Qu-Bit Data Bender and the Aesthetics of Failure

See more about the Data Bender and other Qu-Bit Electronix modules at https://www.qubitelectronix.com

00:00 - Intro and Artist Examples
02:23 - Basic Operation
03:26 - Macro Mode
05:35 - Micro Mode
07:29 - Corrupt Knob
09:09 - Example: Space Kalimba
11:12 - Example: Rhythmic Pad
12:38 - Example: Drum Mangling
14:10 - Example: Disintegrating Drone
15:23 - Outro and Recommendations

Videos
• New Sounds Presents: Maria Chavez:    • New Sounds Presents: Maria Chavez  
• Yasunao Tone - Solo for Wounded CD:    • Yasunao Tone - Solo for Wounded • Par...  
• William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops:    • William Basinski - The Disintegration...  
• William Basinski on Making The Disintegration Loops:    • William Basinski on Making The Disint...  

Articles
• Interview with Maria Chavez by Emilio Bassail (Español): https://i-d.vice.com/es/article/43xwn...
• Interview with Maria Chavez by Daniel Neumann (English): https://econtact.ca/14_3/neumann_chav...
• William Basinski — The Disintegration Loops review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/...
• Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The Disintegration Loops’: https://www.npr.org/sections/therecor...
• 'Aesthetics of Failure: “Post-Digital” Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music' in Audio Culture (Ed. Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner, p.392-398) or at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3681551?...
• 'Record, CD, Analog, Digital — Christian Marclay & Yasunao Tone' in Audio Culture (Ed. Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner, p.341-347)

Books
• Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, edited by Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/audio-c...
• Cracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction by Caleb Kelly: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cracke...
• Experimental Music Since 1970 by Jennie Gottschalk (Defining Features of Experimental Music, Indeterminacy, Machine Behaviours (p 10-11)): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/experim...

Social Media
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• Website: www.gregory-white.co.uk