The Fuse Factory | Columbus, Ohio

Our May Frequency Fridays show features sound artist Tim Kaiser (MN), experimental electronic musician Hal McGee (FL), cassette composer Jason Zeh (OH), and electronica-ambient trio Circuitry Room (OH). Date: Friday, May 4, 2012. Location: Wild Goose Creative (2491 Summit St. 43202). Admission: $8, $10 for 2. Doors open 8pm. Our Frequency Fridays 2011-2012 season is [...]

This show features PAS (NY), creators of sound collages, composer/”musical travel agent” Philippe Petit (FR), and experimental electronica/sound artist Samuel Hoar (CMH). Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012. Location: Columbus Idea Foundry (1158 Corrugated Way, CMH 43201). Admission: $5. Doors open 7pm.
About the performers:
PAS started in 1995 out of Brooklyn, NY, USA, driven by the creative [...]

On Tuesday, April 24th, we are proud to host experimental percussionist Ches Smith and experimental tenor saxophonist Travis Laplante. Date: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012. Location: It Looks Like Its Open (13 E. Tulane, Columbus 43202). Doors open 6pm, performance begins 7pm. Admission $5.
About the performers:
Born in San Diego, CA and raised in Sacramento, Ches Smith [...]

Our April Frequency Fridays show features circuit-bent hacker-space rock trio CMKT4 (IL), acapella electronica musician Kate Westfall (OH), experimental electronica band Highly Funktioning Kult (OH), and artist Doosung Yoo, who will be lecturing about his latest project Vishtauraborg v. 2.6. Date: Friday, April 6, 2012. Location: Wild Goose Creative (2491 Summit St. 43202). Admission: $8, [...]

The Circuit Benders’ Ball Columbus is a one-day event that celebrates the gentle art of tearing apart your electronic toys and gadgets and reconfiguring them into a musical instrument or artwork – i.e. break it to make it. We have invited benders/hardware hackers/sound artists from Ohio and other parts of the mid-west to perform with [...]

[ March 31, 2012; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Date: Saturday, March 31 2012
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Location: Columbus Idea Foundry (1160 Corrugated Way, cmh 43201)
Fee: $10 ($15 if you plan to attend the performance; $5 discount)
Instructor: Mark Hoffman

In this workshop participants will study one of the simplest types of bend: finding a resistor within a circuit that controls the clock speed of the chip [...]

[ March 31, 2012; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Date: Saturday, March 31 2012
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Location: Columbus Idea Foundry (1160 Corrugated Way, cmh 43201)
Fee: $10 ($15 if you plan to attend the performance; $5 discount)
Instructor: Alex Dyba

Workshop participants will create a simple two transistor light Theremin based on the 1976 Forrest M. Mims III design. This kit is perfect for beginners who [...]

On Monday March 12 we feature heavy ambient drone musician Mario Diaz de Leon (NY), post industrial/metal electronic musician requiem (Pittsburgh), and dark ambient musician Central Inhabitants (CMH). Location: WIld Goose Creative (2491 Summit St. cmh 43202. Admission: $8, $10 for 2. Doors open 8pm. BYOB.
About the performers:
Mario Diaz de Leon is a composer and [...]

We have recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for our first Circuit Benders’ Ball Columbus, a one-day event that celebrates the gentle art of tearing apart your electronic toys and gadgets and reconfiguring them into a musical instrument or artwork – i.e. break it to make it. Our inspirations are the Bent Festival [...]

Our February Frequency Fridays show features instrument inventor Skip LaPlante (NY), experimental musician Michael Wall (CMH), and computer musician Joe Panzner (CMH). Date: Friday, March 2, 2012. Location: Wild Goose Creative (2491 Summit St. 43202). Admission: $8, $10 for 2. Doors open 8pm. Our Frequency Fridays 2011-2012 season is supported by a generous grant from [...]