toy piano

A month or so ago I was given a toy piano by my friend Elodie Despres. She is the lady that owns the 1bis venue in Paris, which was one of the first places I played in France. I used it on one song for that first show at 1bis. Since then, I have played that song on toy piano at pretty much every concert. I did everything but beg for that little piano, and a month ago when I visited, her kids had pretty much destroyed it - several keys were missing and it was broken, so she gave it to me. I've managed to put it back together again, and my brother is going to make the new keys.

Here is a video of the first time I used it at 1bis.

optigan keyboard sound

this is an optigan disc very slowed down, kind of sounds like a voice.

these chords are ripped from a peter lyons song.

cat heart

My cat's heart and breath:
JASPER HEART by mwsounds

You And The Stars

This was filmed about a year ago at my apartment in Paris.

Toy Piano

I wanted to share this one more time, as I still think it's pretty impressive:

music

I made the music for the new Mulberry book advert. They make nice bags. My friend Rob Francis made the animation and asked me to put music. Here are the two videos:

This was made using reversed samples from the main piece I wrote, and an omnichord:

And this was made using Matthew Prior's ukulele, with my Optigan, toy piano, glockenspiel and various other nice things.

circuit

Some circuit bending, first:

Last night I played a concert in Iceland. It was at a bar called Boston. I borrowed a guitar from a guy who plays with the Icelandic band mum. It was a half sized guitar, which made me feel like a giant.

Today I have a bruised leg and a swollen tongue.