TOM BUGS synth-building event at TUSK Festival

Event information

Tom Bugs is something of a hero amongst many in the underground world of hands-on electronica geekery. Starting out as a musician with a growing interest in designing and building his own mini modular synths, in 2005 he established his BugBrand, a creative spawn that his since taken over his life. An electrical engineer coming from a musician's background, Bugs instinctively tapped into what adventurous analogue squelchers were looking for to tickle their ears and brains.

At TUSK Festival, Tom will deliver a workshop where, for £60, each participant gets to spend the afternoon building one of his Workshop Oscillator Machines, taking away with them the fully functioning piece of twiddly sonic wizardry at the end.

In Tom’s words, “The WOM is a simple electronic noise synth kit that has been designed both to be a fun experimental instrument and to provide an interesting introduction to lofi audio electronics. The workshops are open to all, even people with no prior electronic experience – we’ll look at components and schematics, learn how to solder and put together a circuit. Once everyone has built their own WOM kit (yours to keep at the end) we’ll have a play and then investigate how the different parts of the circuit behave and how ideas can be re-used in your own projects. This is a quick but comprehensive event that will give you the confidence to begin building your own electronic devices. All materials and tools are provided.”

NB: entry charge for this workshop is separate to a TUSK Festival ticket.