Handmade
Electronic
Music

Gallery of Artists' Work

Contact Microphones & Electret Microphones

The magical world of contact mikes, and their subtler electret pals


Eric Leonardson: The Springboard, as featured on Gearwire.com.

Ivan Palacky: Dopleta 180 amplified knitting machine

ADACHI Tomomi: Tomoring II

Collin Olan: Rec01 (excerpt). Piezo discs waterproofed with Plasti-Dip, frozen inside ice cubes, melting in a warm bathtub.

Peter Cusack: Baikal Ice (excerpt). Breakup of Lake Baikal ice sheet during spring thaw, recorded through hydrophones made by waterproofing piezo discs.

Richard Lerman: Changing States 6 (excerpt), 3’38”. Butane torch “bows” metal sheets and wire whiskers soldered to the edge of piezo disks.

Nicolas Collins: Tall Poppies

David Watson: Reap The Wind. Bagpipe recording.