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Ben [MaggotHouse]

Irritate & Innovate !

About Me

Visit ... MaggotHouseIt's pronounced 'Fluk-Sum' BTW.
I consider myself an artist I suppose, and never usually claim to be anything else, despite being involved in all sorts of stuff, including;
- www.myspace.com/PHLUXM - writing music,
- Jazz Thrash Assassin - playing bass in JTA,
- Psicon Lab my multimedia/design business,
- VJing ,DJing & Producing for my MaggotHouse label
- PHLUMX - My VJing / Video Mixing Software
- MaggotHouse - a website promoting some stuff I'm involved with

My Calendar:

My Interests

Im doing this with Juneau/Projects in May at VIVID in Birmingham
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Audio-Visual Instruments
Performance 7pm, 23 May 2007 Preview 23 May 6-8pm, Exhibition open to 2 June (Wed to Sat, 12 - 5.30pm)

juneau/projects/ have been researching the production of customised musical instruments in collaboration with Midlands based programmer Ben Neal. They have hybridised computer interfaces, such as keyboards and mice, with the shapes of traditional guitar, violin, drum and woodwind instruments. They have developed interactive visual accompaniment to the music, for example, a computer game which is controlled by playing one of the musical instruments.The instruments function as both playable devices and as sculptural objects, and visitors are welcome to play them throughout the exhibition. In a special event juneau/projects/ will be performing with the instruments on 23 May 2007 at 7pm.

I'd like to meet:

All the fuckheads on here!
Throw America's Top Model around!

Music:

I write under the name PHLUXM
Plus doing production for some others and I also play bass in JTA

I like anything extreme and distinct, whether its fucked up, interesting, wrong, weird, mental, clever, odd, mangled or inventive.
Usually Breakcore, Techno, Electronica, Mathcore, Breakbeat, Bigbeat, Industrial, Death Metal, Jungle, Gabba, Detroit, Grindcore, Shranz.
Favourites include; 2 Many DJs, Ben Simms, Jeff Mills, Aphex Twin, The Locust, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, Planet Mu, Warp, Sven Vath, Cristian Vogel, V/Vm, Tresor, Shufflemaster, Mr.Bungle, Tori Amos, Nine Inch Nails, Fat Boy Slim, Prodigy, Plaid, Autechre, Mistress, Grooverider, Black Dice, Freq Nasty, Panacea, DJ Amok, Jamie Lidell, Sasha, Cypress Hill, Bjork, Cannibal Corpse, Type O Negative, Primus, Love/Hate, Strapping Young Lad, Otto Von Shirach, Carcass, Miss Kitten, Cardigans, Meat Beat Manifensto, DJ Krush, Orbital, DJ Floorclearer.

Movies:

Check out my YouTube Profile!
Watch my music video for Christian Bloch (Tresor/Thinner):
Watch my Music Video for Pemalas (Warp/Experimental Seafood):

Cool films:

Television:

Twin Peaks, Dick & Dom in Da Bungalow

Books:

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami, Age of Reason - Jean-Paul Sarte, Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco, The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice, A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

Heroes:

Trent Reznor, David Lynch, Peaches, Paul McCarthy (not the fukin Beatle..!), Miike Takashi, Mike Patton, Devin Townsend, Stelarc, Byork, Mr.Bungle, Tori Amos, Damien Hirst, Sinister Dexter, John Peel, Tina Turner, Phil Anselmo, Les Claypool, Tim Burton, Aphex Twin, Jamie Lidell, Matthew Barney

My Blog

This is the new MaggotHouse MySpace

Killed off the MaggotHouse MySpace page in preference of this one! Couldn't be bothered with updating both so figured it's better to run all things MaggotHouse from here.So if your wondering where it'...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:00:00 PST

Virtual Instrument

Been working with the Juneau/Projects/ guys again - there's a soundtoy I've been involved with now installed in Gallery 20 of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Essence - Through the Fre...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:46:00 PST

Phluxm on Brumcast

Gettin a loada music out on Brumcast podcast from my musical alterego PhluXm at the mo & also some Jazz Thrash Assassin tracks too..Check out the xmas edition (81) featuring the completely unrelea...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:51:00 PST

Phlumx VJ DVD release @ The Lab

Phlumx (my VJ software) is featured on a new VJ DVD release from The Lab. Also included is VJ loops from Warren Smith - Car Smashing!There's a free download of the DVD and info on its contents here:ht...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:53:00 PST

Got me a new Blog

A proper one, right here; http://benneal.blogspot.comgo check it out.
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:42:00 PST

Animation for Halloween Film Night

Just done animated backdrop for Broadcast, Black Galaxy & Julian House at Dream Within a Dream presented by 7 Inch Cinema @ Ikon Eastside for this weds (31.10.07). Should be good - Halloween!!&nbs...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:21:00 PST

Sewn to the Sky Again!

'Sewn to the Sky' the guitar, bass & drum driven owl shoot 'em up I created with Juneau Projects is being shown again at Lougborough University on Nov 15th. See previous blog for more info on the ...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:56:00 PST

Rockin' Audio-Visual Dracula Performance Saturday

I'm doin the projected backdrops and animation for this on Saturday!When Bears Attack presents: Dracula - The Musical Book Online Note: Tickets can be booked up to 3 hours before the performance st...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:56:00 PST

Guitar-contrlled Computer Game on Sunday!

I'm doing this in Bath on Sunday!juneau/projects/ SEWN TO THE SKYwith Ben Neal, Anthony Brewer & special guestsSunday 5 August, 7.30pmThe Michael Tippett Centre, Newton St Loe, BathTickets £4 ...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:58:00 PST

Jazz Thrashin'!

My band Jazz Thrash Assassin are kicking ass big time in Birmingham swiftly ploughing our way through the Regional Final of the Surface Festival to the National Final to be held on July 15th at Custar...
Posted by Ben [MaggotHouse] on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:01:00 PST