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New Website

Oct 8, 2018

Moldover.com is dead. Long live Moldover.com!

Moldover's new website comes to you courtesy of the fine people at Two Hats Consulting. Graphic design by Chris Lombardo. Extra special thanks to project manager Damian Sol.

Knew Knowledge Tour

Oct 5, 2018

Moldover is on the road for all of October with a focus on education and mentorship. Alongside typical shows, catch him during a residency at The University of Illinois Unit One, Redbull Hack The Hits, a slew of Ableton Live workshops, and a controllerism all-star concert at Berklee College of Music celebrating their new Electronic Digital Instrument program. Full Details

New Jambox: The 8 Bit Boombox

Jul 6, 2018

Retro gaming and jambox-design, together at last! Video

A Conversation with Tim Exile

Jun 11, 2018

Listen to an intimate podcast-style conversation between two controllerism legends: Patreon post

New Release: Friendly Fire mixtape

Apr 18, 2018

Since the release of Moldover's last album Four Track, he's been gathering musical gems from independent artists he knows and loves. Friendly Fire is a thoughtful blend of their music and his, free to stream from his new Mixcloud page. Please share the #FriendlyFireMixtape

New Publishing Agreement with SSA Music

Mar 31, 2018

Moldover's new original music compositions and recorded masters are now licensed for use in film, games, television, etc. exclusively through SSA Music.

The Robocaster on iOS

Feb 28, 2018

A new iOS tool mirrors the controller portion of Moldover's custom controller-guitar, The Robocaster. Watch demo videos and get complete details from the MIDI Designer website, or jump right in and download the ZIP archive containing all the necessary files for MIDI Designer and Guitar Rig, along with some helpful text and photos.

New Live Show Excerpts

Feb 13, 2018

Some vignettes of heavier Moldover songs at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.

Jan Tour Dates, Banff Residency

Dec 1, 2017

This January will see Moldover landing in Miami, Orlando, Calgary, and Charlotte, plus a 2-week residency at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta Canada. Refresh your calendar with a look at Moldover's live page.

New Four Track LED Pendants

Nov 24, 2017

Just released online for the first time: Four Track LED Pendants! Circuit boards designed like mini cassette tapes with pin-backs and long-life LEDs. Hand assembled in the USA! ORDER NOW

Bass Abyss

Nov 14, 2017

Moldover will be contributing his myriad talents to the newest project of Scott Weiser (Jackal & Hyde, Dynamix II, Industrial Bass Machine). The group known as Bass Abyss will debut new music in Miami this January. More US tour dates to come...

SHUT ME DOWN, Remix Contest

Oct 19, 2017

Pyramind and Indaba proudly present a remix contest for Moldover’s emotional time-bomb of a song, "Shut Me Down". The next single from his highly acclaimed album “Four Track" will be released with a new music video, and Moldover wants fresh new remixes to accompany it. This is your chance to re-imagine one of his finest works and take home some kick-ass prizes. Think you’ve got what it takes? Grab the stems and get started!

SOBER, New Single Out, Oct 10

Oct 5, 2017

Previously only heard by Kickstarter and Patreon supporters, Moldover's new single SOBER will be publicly released on Toolsday, October 10. Pre-order now on all major popular digital music services such as iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.

Best Tour EVER

Oct 1, 2017

What could be better than the last year's North American and European Four Track tours? THIS!!! The Best Tour EVER crams 20+ events all across eastern North America into less than a month. Get the latest details and links on the live page.

Dead & Company Support

Sept 4, 2017

Enjoy bits and bobs of Moldover's instrument and sound design work at Dead & Company shows around the US and Mexico this winter.

New Prototype Songs and Acoustic Sets at Burning Man 2017

Aug 13, 2017

Moldover returns to dusty Black Rock City, obliterating musical devides by weilding his classic controllerism/mashup set at legendary venues including Thunderdome and Automatic Subconcious, DJing a plethora of radio shows, and also performing live acoustic sets at a gaggle of more intimate venues. Grab the full schedule on the live page.

August: The Four Track European Tour

July 25, 2017

Moldover is crossing the Atlantic to play in a dozen cities over the course of three weeks. Catch him in Oslo, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, Kassel, Göttingen, Lucerne, Zurich, Basel, or Cologne. Check out the live page for the most up-to-date details.

