Interactive designer/artist Grant Bussinger took some cameraphone footage of my set last night:

If you watch to the end, you’ll see me kick the power cord for the whole table and temporarily knock out the audio.

I have been asked by LAMPO to perform at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago later this month, as part of their Magical Musical Showcase series. I’m pretty excited about it, and I hope you can make it- I’ve been creating some new instruments and experimenting with drum-playing robots, so this show should be [...]

Thanks to everyone who came out to my talk and performance at Transistor last week. Here’s a little bit of video from that show:

Thanks to Steven Buck for the video!

I’ve been a busy bee in my studio producing some new and fun devices for your audiovisual enjoyment. This coincides with the opening of a new boutique in Andersenville that is carrying an exclusive line of my handbuilt optical theremins and other unique synthesizers. This fantastic new establishment is called Transistor, and it’s just a [...]

October is Chicago Artists Month, and I have been named as one of the featured artists by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, which is why you may have seen my face around town, plastered on billboards downtown and printed in publications.  I’m very honored to have been chosen, and I hope my event this month proves [...]

Good afternoon, you fair and kind beings.
Firstly, I have a newly built piece debut’ing at Aldo Castillo Gallery as part of the Deadline Projects show “High Art.” The theme of the show is a sly reference to mobiles, in the tradition of Calder and others. My contribution will be a miniaturized, compact version [...]

Dr. Rek has finished assembling his documentary masterpiece and hot damn! It looks pretty.
A little preview is available online, including the section containing my interview and performance with Memory Selector:

Memory Selector – Bent 2008 mpls from Derek Sajbel on Vimeo.
I highly recommend ordering the DVD for anyone who’s interested in circuit bending- the interviews coupled [...]

Man, what a fun time that was.  Big thanks to Patrick of Roth Mobot for putting it all together.  And my new handmade sequencer synth worked!

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade synth from Michael Una on Vimeo.

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade synth part 2 from Michael Una on Vimeo.

Live set at MEECAS 09, handmade [...]

Anyone in Ireland this weekend should check out the Synth Eastwood show in Dublin- there’ll be a live music performance featuring Beep-it, among other excellent multi-discipline art happenings. Click the image for details.

Shot and uploaded by the inimitable Chad Mageira.