Drum Buddy performance at Glasslands Gallery Dec 1, 2007

This past Saturday, New Orleans-based musician and inventor Quintron, best known for the performances and recordings he creates with his wife, Ms. Pussycat, swooped into Gotham City on a delivery mission to the studio of multimedia artist Laurie Anderson. He handed over an extremely limited edition Quintronics Drum Buddy analog rhythm instrument which—we assume—will soon be integrated into Ms. Anderson's live act. Considering her 25-year career trajectory innovating upon digital performance tools (all those MIDI controllers, not to mention her 2005 prediction that her software-based setup would evolve into something small enough to "fit in her pocket"), the acquisition signals something of a shift—or at least a nod—to hacker/DIY undercurrents. The Drum Buddy is an assemblage of quirkily-tuned oscillators which respond via photoresistors to hand motions upon a rotating, perforated Café du Monde (or some such) can, much like the way a DJ scratches a record. A celebration of the transaction that same night at Williamsburg's Glasslands Gallery included a demo-performance by Quintron on two more Drum Buddies that will go up for auction at local furniture store Fresh Kills, though word on the street is that Lou Reed—present at the studio visit—now needs one of his own. --Nick Hallett

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• Quintron
• Pussycat
• Glasslands
• Drum
• Buddy
• Laurie
• Anderson
• DIY
• circuit
• bending
• hacking

[DessicantFilms]

You're right, it's way dumber than the musical instruments you've invented AND patented AND auctioned for over $5000 to famous musicians. Oh wait you haven't done that, the inventor of the Drum Buddy has. Shithead.

[tripplethrendo]

this thing is pretty stupid

[bigbezet]

..so where is the actual performance? :P

[rubzyc]

I want to see more