Hibernation and Lush Death / Dead Nation Noise Bombing / May 22, 2016

Dead Nation Noise Bombing was a public live set collaboration of Hibernation with Lush Death. It was held in Maria Clara Auditorium, Camiling, Tarlac. Lush Death is a noise artist from Rizal, Philippines. He came to Camiling, Tarlac together with his friend for this on-the-spot noise performance. A total of 40-minute live noises disturbed the silence of the whole auditorium.

Hibernation / Noisebath Experimental Noisefest (April 23, 2016)

Hibernation performed at Noisebath PH which was held in Talyer Cinco, San Rafael, Tarlac City. My 20-minute set includes harsh noises from my drone generator and contact mic. Actually, I cant clearly remember what happened during the whole set. I was just tweaking knobs and drowning myself into the sea of rotten noises, sickness and mental glitches.

istatik.exe (NB-2016#014 C-Side Feb 2016)

Right after I made my first contact mic, I thought about taping it into a stapler to utilize the mechanical sounds that it makes when I grip on it and flip it around. I recorded it immediately because the sound was interesting. It sounded like an industrial sound with tight glitches of distorted mechanical clicks and twists. I feel the darkness of this record. It has a mood that i haven't felt from my previous albums. I felt like I was in the right track of expressing something that is totally ugly and boring. Theme: boredom, darkness, loneliness, social malfunction, mental illness.

In Trash, We Trust / NB-2016#015 C-Side / Feb 2016

In Trash, We Trust is the 15th catalog of Hibernation. I recorded this using my handmade sequencer and my trusty D.A.W. Its a harsh noise layered with FX driven noises.
The album cover is a piece of art the I made from torn pieces of book pages that i found interesting and it eventually fitted the concept of the whole record.
Theme: social boredom, confusion, mental retardation and illness.
Official release of this album was in February 2016 (Noisebath PH / Corporate Ghosts Records).

DIY Contact Mic

I assembled a contact mic using these transducers. This equipment is enough to make extreme feeback sounds and lofi noises. I can attach it into a shaker and swing it around to make these pitch-varying sounds.

Hibernation / WSK 2015 / Nov 23, 2015

I was invited to perform at WSK 2015. It was a week long event and a 3-day live performance curated by Tengal with the efforts of WSK Team. I performed on November 23, 2015. Early that day, we travelled from Camiling, Tarlac City to Makati for about 4 hours. I was with my wife, Jane. We met our friends (Pax and Ayen) at Guadalupe and struggled on our way to Pineapple Lab due to APEC preparations.
I did a soundcheck at about 8PM. Then we had a few beers outside. And at about 9:30PM, I opened the event with a No Wave and Glitch Noise, blended it with a few off-tuned vocals and guitar noises.
There also, I met Bryan Day, a sound artist from California. He used improvised instruments in his performance.
(Photos by Ayen, Pax, Jane, Tengal, Dan and Holly.)

LYOV APC SEQ and LYOV Dual Noise Bomb

My DIY Equipment - Before the anticipated WSK 2015, I designed a sequencer and dual noise generator using APC and a 4017 Counter.

Anatomy - A few Timer ICs, Single 4017 counter for the sequencer and some resistors, capacitors, and diodes. Messy wiring, which is my preference. Cheap pre-etched PCB.