◊ fluxmonkey info

fluxmonkey is a kittylitter bucket full of multiple musical activities involving bbob drake, solo and in various collaborations. These include electronic and electro-acoustic performances, recordings, synthesizer design and construction, and workshops on music tech and improvisation. Areas of interest include improvisation (free & otherwise), analog & cracked electronics, electroacoustic instrument construction, traditional luthiery, environmental sound, jazz, noise, eai & lower-case music.

• Collaboration partners have included (among others): JGuy Laughlin/Alex Henry (as Baekdudaegan trio), Ryan Kuehn, various members of Trepanning Trio, Ben Bennett, Ryan Jewell, Nate Scheible, T.J. Borden, Steve Slane, Ben Osborne, John Elliot, Andrew Klimek, Kristen Ban Drake...
• Performance activities have included Marina Rosenfeld's Sheer Frost Orchestra; a Keith Rowe-led performance of Cornelius Cardew's Treatise; Luciano Chessa's Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, Cleveland Jazz Collective, and festivals such as X-Fest, What You Will, International Noise Conferences, and Voice of the Valley.

For those interested: my full Curriculum vitae in PDF format.

Please contact with project ideas or for bookings:

• email is fluxmonk[at]gmail.com
• facebook (current gig schedule etc.)