{"id":6148,"date":"2009-09-29T03:47:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2009-09-29T03:47:33","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T02:47:33","slug":"gristleism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2009\/09\/29\/gristleism\/","title":{"rendered":"Gristleism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In which the Buddha Machine<\/a> returns as a bespoke instrument\/greatest hits package<\/a> from Industrial music outfit Throbbing Gristle. Having been a TG aficionado for many years, and being the proud owner of a Buddha Machine, this item looks like an essential purchase.<\/p>\n

Thirteen original TG loops: a mix of experimental noise, industrial drone, and classic melodies and rhythms.
\nBuilt-in 50mm speaker, volume control, pitch-shift control and loop selector switch.
\nFeatures more loops and almost twice the frequency range of the original Buddha Machines.
\nPowered by two AA batteries.
\nPalm-Sized: W 67mm x H 69mm x D 35mm
\nAvailable in three colours: Black, Chrome and Red
\nUK Retail Price: 19.99 GPB
\nDesigned by: Throbbing Gristle & Christiaan Virant
\nConcept by: Christiaan Virant
\nManufactured by: Industrial Records Ltd
\nMusic by: Throbbing Gristle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While we’re on the subject of music\/noise and musical noise, there’s a couple of other recent discoveries worthy of mention. Inudge<\/a> is another music-making web toy using loops and a grid system. Very easy to use and fun to play with. Less frivolously, the British Library opened its Archival Sound Recordings<\/a> to the public earlier this month. I grew up by the sea, and still miss being near it, so the lapping wave soundscapes are a pleasant balm.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N<\/a>
\n\u2022 Uncopyable<\/a>
\n\u2022 Buddha Machine Wall<\/a>
\n\u2022 God in the machines<\/a>
\n\u2022 Layering Buddha by Robert Henke<\/a>
\n\u2022 Generative culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In which the Buddha Machine returns as a bespoke instrument\/greatest hits package from Industrial music outfit Throbbing Gristle. Having been a TG aficionado for many years, and being the proud owner of a Buddha Machine, this item looks like an essential purchase. Thirteen original TG loops: a mix of experimental noise, industrial drone, and classic … Continue reading “Gristleism”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,3,15],"tags":[143,144,512,108],"class_list":["post-6148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronica","category-music","category-technology","tag-buddha-machine","tag-robert-henke","tag-throbbing-gristle","tag-web-toys"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pq7rV-1Ba","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}