Online Mentoring with Moldover

July 5th, 2017

Moldover is officially part of the new Pyramind Mentorship Network. Book an online session at your convinence and get one-on-one training in any one of a long list of spcialties including controllerism, Ableton Live, Native Instruments, self-producing, live performance, and many more. Learn more about Moldover's mentorship skills in this podcast conversation on Funding Your Music Career and another with Thavius Beck on Production and Hardware for Pyramind's "Producing Out Loud" series.

Moldover on Patreon: a new paradigm for the creation of awesome THINGS!

June 13, 2017

New Videos

May 26, 2017

Plastic Smile: Performed live, Soul Graffiti Studios

Nova Project: Talk and performance for high school students

Music & Instrument Design: Ableton presentation

Hack your Guitar Wing: A how-to video

Supporting the Cause

April 12, 2017

The Four Track Tour has donated a portion of their proceeds to The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, and The International Refugee Assistance Project. Please show your support for the causes you care about!

The Four Track Tour, Western US

March 6, 2017

Moldover is hitting the road again this month, touring with opening act B1 (hot off the release of his new album Split Screen Dreaming). Covering thirteen cities in the western US & Canada, from San Diego, to Austin, and all the way up to Vancouver, the Four Track Tour is coming to a city near you soon! Check out the live page for full details.

Voltage Connect

Feb 5, 2017

Moldover will be presenting his work at the Voltage Connect Conference in Boston on March 10 & 11, alongside music tech visionaries Richard Devine, Jordan Rudess, Dave Smith, Suzanne Ciani, David Friend (Arp), Daniel Haver (Native Instruments), Marcus Ryle (Line 6) and many more.

New Octamasher Sound Set

Feb 18, 2017

Ottawa's own Jesse Stewart has teamed up with Moldover to complete the first, 100%-new sound-set for Moldover's first jambox, The Octamasher! More than 200 meticulously tweaked samples, all from Canadian artists, will be part of a special performance and public installation at The National Arts Center in Ottawa this summer!! Happy 150th birthday Canada!!!

To Tide You Over

Jan 20, 2017

Moldover is bouncing around to play at one-off events in Los Angeles, Ottawa, Boston, and other not-as-random-as-they-sound spots. See the live page for details.

Spring Tour Dates coming soon

Jan 1, 2017

Moldover will be navigating the western half of North America. Prepare to delight your ears, eyes, mind, body, and soul, by basking in the controllery goodness of the Four Track live show, this March. List of cities coming soon...

How to play The Voice Crusher

Nov 26, 2016

Download print-at-home graphics for Four Track's playable packaging quick-start guide: FRONT, BACK

Four Track Tour, 2016

Oct 11, 2016

Moldover is heading back out on the road in support of Four Track beginning October 15th. Catch him live at shows, master-classes and festivals around North America thru the end of November. Full details

Kickstarter Rewards

Sept 20, 2016

Rewards have been sent to practically all of the 500+ backers of the Four Track Kickstarter campaign. The songs from the album, and the sound of crushed voices can be heard across the land. If you are one of the very few people who supported the project for a reward but did not receive it, please contact us via Kickstarter.

Four Track has arrived

Aug 24th, 2016

Watch the new music video for Not Your Mirror (above), listen and download the new songs on Moldover's Four Track Bandcamp page, or pick up a hard copy here in the web store.

Four Track Release Date, Burn!

Aug 17th, 2016

Moldover's long awaited project Four Track arrives on Aug 24th! Stream or download it from all major online music sources, or pick up one of the unique physical packages (like The Voice Crusher Edition) from the store. Catch Moldover celebrating the release with a slew of live performances and DJ sets at his favorite place on earth: Burning Man.

DJ Shadow's controllerism rig

June 7th, 2016

Moldover is designing and building the core of DJ Shadow's live audio/visual controllerism rig. Check out the new album and summer tour for Shadow's new release The Mountain Will Fall.

New music video in production

May 11th, 2016

Moldover is teaming up with director Daniel Garcia to produce a music video for the song Not Your Mirror. The release of the video will coincide with Four Track.

