Alex Bernhardt (Cryptwarbler) – Waterworks 2024: Festival of Experimental Sound
Alex Bernhardt (Cryptwarbler), live at the Waterworks 2024 festival in Boston, Massachusetts, April 26, 2024
Alex Bernhardt is the circuit bender and electronic improviser of Cryptwarbler. Since 2019, he has been exploring the limits of circuit-bent improvisation using a modified Casio MT-240 synthesizer. His experimental research in controlling aleatoric behavior from abnormal use of ROM led to a system of hybrid electrical-musical notation, which Alex uses to improvise with. His pieces are often negotiations between man and machine; he seeks to explore and develop an intriguing sound, but heeds to the synthesizer's electrical idiosyncrasies.
Video: Wenhua Shi and Nick Stevens
Video Editing: Wenhua Shi
Audio recording & mix: Matthew Azevedo
Presented by Non-Event with the support of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, WZBC, Newton Cultural Council, Boston Cultural Council, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Goethe-Institut Boston, Oedipus Foundation, Café Fixe, Streetcar Beer & Wine, and Digital Soup.