An important aspect in Osborne’s work is building his own music machines. Ever since he was five or six years old, he has been investigating how to manipulate objects like tape recorders to suit his personal needs (documented on several old mix tapes, which we don’t suspect will ever surface in record stores any time soon). The timbres found in these self-built machines in turn serve as a starting point for digital processing and the composition process, as he revealed in issue 120 of email Magazine Earplug “The other tracks may have a lot of tones I used off pieces of gear, but are assembled in a computer. Any analog gear I own is pretty much the stuff Tadd Mullinix and I have. It took a lot of time only in that I try to find a deal on everything or find pieces that are broken and cheap so I can fix them.”

Osborne’s debut album, originally to be called “Multitasking” in reference to the man’s many simultaneous activities, is out now on CD and digital formats.

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