More work with Mickey Hart

May 1st, 2016

Moldover has been hired once again to help prepare Mickey Hart's elaborate controllerism rig, this time for the Dead & Company summer tour.

Spring Tour Postponed

Apr 7th, 2016

The release of Four Track has been pushed back to May, and Moldover's Four Track Tour has been postponed (except for a few select dates) until the end of the summer.

Spring Tour

Feb 21st, 2016

Planning has begun for a North American tour to support the release of Four Track. Check back here soon for dates and locations!

Southern California Events

Jan 3rd, 2016

Moldover will be heading south at the end of January for a string of events in the greater Los Angeles area. Music and Soldering workshops, a rare house concert with a jambox installation, and even a conference discussion with some of music tech's most illustrious names are all part of the fun. Get the full details on the LIVE page.

Closing Controllerism.com

Nov 24th, 2015

After 8 years of service to the community, Moldover has officially ended development of controllerism.com. Go there to read a new article he has written summarizing its place in history.

MX4 - Make music & money at the same time

Oct 27th, 2015

Never one to shy away from learning new skills, Moldover has just completed an online course in music business called MX4. Being a full time independent and self-employed creative person is NOT easy, even for someone with experience. Consider spending six weeks powering up your career with a group of motivated and inspiring people like Moldover. Check out MX4.

European Fall Tour

Oct 16th, 2015

Dates have just been announced for Germany, Spain, The UK, and The Netherlands on the live page.

The Grateful Dead

Oct 1st, 2015

Moldover has been contracted by Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) to help prepare Mickey's controllerism rig for the upcoming Dead & Company tour with John Mayer. Mickey's performance rig features live sample triggering, audio processing, and interaction between a dozen different controllers, custom software and hardware. Rumor has it that Moldover will also be adding a new electronic triggering system to Mickey's West African Balafon.

Jamboxes are now things you can buy

Sept 15th, 2015

Moldover's first jambox The Octamasher will be sold later this month to composer, percussionist, artist, and educator Jesse Stewart at Carleton University. Moldover is now accepting offers to sell his other one-of-a-kind jamboxes, and taking orders to custom-build variations of his new modular jambox design ConnecTable. Get further details here.

Burning Man 2015

Aug 24th, 2015

Live sets, DJ sets, radio shows, special events and more await! Are you brave enough to make the journey to the desert, savvy enough to copy part of Moldover's schedule, and lucky enough to find him amidst the carefully organizes chaos...? Details

Light-Theremin DIY Instructable

Aug 5th, 2015

Like making things? Want to learn how to solder? Check out the new instructable for Moldover's Light-Theremin CD (DIY version). You can end all war, world hunger, AND disease by buying your own kit today!

Live in Amsterdam

July 28th, 2015

A new croud-sourced video platform called Fan Footage is doing fantastic things. Behold, an online, interactive, multi-camera experience of Moldover's show at The Bimhuis in Amsterdam.

Berklee Valencia Video

July 18th, 2015

If you've ever wondered what the heck Moldover does when he visits a school, check out this wrap up of Moldover's visit to Berklee Valencia.

Ableton LOOP

June 21st, 2015

Ableton Live is the music software practically synonymous with live electronic music. Ableton is hosting their first event ever, this fall in Berlin. Moldover will be there to talk about The Future of Controllerism.

Summer and fall tours

June 1st, 2015

After a round of gigs in the northern California area, Moldover will be heading to his favorite place on earth, Black Rock City (where Burning Man happens) for a solid two weeks of DJ sets, live performances, and special prototype acoustic shows. This fall he's heading to Ontario Canada and back to Europe. Details updated reguarly on the live page.

Controller-Guitar Interview

April 7th, 2015

For the last three years Moldover has been blending his controllerism skills with his life-long love of Guitar. Nathan Lively from Sound Design Live spoke with Moldover about the evolution of his controller-guitar, The Robocaster, and his collaboration with Livid Instruments to create The Guitar Wing.

Live Online Workshop & Concert

March 28th, 2015

On Sunday, April 12th Moldover will present not one, but TWO live-online events. Get full details on the live page, or jump straight to Moldover's new Concert Window page

Spring Warm-up Mini-Tours

March 4th, 2015

Moldover's forthcoming album Four Track is getting ever-nearer to completion, and it's time to start warming up the live performance. Travel is planned in the states for May to Boston, Providence, NYC, DC, and Greenville SC. Travel in Europe for June is planned for Barcelona, Valencia, Amsterdam, and Berlin. See the live page for more details.

