Edition 11: Dude

4/11/2020

Designed by Bastl Instruments/Václav Peloušek

I met Václav Peloušek aka Paseka aka Toyota Vangelis from Brno, CZ the first time at Circuit Control in Dresden 2016. Václav showed up with the first six kits of the Bastl Kastle. Back home my nephew took it from me straight away.

Václav Peloušek is the main designer behind the Bastl Instruments brand and in his music he tries to capture the poetic nature of his deep technological considerations about synthesizer building. Bastl instruments (est. 2013) is a community-oriented company with a focus on the development and production of electronic musical instruments, ranging from sound boxes or pocket-sized utilities to fully equipped modular synthesizer systems. Many Bastl instruments or modules can also be called D.I.Y. soldering kits for yourself. I saw him several times performing live as Paseka or Toyota Vangelis, which always gave me great pleasure.

Get the whole Bastl Instruments story here:
https://bastl-instruments.com/bastl/we-are

Václav's 2016 setup with lots of Bastl Instruments Eurorack Modules.

Two years later I soldered the DUDE and I still love this small mixer. The Dude is a 5-channel mono mixer with an on / off channel switch, 5 volume controls and a power button. If a channel is on you can see a light. All inputs are mini jack and the output is a mini stereo jack and can also be used as a headphone output. You can power the Dude with a power supply or with 4 AA batteries. The sound quality is just great because all parts are high quality. You can see my dude a bit deranged in the photos.

I invited Václav as Paseka to the Stream Festival in Linz in 2018. Here you can hear his presentation on Bastl Instruments and his way how to use electronics in the afternoon at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria. In the evening he had a great performance as Paseca at Club Unten.

Links:
Dude: https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/dude/
Bastl Instruments: https://bastl-instruments.com
Bastl Instruments at Github: https://github.com/bastl-instruments
Toyota Vangelis: https://www.facebook.com/toyotavangelis/

10 Comments

Wolfgang Dorninger

Soldering is the new hometaping

I live and work in Linz, Austria as musician, producer and sound artist. I compose music for movies, theater and create sound installations to make a living. Sound is the main focus of my artistic work, as musician (The Smiling Buddhas, Wipeout, Dorninger, ...), label-owner (base), sound artist or lecturer at the Art University of Linz. In the 80s and 90s I ran the cassette label DIE IND.

My sound works oscillates between musique concrète and digital sound-production in a range spanning sound installations, multi-media performances, music for theater and techno

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Rafael González

4/12/2020 15:34:51

Thank you very much for your always interesting articles, Wolfgang

Leslie Singer

4/12/2020 15:35:43

This looks like a nice little mixer— thanks for your posting, Wolfgang! Hope all is well with you.

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4/14/2020 04:00:01

Dear Leslie, dear Rafael!
Yes, I Do well. It needed a while to get my Edition rolling again. Early winter I had too many projects and end of winter a severe loss in the family required my full dedication.

Great that you'll like the story on the Dude, Václav and Bastl Instruments. The Dude is always in my rucksack, sometimes I sit on river Danube and do a little headphone jam with other battery driven stuff.
Stay safe!
Best Wolfgang

4/15/2020 16:30:16

Dear Wolfgang
I'm so sorry for your loss. My most sincere condolences. Thank you very much again for your article and thank you very much for your beautiful gift. Stay safe and healthy.
All the best

4/17/2020 17:12:20

Dear Rafael, thank you for your sympathy! Stay safe!
best Wolfgang

C. Goff III

4/14/2020 15:12:26

Admirable that such a creative endeavor survives in our modern economy. The Thyme effect they make seems particularly inspired. Sadly it's way out of the price range for my own low budget studio. If you are in regular contact, please forward my admiration to the Bastl people, and thanks for sharing their story.

4/15/2020 06:13:41

Dear Charles, yes the Tyme is a great tool and instrument. I was thinking to buy one a month ago but after the shutdown I lost too much money with cancelled shows and jobs. So it needs a while to think about a buy for a while. Hopefully the Bastl guys can handle this difficult time without much damage.
I'll send Václav the link of the article and tell him to scroll down to your feedback.
Thanks a lot and stay safe!
Best Wolfgang

Chris Phinney

4/16/2020 06:16:53

Wolfgang, First off I am very sorry for your loss my friend! Glad you are back at it! Nice job & I find it very interesting article indeed! Hope you are well.

4/17/2020 17:15:47

Dear Chris, thank you for your sympathy! Hopefully you have already overcome your accident. Stay safe!
Best Wolfgang

4/18/2020 08:20:12

Wolfgang,
Unfortunately the virus came along & canceled my tests & surgery for this month until nobody knows. There is no answer. I find that. Very troublesome. But they also cancelled many other people's surgeries worse off I tthink than me, plus your vain people who simply wanted cosmetic surgery.

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