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Cloud Becomes Your Hand’s gear and creative process

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Cloud Becomes Your Hand's creative potential is on full display in their sophomore album "Rest In Flea," a multi-colored sonic adventure released by intrepid Queens label Northern Spy, home to an enviable collection of NYC's best experimental talents of all ages. But the record, a brilliantly quirky but very musical collage of robotic numbers, psychedelia and musical deconstruction, doesn't tell the whole story. With electronic xylophone, clarinet and electric violin rounding up their drum/bass/guitar sonic backbone, the sextet offers a monstrously tight live show featuring perfectly choreographed movements and sublime moments of absurdity, reminiscent of a DIY blend of Devo, Wire and The Residents.... Click on the title for more

Cloud Becomes Your Hand’s gear and creative process

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2016 – September 10-11!

The DeliDelicious Audio, and Main Drag Music are proud to announce the 6th edition of The NYC StompBox Exhibit, a free for all interactive display of guitar effect pedals  - pictures from last year's awesome show are here.... Click on the title for more

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2016 – September 10-11!

Featured Pedals: Dr. Scientist’s BitQuest

BITQUEST_1__34121.1431461571.1280.1280[1] Are you old enough to remember the amazing old Sierra video game series from the late '80s and early '90s that included the classics like Kings Quest, Hero’s Quest, Space Quest, and Police Quest? Well, the Canadian husband and wife duo, Ryan and Tanya Clarke, of Dr. Scientist pedals (who by the way have possibly the best website on earth) have managed to conjure up that nostalgic spirit of vintage gamer lore in pedal form with their latest adventure in a box, the BitQuest.... Click on the title for more

Featured Pedals: Dr. Scientist’s BitQuest

Jenny Tuite’s (of Dirty Dishes) favorite stompboxes

Dirty-Dishes Noise is not a stranger in NYC, whether you are referring to the city's ambient sound or its musical counterpart, which is - more often than not - generated by distorted guitars and fuzz pedals. Guitarist and vocalist Jenny Tuite's band Dirty Dishes inserts itself in this noise rock tradition, which gave us unforgettably turbulent recordings by bands like the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and A Place To Bury Strangers. It turns out Jenny is borderline obsessed with stompboxes, and had no problem sharing with us some effect related tricks she does when playing.... Click on the title for more

Jenny Tuite’s (of Dirty Dishes) favorite stompboxes

Compressor Review: Origin Effects Cali76-CD by Gearphoria

Seminal, vintage fuzz pedals: the WEM-Rush Pepbox – by Gearphoria

pepbox SOMEBODY once said that if you remember the ‘60s you weren’t really there, and this is clearly a problem if you have an interest in effects pedal history. The WEM-Rush Pepbox was, until recently, one of the great mysteries of UK fuzz, an area which is notoriously, um, fuzzy in its formative years. This photograph of John Lennon at Abbey Road in August 1966 ensures the place of the Pepbox in rock’n’roll history. Lennon stands with his back to the camera, his left hand lingering on a pedal, sitting on top of a Vox amp. You can’t see it clearly, but eventually it was identified as an early fuzz box, the WEMRush Pepbox.... Click on the title for more

Seminal, vintage fuzz pedals: the WEM-Rush Pepbox – by Gearphoria

Featured Pedal: Dr. No Octofuzz

Octofuzz-large[1] One of the premier effects from the mad minds at Dr. No Effects - a Dutch company with a firm “all analog” design principle, dedicated to bringing an old school sound to the modern age - comes in the form of the Octofuzz. As you may have guessed, this is an octave fuzz pedal, but the tones available from the Octofuzz run the entire range of fuzz. While certainly capable of handling the legendary fuzz sounds of such rock pioneers as Hendrix, the pedal is also right at home dishing out more modern sounds reminiscent of acts like Queens of the Stone Age, the White Stripes, and more.... Click on the title for more

Featured Pedal: Dr. No Octofuzz

Ghost King’s guitar pedals on “Bones”

13592803_1263358687022711_6446972213589363482_n[1]Ghost King's 2016 debut album "Bones" impressed our friends at The Deli so much that they made it NYC Record of the Month back in April. The album features what could be seen (and heard) as an noteworthy recap of the (indie) guitar rock sound of the '90s, with references to bands as disparate and glorious as Sonic Youth, the Violent Femmes, Pavement, The Pixies and Guided by Voices. Considering the wide range of guitar tones in the record, we thought band songwriter and guitarist Carter McNeil might have something interesting to say about what inspired the record and what gear made it possible.... Click on the title for more

Ghost King’s guitar pedals on “Bones”

amukaT Gadgets’ Tweaker V.2

amukaT%20Gadgets%20Tweaker%20Ver2[1] For NYC's amukaT Gadgets’ latest stompbox, the name says it all: Tweaker. This is a revamp of the original Tweaker that came out two years ago, now with sturdier metal footswitches (you’ll understand why momentarily), a horizontal layout, and a redesign of the circuit.... Click on the title for more

amukaT Gadgets’ Tweaker V.2

Half Waif’s gear and creative process

Seminal, vintage pedals: the Seamoon Fresh Fuzz – by Tones Machines