Sound Control Digital Video Series

February 24th, 2015

Moldover is collaborating with TV and video producer Dave Skwarczek from Eat Your Lunch on a video-series version of Moldover's popular Sound Control workshops. Check out some screen shots from the unreleased pilot episode, all about making music with gaming controllers, and featuring a guest performance by MC Frontalot.

Molded Breaks

December 24th, 2014

Music-makers rejoice! Enjoy Moldover's holiday gift to you: a collection of his 100 all-time most favorite break-beats, carefully formatted for Ableton Live. Due to crazy-high download traffic, the direct download has been mirrored here and made into a torrent file linked here.

DIY Light-Theremin kit released

October 23rd, 2014

Nurture your inner maker. Level-up your soldering skills. Buy Moldover's Light-Theremin circuit board CD as a Do-It-Yourself kit!

Notable press

October 9th, 2014

Running The Voodoo Down does a great job of covering all things Moldover in this entertaining and thought-provoking podcast. The German print magazine BEAT dropped a full page article about Moldover in their last issue. Even if you don't understand German you can auto-translate it and enjoy seeing "controllerism" replaced with "communism" in the web version.

ConnecTable #2

Septermber 30th, 2014

Physical jamboxes have been one-of-a-kind creations, until now. Moldover is taking jambox culture to the next level with the completion of the world's second ConnecTable. ConnecTable is Moldover's standardized, modular, and open-source platform for making jamboxes more quickly, afforably, and awesomely. Learn more at jamboxes.net.

Summer recording-tour: Moldova and beyond

July 21st, 2014

Many wonder about the dark and mysterious origins of Moldover's unusual moniker. Some with greater georgraphic knowledge suggest a relationship to the little-known land of Moldova. All we know for sure is that for the first time ever, this obscure location has appeared among the dates for Moldover's live appearances. But what does it all MEAN?!?

Live Remashing: open sourced

July 16th, 2014

Moldover originally launched his solo career with an ambitious live and improvised remix project called "Live Remashing". This project, and the video Moldover made to explain it, drew the eyes of the world and coined the term controllerism. Recordings from the project have remained available here as Moldover has moved on to other performance styles. Now, for the first time, Moldover has made all the live remashing source files freely available to download. This includes the master project file, and all the meticulously prepared songs, samples, effects, and fancy mixing tools, designed by Moldover. Just use your favorite Bit Torrent client or tracker and search for "Moldover Live Remashing Open Source".

Guitar Wing now Shipping

May 30th, 2014

Moldover's collaboration with Livid Instruments is now shipping to Kickstarter backers and stores around the world. The electric guitar (and controllerism) may never be the same...

SAY IT Remix-EP released

Apr 24th, 2014

Featuring remixes by Nonagon, Przemyslaw Grzelak, and Shinkono, and original visual artwork by Colin Sebestyen. Special thanks to Matthew Levine and Alex Schwartz. Direct download

Guitar Wing in Popular Science

Apr 15th, 2014

Read about Moldover's collaboration with Livid Instruments in this month's issue of Popular Science on the web, or in print.

Free MaxForLive patch

Apr 4th, 2014

Users of Ableton Live and Max For Live music softwares can now enjoy Moldover's new custom tool SetListFire. Developed in collaboration with programmer Ryan Challinor, this simple utility is a handy new way to organize and execute set lists for live shows. Watch and learn how it works, or download SetListFire now.

Museum jambox installation

Mar 7th, 2014

Two of Moldover's jamboxes, The MiniMasher and The Launchbox, are now part of a six month exhibition at the San Jose Tech Museum. Tens of thousands of visitors will experience these and 14 other innovative musical instruments as part of the REBOOT: Music exhibition running now thru August 17.

New remix by Nonagon, Warper compilation

Feb 21st, 2014

The Warper Party crew that Moldover co-founded years ago in New York is still going strong, and has just released a free compilation. It includes a previously unreleased remix of Moldover's SAY IT by Nonagon. Download and enjoy!

