This Friday I'll be presenting my Perception plugin at Music Tech Fest in London.

I hadn't heard of the event before, but the more I learned the more I realised just how cool it's going to be. And that was before I got my invitation...





(Yes, that's a circuit-bent talking computer toy)

(Yes, that's a miniature battery-powered Marshal amp)

(Yes, it makes bizarre and wonderful noises)

(Yes, that was all part of the invite!)

So I decided I simply had to talk to director Andrew Dubber to find out more. And once I had, I was even more excited about attending - I think you will be, too.

Take a look at the video above to find out (amongst other things) - why Music Tech Fest is really a festival of ideas, why Dubber thinks all music is "tech", what a "brainwave quartet" is and whether computers can write classical music or not...

The event runs this weekend - Friday 5th - Sunday 7th September. I'm demonstrating Perception at 6:30 pm on Friday, and you can see the complete lineup here:


Music Tech Fest London 2014 - Full lineup


And tickets are only £20, or £50 for the whole weekend !

Tim Exile, Coldcut, LSO Soundhub and Schlomo are just a few of the people and acts appearing over the weekend.

To sign up for the RS Components Music Hack Camp, which runs alongside the festival, click here. There's even one for kids, too - here!

There's an academic symposium following the event on Monday, and the festival is being filmed and live-streamed - check out the YouTube channel here:

Music Tech Fest YouTube Channel

You can keep tabs on everything via the #MTFLondon hashtag, follow the event on Twitter and Facebook - and if you're still not convinced - just watch these highlights from previous events !

As Dubber says in the interview - "Your brain will fire off in all these different directions, because everything is that interesting"

Maybe I'll see you there…?!