, DIY Synthesizers, bended toys, stylophones or Nintendo DS are some of the tools used to build Lautstärke's universe.
Three jamm sessions, three worlds colliding three times forms raRo de tRes: Unagi, Orange Gas and Lamento.

Download links:

Lautstärke - Unagi

Lautstärke - Orange Gas

Lautstärke - Lamento

http://www.lautstarke.net