Four Track calendar

Feb 5th, 2014

Inspired by David Hasselhoff and the photography of MJ Mont-Reynaud, we present the official 2014 Moldover Pin-Up Calendar!

New controller collaboration on Kickstarter: Guitar Wing

Jan 24th, 2014

Moldover has teamed up with Livid Instruments to create a wireless control surface that attaches to any electric guitar or bass. Please support The Guitar Wing campaign by spreading the word!

Free "Moldover Font" and animated type-face

Jan 16th, 2014

The font originally created for Moldover's Light Theremin circuit-board album has been turned into a standard static-font and a customizable animated-font, both available from Animography.net. Credit goes to Colin Sebestyen of Movecraft for transforming Moldover's sketches into something so fun and useful.

New jambox: The Launchbox

Jan 5th, 2014

This video is a preview of the first of a new breed of Moldover jamboxes.

Album pre-orders now available

Dec 15th, 2013

Pre-orders for Moldover's forthcoming album "Four Track" are available in the web-store

Crowdfunding aftermath

Dec 4th, 2013

Moldover's Kickstarter has concluded. The un-official total raised (including pledges external to Kickstarter) is $45,361. Read Moldover's thoughts on the experience in his first post-campaign update.

Yet more press

Nov 29th, 2013

Most notable are a feature on the Ableton blog, and a podcast interview for DJ Grandpa's Crib. Shout-outs also appeared on Sonic State, Tech Dirt, Breadboard Dreams, and Twist Image.

Instrument rewards added

Nov 28th, 2013

Four Track now has three unique custom instruments as high-level rewards for Kickstarter backers:
THE BASS-FINGER - The instrument co-designed by Moldover, 60-Works Controllers, and Bassnectar,
THE FRANKENTROLLER (2013 edition) - An updated copy of Moldover's first serious performance controller
THE OCTAMASHER - Moldover's first and most famous jambox!

...full details on the Four Track Kickstarter page.

Four Track documentary

Nov 26th, 2013

Film maker Cedric Pilard of Story Eyed Media has created a short documentary about Four Track and it's AWESOME!!!

Four Track collaborator videos

Nov 21st, 2013

Moldover speaks with Yosh of Faultline Studios
Moldover's interviews Ben Lewry from Visionary Instruments
The Four Track Kickstarter video directed by Aaron Kantor is now on YoutTube- Please pass it on!

The many faces, gadgets of Moldover

Nov 14th, 2013

Photographer MJ Mont-Reynaud has produced a series of new images to support the Four Track Kickstarter campaign inculding detailed shots of The Voice Crusher album artwork, and Moldover's custom guitar, The Robocaster.

Four Track in the press

Nov 11th, 2013

Moldover's Kickstarter campaign for Four Track has almost reached its initial funding goal! Thanks go to Nathan Lively for the recent Podcast Interview, and Livid Instruments for making Moldover a featured artist on their site. Four Track has also been featured on The Exhi, Matrixsynth, Synthtopia, Macro Records, Bugs on the Windshield, EEweb/Electronics Tutorials, and countless more sites via social netowrks. Thanks to EVERYONE who is sharing the Kickstarter video and making this project a success!

Get inside Moldover's rig

Nov 5th, 2013

In what is certainly Moldover's most edifying educational video to date, he digs through every detail of his new Ableton Live 9 composition & performance rig. From his shiny new hardware instruments, to his meticulous software setup, to how he works with it all in the studio and on stage to create fluid improvisation arrangements of newly songs, this two hour course covers absolutely every aspect of Moldover's latest work.

Crowd funding spotlight

Nov 1st, 2013

Moldover's project has been selected as the Staff-Pick to be featured today on the homepage at Kickstarter.com and new pledges are pouring in!

FOUR TRACK Kickstarter launched

Oct 30th, 2013

Moldover is heading into the studio with new songs, new instruments, and an all-new performance style ready to record a new album but, he needs your help. Follow that link to the Kickstarter project that tells the back story and reveals the future plan for FOUR TRACK. Pledge to support the cause and get a copy of the new album packaged in a playable circuit board instrument called The Voice Crusher.

Flow control

Oct 23rd, 2013

Some have noticed that it's been quiet around here lately. The word is, Moldover has been holding back his steady stream of cool-stuff-releases in preparation for a major Kickstarter campaign. Expect the flood gates to open soon.

