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ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR BENT FESTIVAL NYC 2010
Gannon will be performing live at Bent Fest April 22-24 at The Tank NYC

More info coming soon!

and... check out Gannon's circuit bent cover of the Beatles not so classic
Bungalow Bill at The Beatles Complete on Ukulele Project

Bongo Island is in distress! An album of music is the only thing that can save them. Get Toy Volcano now and embark upon a magical musical adventure.
Toy Volcano was composed using a mixture of hand built electronic instruments, ukulele, various sampling programs, and funkamatic bass all weaved together under the idea that the music should shine as bright as the costume.

GET THE CD HERE!

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Below are demo videos for some of the unique instruments built for this album. Enjoy! and feel free to email me with any questions, comments, ideas, offers for Nigerian money, or what have you.

aj @ mygannon . com

#009 on HRPR records. ©2009 aj pyatak

Gannon is Aj Pyatak with special guests Jim Diotte, Bev Diotte, Bryan Tysinger, Beth Pyatak and Nova Pyatak.

songs 2,4,6,8,10,12, and 16 were created by Jim Diotte using sampled pieces of the Toy Volcano demos and other wonderful sound bites.
toy volcano cover

Below is a demo video for the final instrument created for the album, the actual Toy Volcano. Detail pictures HERE


THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS

For those who don't know what circuit bending is... Circuit Bending is taking pre-existing electronics, dismantling them, then rewiring them to create new sounds/things (just google for circuit bending). I started doing this in February of 09. The journey has been relatively short, but I've worked as hard as I could, and it's taken me from speak and spells to building new circuits from schematics. Below are the pieces I've built that I used on the new record Toy Volcano.

for more detailed build pictures of a few pieces click here
 

 

The Scuba Sequencer ( build pics here http://gallery.me.com/pyatakposse#100274 )
8 step analog sequencer / 2 CV's out / clock out / skip step & sequencer length set

 
 

 

The Speak n' Spellbinder
full keypad on neck / glitch selection / tones / distortion / pitch / whammy and hold

 
 

 

The Space Cavern Synth and Demon Attack LFO
modified atari punk console built into a old atari cartridge, plus simple 555 based lfo

 
 

 

SK5 Gannon Edition
circuit bent SK5

 
 

 

Ghost of the FPCMM
circuit bent fisher price creative music maker on plexi glass

 
 

 

Keldors Revenge
re-cased and circuit bent spooky mic from snake mountain play set

 
 

 

The Bee Gee's Super Destroy Machine
circuit bent bee gees keyboard with xbox controller analog stick for pitch

 
 

 

Casio PT80 (first bend)
circuit bent casio pt80. Special momentary lapse of reason doorbell switch.

 

 

 

No Demo Available 
 

 

Mutant Baby Synth
This was a circuit from a toy someone gave as a baby gift.
The sound chip was so annoying, so I borrowed it.

 

 

 

No Demo Available 


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