firebrandboy http://blog.firebrandboy.org lo-fi electronica from the chip Sat, 29 May 2010 07:59:21 +0000 en hourly 1 On the Radar Interview http://blog.firebrandboy.org/2010/05/one-the-radar-interview/ http://blog.firebrandboy.org/2010/05/one-the-radar-interview/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 15:38:31 +0000 firebrandboy http://blog.firebrandboy.org/?p=402

Fortunately, the new wave of Scottish electronica is allowing Firebrand Boy to reach out to more appreciative audiences. Given Scotland’s genetic make-up, it’s a revival Cunningham feels was inevitable:

“There’s some kind of deep rooted self-deprecation in people who’ve grown up in Scotland. So, it makes sense that computers, synthesizers, drum machines and other utilitarian devices are a popular expressive choice. Combine that with long standing pop sensibility and it’s no surprise there’s such a fantastic electronic music scene in Scotland.”

Read the whole interview here.

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Up until fairly recently, I had been using Logic on my iBook to make music. In the last six months I switched over to Windows and have been using Ableton Live almost exclusively. The work-flow is entirely different but it makes all those processes in Logic, that were protracted missions to Mars, much simpler to use. Here’s a track that I’ve been working on over the past few days. Please forgive the mix, have only been able to listen on headphones.

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1. Albert Avenue

2. Queen’s Park

3. Rebuilt Leer

4. The Gorbals

Broken guitars, wimpy reed organs and sympathetic synthesizers.

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23.6 MB (24,768,512 bytes)

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Forgive the dodgy mix — did this on headphones.

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miaoux

The Blooms EP will be launched on Tuesday 16th March with a gig at the 13th Note Cafe, Glasgow, 9pm, where Miaoux Miaoux will be supported by chiptune wizard Firebrand Boy and the legendary Errors DJs. It will be available on CD, and also as a download from

I’m playing at Miaoux Miaoux’s EP launch in the 13th Note next week.

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Watching iPlayer
Tidying my desk
Cleaning contact points with isopropyl alcohol
Chatting on IRC
Ordering from Pizza Hut online
Putting cable ties on all the cables under my desk
Listening to my music to find flaws
Going to the city centre with no purpose
Reading threads on 8bitcollective
Going to the cinema on a Friday morning
Making bad hip-hop
Writing lists

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Today was spent tidying and mounting potentiometers to my Arduinome.

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Bored, stuck and frustrated. Just watch as the LEDs go on and off and relax.

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