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| Drawing by Geek On Acid |
I am fascinated by the technology - it is an essence of Geek On Acid. I am entirely dedicated to McLuhan's and Baudrillard's notion that technology is not only an extension of our evolution, but also our body and mind and the existence itself. We gradually expand ourselves to achieve more and achieve it quicker. I love to experiment and play with technology, and part of it has been related with programming. I learn bits and pieces of programming languages to use for my work as doctorate researcher. I play with markup programming, tweaking HTML, jQuery, and CSS to better visualize information (online). I've been also programming hardware synthesizers - as a hobby. I bought, used and sold about 50 different synths, ranging from proper analogue 70s mammoths, to slick and noisy 90s digital synths. After some time, I kept only one synth, a modern one, but with incredible old-school vibe. For example, it has exact emulation of Commodore 54 chip (SID MOS6581), implanted into it's hearth. And amazing user interface glowing with a toxic blue light. We quickly connected well to each other, and I felt like this synth became a part of my body, a part of my auditory cortex. I can sit down, and loose myself in the flow of low frequency oscillation tweaking, waveforms warping and sequencer triggering. I apply filters to artificially vocoded voice and take apart conventional percussion to slice them into dirty-beat-noise. And that's how Calculator Love was born - few months of flowing with 8-bit-Tetris-like-sounds wrapped in electronic beats with a touch of industrial sounds and techno-repetitive cherry on the top. All done with one Calculator I love.
That's it, everything else is on geekonacid.com.
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