Stefan Beck,
b. 1965,
lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Noize Concept
Studio
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Live Performances 		Noize Concept Studio (since 1997)

An analog environment for realtime manipulation of various sound sources.
No MIDI, no sampler, no computer, no plug-ins.
overview of my devices
Overview: a cheap 12 channel Behringer mixer, a Waldorf filter, a Sherman filter, a Bellari tube compressor, a Zoom guitar effect. NEW: Alesis AirFX

cable salad
The mixer is in a state of short-circuit, outputs are fed into inputs. This generates feedback which can be manipulated by EQs i.e. The mixer behaves like an instrument.
  dictaphone for scratching!
A small and cheap dictaphone generates weird noise, voices and scratching sounds.
my two turntables
The two Technics turntables give the main input of looped rhythm sounds. I prefer cheap techno records, but any other record goes as well.
wunderwaffe
The screws are the top "secret weapon". They fix the stylus so it keeps in one groove all the time, generating fascinating loops out of random material.

With this technique I have transformed the turntable into a sampler with instant access to every sound piece on the disc. It's much more versatile than a digital sampler: no scrolling through menues to find the right sound any more.