The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing LP by Dustin E. - UOOCLEAR001

After being sidetracked with circuit bending, and multiple other creative endeavors, Dustin E. has finally released his Cockmeat Mix upon the world. Recorded over the course of a few months in 2009, the Cockmeat Mix flexes ableton live’s programming muscles with 30 minutes of live edits performed with a multitude of midi controllers, noise generators, droning toys, and whatever else is found lying around Camp Grey Skull. This mix is dedicated to the memory of YNOT who recently passed in the summer of 2009, and is available for free 320 mp3 download below via Dustin E.’s soundcloud.

CockMeatMIX by Dustin E. by mfw0mb
Dustin E. is available for live D&B, Breakcore, IDM, Dark Ambient, and Downtempo/Glitch performances in St. Louis and around the midwest area.

For booking inquiries please contact:

dustin@unitovone.com

So being new to circuit bending I have started buying up “standard” toys that have been done to death and have plenty of resources available for learning. The Furby is one of those toys, so I decided it was time to get one done. There have only been 2 bends on this Furby as it was my first and didn’t want to fry the bastard. These are amazingly complex and I decided to make a break out box to avoid cramming stuff into it’s small frame. The 2 bends are a standard “hold” momentary trigger, and a glitch on/off switch. I decided to use a potentiometer in series with the hold trigger. This acts as a constant hold switch with out having to use the up/down motions. Another bonus of the rotary is being able to grab extremely small snippets of audio when messing with the sweet spot. I also have added another potentiometer to the glitch on/off switch to add more resistance between the bend. This brings out some random stable words and phrases while it’s in glitch mode. I currently have one more Furby as well as the E.T. Furby that are still unbent. The next Furby that gets bent will have a larger breakout box with triggers for each one of the Furby’s interaction switches (stomach, tongue, back) as it is rather annoying having to move back and forth between the box and triggering the toy. I have also seen some pretty amazing mechanical step sequencers put together with multiple Furbys arranged to make some insane melodic stuff.

The Breakout Box (Hold Rotary, Hold Trigger, Glitch On Switch, Glitch Stabilizer)

Another shot of the breakout box

Full shot

Videos:

Bent Furby demo

Bent Furby ran through a Noise Swash (by 4ms pedals)

This is a speed bend I did in amazingly under 4 hours for a halloween costume. I only included 2 bends in this thing, since it was a last minute costume and there are a lot more to be added.  Currently there is only a diode distortion pot w/ switch and a momentary feedback screech button.

The toy already included a tempo fader and when using just these 2 simple bends the screech and distortion pot amazingly effect the sounds differently depending on the the tempo set.

More info and videos as I get time……once I re-open it to add more bends documentation will be made.

Demo video:
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After a lot of planning and hermitage, the time has finally come for the public launch of UnitOvOne’s Drum & Bass label, The Grey Sessions. Our mission is to show that labels don’t have to be confined to certain avenues of the music we have all grown to love and can include diversity and the shades of grey that Drum & Bass has to offer with out compromising quality. With productions from some of St. Louis’s own talented producers, stateside artists as well as some exciting international talent, Grey Sessions promises to start the decade right.

Our first release, slated for January 25th 2010, will start things off proper with two tunes from some of our city’s veteran producers and deejays.

Dustin E. brings to the table a seizure step neck breaker, Aardvarkcore, filled to the brim with heavy edits and breakcore/idm undertones delivering to those who thirst for the absence of light. Cold Fusion & Jamie D. come storming the gates with Botch, a tech step style song that reminisces of how this century started, humans fearing robots. Growling sub bass, swamp stepping drums, and haunting atmospheres all brought together in one composition that is sure to be a favorite among deejays who miss the old days of the Armageddon era of Renegade Hardware.

Preview Aardvarkcore by Dustin E.

Preview Botch by Cold Fusion & Jamie D.

A huge thanks go to everyone who has supported us after all these years, we will continue to carry the quality of our events over into our net labels. Grey Sessions will be the first of 3 sub labels under UnitOvOne Recordings, with more to follow for the lovers of techno and fans of experimental/idm.

If you would like to submit tunes to be considered for Grey Sessions feel free to send your best to the soundcloud dropbox

Purchases will be available directly via our website unitovone.com as well as the following stores (more stores are soon to follow!!)

* iTunes U.S.
* iTunes Australia/N.Z.
* iTunes Canada
* iTunes UK/European Union
* iTunes Japan
* iTunes Mexico
* MySpace Music
* Amazon MP3

Welcome to Dongs On Acid. This site will be dedicated to my recent addiction to the world of circuit bending, circuit design, and from time to time retinal and audible assault.

I have no formal education in the world of electronics, so be warned, any information or resources you find from or through this site are strictly USE AT YOUR OWN RISK……..

-balls deep