This CD is a collaboration between sound art project Disinformation and Strange Attractor journal editor Mark Pilkington, documenting their experiments using vintage high voltage electromedical equipment to trigger spontaneous music in toy keyboards.

As a primitive form of generative composition, “Circuit Blasting” involves setting up an electromagnetic field in close proximity to the keyboard, to sufficient voltage to induce currents in the circuits that trigger notes, percussion and musical patterns. Electrical overdosing produces startling, unrestrained sonic outbursts - “epileptronica”. Like a round of electroshock therapy, or seizures in the brain, surges of high voltage electricity free the components within the instruments from the restraints of function. No longer a "keyboard" or "drum machine", these are the joyous sounds of pure circuitry unbound.

"Circuit Blasting" resembles the established practice of circuit bending - by which musicians meticulously rewireelectronic producing sound toys to create different sounds from those intended by the machines designers.

"Circuit Blasting" is like circuit bending, except that it's a lot less subtle.

"One of the most impressive audio research projects." THE WIRE

"The art project that calls itself DISINFORMATION, growing out of a mid 1990's mix of acid house transcendence and punk discordancy, has produced some of the most engaging and enchanting audiovisual installations around." THE GUARDIAN