SAY IT audio+video remix contest

Apr 27th, 2013

Want to try your hand at remixing a Moldover track? It's not going to get much easier than this! All the sounds plus synchronized videos for SAY IT have been released as an Ableton Live pack. Chop up audio and video together at the same time like cucumbers and carrots. Submit your original remix and win fabulous prizes from Novation, Livid Instruments, and NI. Grab the SAY IT audio+video Remix Pack via Dropbox or HTTP, or watch an example video created in Ableton. Happy remixing!

Talking DIY with Moldover

Mar 26th, 2013

Jay Smith, CEO and founder of Livid Instruments, talks with Moldover about the beginnings of controllerism, custom instruments, and the state of the art: VIDEO

Robocaster custom production model

Jan 23rd, 2013

Moldover has emerged from seclusion to preview the first production model of his new guitar, The Robocaster! It's a collaboration with high-tech custom guitar maker Visionary Instruments. Check out the press from Engadget, Check The Tech, and DigitalDJTips. Here's a bonus video of Nathan Navarro test driving The Robocaster.

Incubation period

Nov 27th, 2012

Moldover informs us, "I'm heading into my Fortress of SoliDude for a while. I need to spend some serious time finalizing older projects and planning what forms my new music is going to take. If you don't see me online for a while, don't worry! Creative juices are flowing :)".

Disaster averted, new video

Nov 1st, 2012

The SuperVillain Tour is over, and in less than two weeks Moldover has raised the money to recuperate from the unfortunate Iowa incident. Many thanks to the super-fans who came thru for the super-villain! Here's a new video of a new song to celebrate:

Tour disaster

Oct 15th, 2012

Car accidents are no fun. Read all the details and find out how you can help HERE.

SuperVillain fall tour

Sept 20th, 2012

Moldover wields new music-making machines and unleashes the devastating power of NEW SONGS! With more than 30 events in 20 cities across the US, The Super Villain Tour is nothing if not... exhausting! Watch this video for a preview of what's to come, and peep complete details on the Live Events Page.

Sound Control workshop series

August 28th, 2012

Controllerism.com and Ableton are partnering for six free and exclusive West Coast workshops. The practical tools and skills Moldover will be demonstrating are designed to ignite your enthusiasm, advance your workflow and maximize your productivity with Ableton Live. Whether you're new to Live or a seasoned pro, you're sure to benefit from this unique series of workshops from this amazing artist. - Ableton Event Info - Moldover Live Events Page

Moldover's jamboxes

July 7th, 2012

Born from the union of a passion for controllerism, and the love of community-collaboration, Moldover's jamboxes are some of the most radical and innovative instruments he's ever created. The OctaMasher, The SyncoMasher, and The MiniMasher are completely unique designs; each explores a different realm within the multi-player universe. Like jukeboxes in the 1950s and boomboxes in the 1980s, jamboxes are now playing a crucial role in the new explosion of social music and culture.

Jamboxes.net launches

June 1st, 2012

Jamboxes are multiplayer electronic instruments. Moldover's Jamboxes, known individualy as The OctaMasher, The SyncoMasher, and The MiniMasher, now have a new home on the web. Check out jamboxes.net for information on all the instruments and builders in the jambox community.

Making of The Mojo (video), Mojo now open source

April 24th, 2012

Moldover takes you step by step thru the evolution, design, and actual building of his custom Mojo controller.

The Mojo is now an OPEN SOURCE project.
Download the design documents, parts list and Ableton templates HERE.

Native Instruments promo video tallies 500,000 hits

April 13th, 2012

...and behold some of the most controversial comments ever seen beneath a Moldover video

Moldover's debut album now a free download!

April 11th, 2012

In-depth In-terview on In-struments

February 19th, 2012

Nathan Lively from Sound Design Live has put together a fantastic video podcast featuring Moldover. Together they explore the workings of The Mojo, talk about making better controllers, circuit-board CDs, and the persistence of MIDI.

Long lost music video, not actually lost

February 8th, 2012

Watch Young One on Vimeo or YouTube.

Directed by Joeseph Lombardi.

