The folk music of chance electronics: Circuit-bending the modern coconut

Leonardo Music Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2004, Pages 96-104

  Ghazala, Qubais Reed ^a  

^a Box 20181 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 34247335167     PISSN: 09611215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0961121043067271     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Qubais Reed Ghazala, "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments," Experimental Musical Instruments 8, No. 1 (September 1992)
2. Qubais Reed Ghazala, "Incantors," Experimental Musical Instruments 8, No. 4 (June 1993)
3. Qubais Reed Ghazala, Threnody for the New Victims of Hiroshima, Realization CD RZD-022 (1995)
4. See Ghazala [1] and [2]. Additional articles in the series included Qubais Reed Ghazala, "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Odor Box," Experimental Musical Instruments 8, No. 2 (December 1992)
5. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Photon Clarinet," Experimental Musical Instruments 8, No. 3 (March 1993)
6. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: Vox Insecta," Experimental Musical Instruments 9, No. 1 (September 1993)
7. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Sound Dungeon," Experimental Musical Instruments 9, No. 2 (December 1993)
8. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: Inverters," Experimental Musical Instruments 9, No. 3 (March 1994)
9. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Video Octavox," Experimental Musical Instruments 9, No. 4 (June 1994)
10. 'The Morpheum and Strange Earth Voices," Experimental Musical Instruments 10, No. 2 (December 1994)
11. "The Flame Componium and Reflections on the Pyrophoue," Experimental Musical Instruments 10, No. 3 (March 1995)
12. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Trigon Incantor," Experimental Musical Instruments 10, No. 4 (June 1995)
13. "Perceptual Instruments and Requiem for a Radio," Experimental Musical Instruments 11, No. 1 (September 1995)
14. "From the Music Wing of the Dream Museum: Sky Harps," Experimental Musical Instruments 11, No. 2 (December 1995)
15. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Harmonic Window," Experimental Musical Instruments 12, No. 4 (June 1996)
16. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Casio SK-1 Escapist Sample Shuttle," Experimental Musical Instruments 12, No. 2 (December 1996)
17. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Casio SA-2 Aleatron." Experimental Musical Instruments 12, No. 4 (June 1997)
18. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: The Solar Bug Box," Experimental Musical Instruments 13, No. 2 (December 1997)
19. "The Dworkian Register," Experimental Musical Instruments 13, No. 4 (June 1998)
20. "The Sub-Chant Generator," Experimental Musical Instruments 14, No. 2 (December 1998)
21. "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments of a Future," Experimental Musical Instruments 14, No. 4 (June 1999). A book with audio CD containing an article about and a musical track by Ghazala was published by EMI
22. See Bart Hopkin, ed., Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones (Roslyn, NY: Ellipsis Arts, 1996). Experimental Musical Instruments, edited by Bart Hopkin, was published from. 1985-1999; back issues are available at
23. Additional details about the author's early background and events that led to his work with circuit-bending is included in an. earlier version of this article, available at