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Moldover (Remastered) – Release Video
In his latest video, Moldover gives and overview of the newly remastered musical album with an emphasis on the playable packaging. Listen to the music on Bandcamp (or any major streaming platform), and order your physical copy today.
New Album Release – Moldover (Remastered)
Moldover (Remastered) is out now! Watch the release-video below. Listen to the music on Bandcamp, YouTube, or any other major streaming platform. Bring more playable-packaging into the world by ordering a copy of the new and improved Light-Theremin CD version of the album!
Hickok: Hacked Vintage Controller # 2
The Yellowbox and The Hickok are two custom MIDI controllers Moldover was commissioned to create for artist and sound designer Seth Norman. In these videos to the left:
More video of The Yellowbox from the previous post.
Yellowbox: Hacked Vintage Controller # 1
The Yellowbox and The Hickok are two custom MIDI controllers Moldover was commissioned to create for artist and sound designer Seth Norman. In these videos to the left:
The Music Mill – Full Details
In a recent, public Patreon post, Moldover presents a quick overview of the creation of The Music Mill for Meow Wolf Las Vegas, including notebook sketches and 3D models. Higher-level Patreon supporters can access The Music Mill Mega-post with loads of technical details, photographs, schematics, and other deep-dive documentation.
New Live Rig for Mickey Hart / Dead & Co
Moldover has rebuilt Mickey Hart‘s controllerism rig (“RAMU”) in preparation for the 2021 Dead & Company fall tour. See it in action live at every one of several dozen shows across the US this October/November with a special feature during the “Drums” segment each night. The Random Access Musical Universe is reborn…
The Music Mill – Pre-Opening Video
Moldover and some of the Meow Wolf team-leads jam on The Music Mill.
(Recorded in January 2021 while Omega Mart was the exhibit was still under construction)
More of Moldover’s jamboxes for sale
Moldover’s earliest jamboxes The Octamasher, and The Syncomasher, as well as his latest creation The Music Mill, have all found permanent homes in schools, community centers, and art exhibits (respectively). Now the artist is continuing to spread his multiplayer instruments around the globe by offering up his remaining creations The MiniMasher, ConnecTable 1 & 2, and The 8 Bit Boombox for sale. Contact us for more details.
Meow Wolf Collab Details & Photos
The whole of Meow Wolf Las Vegas is a MASSIVE collaboration, and Moldover’s Jambox “The Music Mill” is a hefty collaboration in and of itself. Here are the key contributors to The Music Mill and its surrounding environment within Omega Mart‘s Factory.
Liza Bender created the gorgeous Infinite Tuning Tunnels that surround and react to The Music Mill. This is her second collaboration with Moldover (she was lead set designer and fabricator for the Not Your Mirror music video) and beyond her art pieces that share a room with The Music Mill, Liza consulted on many of the aesthetic choices in the larger work, from lighting placement and color, to room-architecture, to panel graphics, and much much more.
Check out more of her wondrous works at lizabender.com and enjoy a sampling of her photography here:
Turner Kirk committed many hours of work to bringing The Music Mill’s stylized, highly-customized, MIDI-controlled lighting to life.
It began with the simple proposal to adapt Turner’s custom MIDI-Lights system (currently in use by a number of live music acts) for use in The Music Mill. As the complexity of the project grew and the bar for technical standards was raised, the scope ballooned to encompass multiple custom firmwares, custom 3D printed enclosures, and a complete overhaul of the circuitry. Turner worked with Meow Wolf’s tech-team to ensure a rock solid, super safe, and easy-to-maintain design. He integrated the same lighting system into the surrounding environment via Liza Bender’s Infinite Tuning Tunnels.
Turner supplied innumerable quick-fix solutions to accommodate the project’s continuously morphing puzzles. His patience, perseverance, and positivity, as well as his tireless dedication to the project, extreme attention to detail, and constantly-creative attitude won him the admiration and gratitude of all involved. Hats off to this hacker, musician, 3D-modeler, coder, product-designer, electrical-engineer, lighting-designer, and Omega Mart contributor extraordinaire… Turner Kirk (TurnerKirk.com)
Where do you go when you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area and you need someone to co-design and fabricate a quarter-ton, ruggedly beautiful, intricately detailed, and highly functional steel console? You go to Brian Sullivan.
Brian is the brains and brawn behind the magnificent physical structure of The Music Mill. He offers everything from industrial design, to top quality metalwork, to all manner of fabrication and finishing, all in one shop. There are countless wonderful and subtle details in the piece that are Brian’s innovations, and which make it the invincible, easily serviceable, and aesthetically captivating device that it is.
Brian has the boldness to tackle visionary projects combined with the talent, skill, and resources to bring them into reality. He’s a creative, patient, and industrious master-craftsperson. The Music Mill is the power source for Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart Factory, and Brian Sullivan is the source of the source’s power.
Moldover’s contribution to Omega Mart would not be possible without lots of support from the superlative Meow Wolf crew, specifically these outstanding humans:
Marsi Gray: Senior Creative Producer
Spec Lee: Project Manager
Francesca Searer: Show Coordinator
Ben Wright: Sound Team Creative Lead
Eric Davis: Tech Maintenance: Sound
Les Stuck: Senior Sound Technologist
Becky Neil: Tech Project Manager
Bliss Alberts: Project Coordinator, Vegas
Adam Lentz: Project Manager
Spencer Olsen: Creative Director
Matt Hettich: Sound Team Manager
Keith LaChappelle: Project Manager
Brendan Carn: Project Manager
AMC Fabrication: Architectural Fabrication
Additional thanks to Mélanie Clapiès, Rich Trapani, Matthew Tuttle, Toshi Anders Hoo, Jon Moldover, Peter, Tim Thompson, Brian Jones, Michael Price, Jenna Germany, Spacey Blurr, and everyone that has supported Moldover’s mission to bring jamboxes into the world. More about jamboxes at jamboxes.net.
The Music Mill- New Jambox for Meow Wolf LV
Moldover’s new jambox “The Music Mill” is part of Meow Wolf Las Vegas’s new permanent, 50,000 square-food narrative, immersive installation “Omega Mart” which also features Brian Eno, Amon Tobin, Alex Grey, and hundreds of other incredible artists.
NOW OPEN: Meow Wolf Las Vegas, “Omega Mart“!
Featuring Moldover’s new jambox: THE MUSIC MILL
Above photo by Liza Bender
We’ll have more info on this exciting collaboration in the near future!