Auckland DIY musical electronics hackers wanted
If you are an experienced builder of guitar pedals, synths, other electro junk PLZ get in touch. The Musical Electronics Library is looking for skilled people to build stuff for our collection. We can supply parts. Thanks!
Auckland MEL is opening for the year this Saturday, the 13th Feb.
In other news: THE WELLINGTON MEL IS LAUNCHING THIS SUNDAY THE 14TH. Please come along to the Pyramid Club, 272 Taranaki St, Wellington from 4pm if you’re in the zone. Musical performances by Kraus, UMU, Wives (featuring members of HEX), Dick Whyte (Bent Folk) with Svenda Strom, and UZB-96. Here are some brand-new WMEL boxes built by Bryan Tabuteau and Franky Yale.
Hello Xmas baybeez
Please note the Audio Foundation and the Musical Electronics Library will be closed for summer after the 19th December. Please make sure to return your MEL loans this week in between gift shopping and pre-xmas food gorging. The Audio Foundation is open Tues-Saturday 12-4pm.
Thanks so much to all library staff, volunteers, pedal builders and patrons and the wonderful Audio Foundation yay it’s been a dream year and 2016 is going to be even better I personally guarantee that fact.
Love,
MEL
Do you have an old guitar pedal just lying around your house? Want to help out an awesome community project? The Musical Electronics Library needs your donations! MEL is looking for guitar pedals, or any musical equipment, in any condition. It doesn’t matter if it’s broken or ruined, we will take your fuzz boxes, keyboards, toys that make sound, anything we can potentially fix up and lend out as part of our free library collection. Get in touch! Email kraus [AT] kraus [DOT] co [DOT] nz or drop donations to the Audio Foundation, sub-basement of the Parisian Tie Factory, 4 Poynton Terrace, Auckland Central, Auckland. Thanks o(^・x・^)o
The MEL collection just reached 50 items thanks to the donation of this sweeet 80s “ECLER” sampler/looper. Thanks Luke Florian!
The Musical Electronics Library Fundraiser Spectacular
Saturday 11 July at the Audio Foundation
8pm
$10
Featuring four literally smoking-hot solo acts, including:
New Zealand’s official Dreampop princess Trip Pony! See her now so you can say “I saw her back in the day before she was only playing arenas”.
ALSO: Tropical-Industrial pioneer Ron Gallipoli!
Plus: Illegal taxi company CEO/driver and former member of Team Ugly? It could only be golden boy Michael McClelland aka Centre Negative.
AND a rare and unmissable performance by one-man stomp-and-pout machine Ben Holmes!
See you therer?
Hello! MEL will be closed on the 4th April for Easter. See you next Saturday though. Thanks!
Tawahinga has generously donated his Korg Little Bits kit to the Musical Electronics Library! Thankyou sir!
MEL was featured in the December issue of NZ Musician magazine.
Yo we are open again after a long hot summer break. Come on down to the Audio Foundation Saturdays 12-4pm and check out the collection, have a play and borrow stuff. It’s all free and it’s all electric!
