Ready-To-Wear...

Just plug and play!

I've been incredibly busy over the last few days with the release of WTBTN. Things are zooming and the noise-cookies are finding homes all around the world. We've been getting some nice write-ups and mentions from lots of folks we know. Thanks so much you guys!

People have already been sending in their exhuberant comments via email after receiving their packages in the mail. It's been a busy couple of days keeping up with it all. I'll be posting a REVIEWS section at the WTBTN site where you can read what folks have to say about the comp, plus reviews and scans from some upcoming magazine articles very soon.

In the meantime, now that I'm no longer glued (literally, in some cases) to my worktable, I've had time to daydream again about things I'd like to do next with circuit-bending. I'm thinking of something along the lines of bent costumes that you can play and make noise with for a performance. A few months ago I began surfing around and stashing idea links aside for moments like now, and among them was this amazing ELECTRIC DRESS designed by Japanese avant-garde artist Atsuko Tanaka in the mid 1950's. It's got me inspired, but it's a bit heavier than what I'm thinking of doing with the bent costume idea, not to mention a fall from the stage could be fatal if one were wearing such a thing (how the hell did she move in that get-up?)

More on this idea as things develop...