New Moldover DJ-performance video

January 23rd, 2012

Hardware by Novation.
Software by Ableton and Cycling 74'.
Sounds by NIN, Trifonic, Greyboy Allstars, and Can.
WATCH

Say It (music video)

December 10th, 2011

Created by Colin Evoy Sebestyen: MoveCraft.

Watch on Vimeo or YouTube.

Moldover on iphone

November 7th, 2011

Moldover has teamed up with Reactify Music to bring you this new remixable version of "TOAST". Use the virtual MOJO Controller to manipulate the different parts of the song, record your own version, and share it with your friends!

Moldover circuit board album reborn

Oct 31st, 2011

It's back, it's blue, and the blinky light is now GOLD. Happy holidays! STORE

European tour photos

Oct 15th, 2011

Candid pix from Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Birmingham and Barcelona!
View on FaceBook, GooglePlus, or right here.

Burning Man schedule

Aug 24th, 2011

Catch one of Moldover's special "Un-Controlled" sets for a preview of NEW SONGS! Full schedule

Bassnectar controller

August 23rd, 2011

Moldover teamed up with 60-Works Controllers to help artist Bassnectar realize his vision for a custom controller. This NectarControl prototype is a fusion of ideas from Bassnectars previous off-the-shelf controller, 60-Works' original designs, and The Mojo.

New T-shirt photos

July 4th, 2011

What a great excuse to post a photo of someone besides Moldover! Photos on the BUY page

Controller battle videos

June 25th, 2011

30 videos from The West Coast Championship Controller Controller Battle are now online. Check out performances by MOLDOVER, EAN GOLDEN, the new champ EDISON and many more on controllerism.com's battle page.

HD concert video

May 27th, 2011

Click here to watch in full HD!

complete concert available on Super-Deluxe Pocket Edition Album

Sound Bites

May 11th, 2011

Listen to highlights from a 500MB sample pack included on Moldover's Super-Deluxe Pocket Edition Album. Use them in your own musical creations or as sound effects (aka "ringtones") for your personal devices!

NEW Deluxe Pocket Edition albums

May 1st, 2011

A new limited edition of Light-Theremin albums has been released
- Built in USB flash drive
- New 50-minute HD concert video
- 500MB of "Sound Bites"
- Maximum quality MP3s and other bonus goodies!
- Signed and numbered by Moldover himself

Limited to 300 copies!

Grab your copy

'Masher photo galleries

April 24th, 2011

Check out photos of Moldover's new Social Instruments: The SyncoMasher and The MiniMasher. All photos by Sarah Peet.
Also peep classic photos of The OctaMasher.

Sound Control - complete video online

April 4th, 2011

Moldover teaches Sound Control PlayShops around the world. A complete video of a recent PlayShop is now on line. Check out the first 15 minutes here or sign up for a FREE trial membership to Pyramind Online and watch the whole thing.

"MultiMasher Tour" - north east US

February 21, 2011

Live shows, DJ sets, PlayShops and fun with New Social Instruments! - Full event details - Photo - Flyer

03/07 Providence, RI - Live show 03/08 Boston, MA - Live show 03/10 Madison, WI - PlayShop & live show 03/11 Chicago, IL - Live show 03/14 Austin, TX - Live show

03/18 Columbus, OH - Live show 03/19 New York City, NY - DJ set 03/20 Ithaca, NY - Live show 03/19 New York City, NY - PlayShop 03/25 Boston, MA - DJ set & PlayShop

The SyncoMasher

January 28th, 2011

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of LoveTech, Moldover presents the world's first public performance by The SyncoMasher Quintet. The SyncoMasher instrument is like the Voltron of controllerism, uniting musicianship and technical innovation. Joining Moldover on stage to play selected songs from his album, are master controllerists ANON DAY, COLFAX, EDISON, NONAGON and RICH DDT.

The MiniMasher

December 6th, 2010

The MiniMasher is Moldover's newest social instrument. This plug-and-play jam station creates a visually interactive group musiking experience for young and old alike. Many thanks to The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, False Profit, The California Academy of Sciences, LoveTech, and Sea of Dreams for their support !

