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.

Motion Notion Electronic Music Festival at the Bent River Ranch in Drayton Valley, Alberta … Motion Notion These included the Lagin album Seastones, first released in 1975. In 1980, UK recording artist Gary Numan helped to bring to electronic music into the wider marketplace of pop music with his hit Cars from the album The Pleasure Principle.