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The Technical Academy plays -b0b-

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Matt Misso
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Matt Misso b0b is the man. listen for yourself. make sure you know the story. I talked to him on Twitter.
Lee Adcock
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Lee Adcock Like those days when ya fiddled round with Finale, or noodled on a Yamaha keyboard, especially the percussion setting. Except imagine three of you, banging away at once, or tossing off all your doodled MIDIs at once, and that instead of sounding like a racket, you've miraculously made a concerto. A clockwork, off-kilter, MIDI concerto. Favorite track: Psx4.
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    Limited edition of 150 red cassettes with download card, double-sided insert, and illustrated b/w zine of an interview with -bØb-.

    *Bonus track: "Add Primitive Reference" included with download*

    The first 30 copies came with a bonus cassette of Electro Media Mix, an unreleased album of -bØb-'s 1969 experiments using primitive electronics, homemade oscillators, and found sound.
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1.
Do Thing 02:34
2.
Devils Dance 02:51
3.
Drum Dub 01:22
4.
Psx4 04:54
5.
Around Five 04:07
6.
Poppa 03:10
7.
8.
Quartz I 02:36
9.
Quartz II 03:44
10.
Quartz III 02:40
11.
Quartz IV 03:43
12.
Ohm 05:25

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Fixture | FR027
Cassette
Edition of 150
Release Date: January 27, 2015

The Technical Academy plays -bØb- is a collection of twelve experimental compositions, improvised live by algorithmic bots in an Atari ST computer.

In 1991, an American computer programmer and pedal steel player known as -bØb- created The Technical Academy, an ensemble of musical bots, each with its own virtual instrument and set of human-like limitations. Connecting a rack synthesizer to his computer, -bØb- hit Return and then listened as The Technical Academy jammed together in real-time without human intervention. He recorded these performances live and unedited, eventually gathering his favourite pieces to form an album called The Technical Academy plays -bØb-, which he passed around to family and friends.

Twenty-four years after -bØb- created the bots, Fixture Records is reissuing The Technical Academy plays -bØb- as a limited-edition cassette tape and digital download. The reissue includes an 11-minute bonus track, a double-sided insert with reproductions of -bØb-'s original source code, and an illustrated zine of an interview with the artist.

*The first 30 copies came with a free cassette of Electro Media Mix, an unreleased album of -bØb-'s 1969 experiments using primitive electronics, homemade oscillators, and found sound.

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released January 27, 2015

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