Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of low voltage, battery-powered electronic audio devices such as guitar effects, childrens toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators.

:Sep 2009 DESCRIPTION: Displacer is back with his newest audio concept X Was Never Like This on Tympanik Audio. A collection of 14 brand new tracks incorporating everything youve come to know and expect from this prolific Canadian electronic music icon. Fusing melodic guitar, catchy beats, heart-felt melodies, funk-driven basslines, and an air of sweet melancholy, X Was Never Like This captures the true essence of diversity in a genreless package that could only come from the mind of … In 1962, working with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, Subotnick and business partner Ramon Sender hired electrical engineer Don Buchla to build a black box for composition.