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About Me

Philip Julian has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990’s recording various works under the name Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones. Recordings are semi/improvised using contact microphones, amplified metal objects, domestic radio receivers, instrument effects pedals, environmental/found sounds, tape loops, damaged electrical devices, analogue synthesizers, feedback from various sources, turntables & “prepared” vinyl.

Traditional instruments such as guitar, organ and tuned metal instruments (gongs, cymbals, prayer bowls) have also been used as part of the recording process.

He has also created various computer based works using software environments such as MAX/MSP, Super_Collider and the GNU/Linux Debain OS distribution.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/13/2005
Band Website: cmx.org.uk
Band Members: Philip Julian
Influences: James Last, Edmundo Ros, Reginald Dixon, Perez Prado, Cassette Recorders, Microphones, Electronics, Unloved Second-Hand Records.
Sounds Like: Drones, Noise, Tapes, Field Recordings, Silence...
Record Label: Authorised Version, Con-V, Entr'acte, Desetxea
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Axiom - out now on Svartgalgh Records

Cheapmachines - "Axiom"18+ minute noise/drone(Guitar, Bowed Cymbal/Gong, Electronics, Computers)3" CD-R, black mini-DVD case.Limited to an edition of 50 hand-numbered copies.Audio clip and ordering de...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST

ICA Podcast - The Experiment (February 2008)

The Experiment is a monthly podcast commissioned by the ICA and presented and produced by Kevin Quigley and Jim Hammond."From Brooklyn's fantastic noisenik record label - Heat Retention records we hav...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:18:00 PST

Maurizio Bianchi (MB) / Cheapmachines - "PARADOXOS"

"PARADOXOS" by Maurizio Bianchi/M. B. + CheapmachinesNOW AVAILABLE from TibProd - http://www.bek.no/~tibprod/tibcd96.htmTitle Track:POWERARCTICMaurizio Bianchi/M.B.: waves, loops, noises Phil Julian/C...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:32:00 PST

HzCollective Performance Series

Cheapmachines live @ The Camel in Richmond, Virginia, USA as part of the HzCollective performance series on September 19, 2007:http://www.archive.org/details/CheapmachinesLiveInRichm ondCamelSeptember1...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:44:00 PST

Cheapmachines Recycled Tape

Now on RRRecords...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:12:00 PST

The Descendant

New Cheapmachines track now available via the sijis netlabel:http://www.sijis.com/sijis_index.cfm?mainspace=rele ase&catalogid=siji18The Descendant is a reworking of Johann Wlight's recording "The Onei...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:39:00 PST

"Flaunt" - Free Download Available

The Cheapmachines album "Flaunt", originally released in 2005 as a limited edition of 100 copies as part of the Foxy Digitalis Foxglove imprint, is now available in its entirety as a FREE download wit...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:48:00 PST

GX Jupitter-Larsen/Cheapmachines Collaboration

New collaboration between GX Jupitter-Larsen and Cheapmachines available here:http://www.jupitter-larsen.com/noise/cheapmachines.html ...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:27:00 PST

Cheapmachines Website Has Moved...

.... and can now be found at http://www.cmx.org.ukThere's a couple of new sections including a download area of archive album material, plus a new download release of .mp3 recordings made at the "Publ...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:45:00 PST

Music for Kedma - Katerina Valdivia Bruch - Berlin, Oct 07

A new, unreleased CM recording "Untitled for Performance" will be used as part of Katerina Valdivia Bruch's dance piece Kedma to be performed at the ADA Studio in Berlin:27./28. Oktober 2007, 20:30Kat...
Posted by Cheapmachines on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:48:00 PST