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Meet Tim Murray-Browne, Composer in Residency
Presentation on Thursday 20th of September 2012, 7pm. My name is Tim Murray-Browne and I’m greatly honoured to have been invited to spend the next ten months within the Music …
Brighton Mini Maker Faire
We went to the seaside on the weekend to show our stuff at the Brighton Mini Maker Faire. Zoë Blade caught us on camera. After the faire, exhausted but happy, we performed with the Music Hackspace Big Band at the after … Continue reading →

Artist talk with Robin Fox
Netaudio London & Music Hackspace present Artist Talk with Robin Fox Sunday, 16 September 2012, 2pm, duration 1hr. Free to attend, but limited places. Please RSVP. Robin Fox Laser Show …

The limits of electronics in free improvisation: Steve Beresford
Thursday 6th of September 2012, 7pm. Musician Steve Beresford discusses his use of low-grade electronics on the context of decades of free improv. Internationally known as a free improviser on …

The evolution of ZS-1 Amen
This Thursday we chronicled the evolution of ZS-1 Amen. From an experiment in instrument design, to a dynamic live audio visual experience. Originally written by Ziad in 1998, Amen started …

Amen: Algorithmic Composition and GUI design, Ziad Khouri and Daniel Lopez
Thursday 23rd of August, 7pm. Our presentation will chronicle the evolution of ZS-1 Amen. Originally written by Ziad in 1995, Amen started as GUI design experiment. In 1995 most music …

Praxis: a Media Framework by Neil Smith
Thursday 16th of August, 7pm. Neil Smith is a composer based in Oxford. Praxis is a Java-based modular framework for live creative play with video, images, audio, and other media. Its …

Towards An Infra-Instrumentarium by J. M. Bowers
Thursday 9th of August, 7pm. John will describe a number of music hacks he has wasted energy on over the years. This will include a project to make a synthesiser …
The Plague Comes to Town
On the weekend we hosted the first Music Hackspace workshop. Martin Howse, visiting from Berlin, instructed a dozen eager hackers in the construction of their very own micro_blackdeath noisemaker. The small pitch surface mount soldering involved didn’t prevent it to … Continue reading →

Home made loop pedal by Josh Shirt
Josh Shirt is a DJ and electronic music producer influenced by a love of Indie rock and roll and electronic dance music. Under the name Shirty he combines both types …
Hackspace Big Band performs at Gasworks
The Music Hackspace Big Band is invited to perform at Gasworks! Performance on Tuesday 24th of July, between 6pm and 8:30pm at Gasworks 155 Vauxhall Street London SE11 5RH Also …

micro_research: psychogeophysics explorations by Martin Howse
Presentation on Thursday 19th of July 2012, 7 pm micro_research is a mobile research platform exploring psychogeophysics and asking the question of where precisely the plague known as software executes. …

Hackteria: Yashas Shetty
Thursday 12th of July 2012, 7pm. Hackteria is a collection of Open Source Biological Art Projects instigated in February 2009 by Andy Gracie, Marc Dusseiller and Yashas Shetty. As a community platform …
Ultrasonic tactile feedback – by Matthias Kispert and Sus Garcia
Miha Ciglar presented his interface Syntact™ at the Music Hackspace on Thursday 21st of June 2012. To feel the sound, in this occasion meant to place your hand in a focal point …

Oli Larkin: Intro to audio plug-in development with iPlug
Ever wanted to make your own VST or Audiounit plug-ins? iPlug makes it really easy to get started. With just a basic knowledge of C/C++ programming you can make a plug-in using iPlug. …
Composer residency available with the Music Hackspace
The Music Hackspace is teaming with Sound and Music to host a composer residency from September 2012. “Embedded is Sound and Music’s artist development programme. Funded by The Esmée Fairbairn …

Max MSP meet up, 28th of June
On Thursday 28th of June 2012, we will host the 2nd London Max MSP meet up at the Music Hackspace. Presentations by Patrick Henegan, Bas Vellekoop and Ivaylo Chichanov. Advanced …
I Dream of Wires
Robert and Jason, the team behind the new modular synthesizer documentary I Dream of Wires, came to HQ on the weekend. They travelled all the way from the US to talk to us! Actually that’s not true – they came … Continue reading →
BEAM Festival
We went with the London Music Hackspace to the BEAM festival this weekend. Had a great time, met lots of lovely people and saw some amazing performances! On the Sunday we played a set with the Hackspace Big Band, which … Continue reading →
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Online Sales We made an announcement yesterday on the venerable muffwiggler forum to introduce Stoicheia. It was greeted with such enthusiasm that we decided we should make a few modules available for …