Sound Builders: Peaking Lights Are Teasing Lo-Fi Musical Magic From DIY Gear
Posted by Motherboard on Monday, Mar 22, 2010
Our new series Soundbuilders travels to Madison, Wisconsin to visit Peaking Lights, a married musical duo famed for their pulsating looped-rhythm tracks composed on re-purposed scraps, stereos, and lo-fi gear. We watch as husband and wife prepare for tour by paring their studio down to the bare essentials needed to produce Peaking Lights’ distinctive sound.
While we were hanging out, we got a peek into Aaron’s completely untechnical, yet highly rigorous process of Frankensteining long forgotten consumer electronics. Using the most unassuming hunks of wood, metal, and plastic, Peaking Lights produce surprising and highly personal results
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itsceegee 4 months ago
i LOVE peaking lights! i think their the cutest couple that just likes to make music with synths on a saturday morning. plus i like their stuff: http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/3/22/sound-builders-peaking-lights-are-teasing-lo-fi-musical-magic-from-diy-gear
GBT 5 months ago
First time I'd heard them but apparently they have a record that was released last year that's phenomenal.
hosisimon 5 months ago
i absolutely love this
NightTerror 5 months ago
amazing sounds of all kinds
QueenofRowdy 5 months ago
Awesome music duo. Glad it aint no sappy stuff.
Robodick 5 months ago
At least he's just dealing with 110 volts. Not too bad. I bet he's soldered his fingers a few times too.
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