Mojo Workin' west-coast/European tour

August 18, 2010

More Details

09/01 Black Rock City, NV 09/12 San Francisco, CA 09/14 Los Angeles, CA 09/17 San Diego, CA

09/20 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 09/26 The Hague, The Netherlands 09/29 Berlin, Germany 10/02 London, UK

...while The Octamasher appears in: 09/20 Philadelphia, PA 09/22 Blue Bell, PA 09/25 Cleveland, OH

Grab your Mojo before they're gone

July 23rd, 2010

Moldover has completed a limited run of 10 hand-built Mojos. Each is numbered and autographed by the artist. Five have been sold to wonderful folks like The Berklee College of Music, multi-instrumentalist Geoff Countryman, and artist Goyo Aranaga. Five are still for sale: BUY

Thanks

June 21st, 2010

Moldover would like to thank some amazing people for making his career as a musical supervillain a continuing success:

Mom, Dad, Jon, Dave, Rachel, Laura, Julie Covello (management NYC), John Taylor (booking & logistics), Rich DDT (LoveTech), Craig Dorety (LoveTech & rapid prototyping), Ben Lewry (instrument design & fabrication), Joseph Martin (electrical engineering), Andy Coenen (technician), Blue Blukowski (Octamasher tech), Oscar Zambrano (album mastering), Tyler Hanson (booking), Nancy, Corey, & Jeff (booking), Laura Lea Nalle (T-shirt design)

Moldover also thanks these organizations: LoveTech, WarperParty, Chain DLK, TourSmartPlus, Subvariant, Electronic Creatives, Community Art Makers, Future Music, TrackTeam Audio, Rockhal, Ruckus Roots, BootieUSA, Berklee College of Music, Pyramind, DubSpot, Livid Instruments, Hale Micro, Front Panel Express, TechShop, PC Audio Labs, Ableton, Cycling 74, Izotope, Rane, Novation, MOTU, Native Instruments, Brian Moore, Fox Head Racing, Heineken, RedBull,

Moldover also thanks all the other people he forgot to thank. Let him know if you'd like to be added!

Festivals

May 5th, 2010

Moldover brings his music to audiences around the US and Europe. More Details

03/17 | South by South West, Austin, TX 04/09 | Yuri's Night, San Francisco, CA 05/12 | Future Everything, Manchester England 05/17 | Music Tech Summit, San Francisco, CA 05/22 | Maker Faire, San Francisco, CA 06/18 | DC Week Festival, Washington DC 07/04 | PEX Summer Festival, Philadelphia, PA

07/31 | MG Festival, San Francisco, CA 08/13 | Muddy River Jam Festival, Woodstown, NJ 08/30 | Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV 09/22 | Picnic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 09/25 | Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland, OH 10/22 | Art Outside, Austin, TX

Moldover's album goes silicon: 1000 physical copies sold

April 20th, 2010

Some albums go gold, some go platinum, but when an indie artist sells this many Circuit-Board CDs, the RIAA awards them a SILICON RECORD. Congratulations Moldover! Moldover has also sold over 1000 downloads via TuneCore and they gave him this widget that you can embed on your own sites:

"Who is Moldover?"

March 9th, 2010

Musician, Artist, Inventor...

"Fist Full of Faders Tour" - official dates

February 1st, 2010

More Details

02/04 Philadelphia, PA 02/05 Baltimore, MD 02/06 Washington, DC 02/11 Pittsburgh, PA 02/12 Rochester, NY 02/15 Boston, MA

02/17 Detroit, MI 02/18 Chicago, IL 02/19 Madison, WI 02/21 Columbus, OH 02/23 Indianaplos, IN 02/26 Atlanta, GA

02/27 Raleigh, NC 02/28 New York City, NY 03/02 Portland, ME 03/03 Hartford, CT 03/05 Tyson's Corner, VA

New (!) T-Shirts

January 30th, 2010

Would you even consider attempting to dominate the entire multiverse without a really nice shirt to wear?

The Mojo can be yours

January 13th, 2010

After nearly a decade of study in the art of controllerism, Moldover has created his first commercially available controller. Assimilating ideas from traditional instruments, DJ hardware, and game controllers, The Mojo puts an unprecedented level of power and completely intuitive control in your hands. Combining ergonomic elegance, rapid-fire tactile responsiveness, and bullet-proof construction, The Mojo is the sexiest controller in the entire multiverse. DETAILS - PREVIEW VIDEO

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