This week, I went to the Science Museum stores which are brimming with musical treasures, including three Mellotrons, a Fairlight CMI, Wurlitzer Sideman and Arp 2500 modular synth. Here are a some technical notes and snaps of these objects, taken rather hastily during my visit. I’ve also plundered YouTube for examples of these machines in action…

Tickets are now on sale for our new show at the Brighton Festival Fringe. This year, Spacedog are teaming up with Professor Elemental to bring you a delightfully unsettling evening, probing our very human fears of the almost human, from zombies to ventriloquists’ dummies. Marlborough Theatre, 5 May 2010.

Accompanied by our home-spun musical robots, we’ll be singing songs of love, death and the uncanny as we explore the darkest reaches of your mind. With theremins, taxidermy and strange automata…

News of an extra date in the Brighton Festival Fringe: Spacedog are teaming up with Jane Bom-Bane, maestro with mechanical hats, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Pynn for a very unusual music night at Bom-Bane’s, Brighton, 13 May 2010…

SORRY – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS: It’s National Science and Engineering Week and Spacedog are celebrating by playing music inspired by the space race. Enjoy the eerie sounds of theremin, vocals, robotic bells and Sputnik beeps as we bring you extraterrestrial music and fascinating tales about Earth’s place in the universe. At Hastings Museum 2pm, and the F-ish Gallery, 8pm…

I’m looking for advice on ethics approval for studies carried out by independent researchers. If you have any advice on this, do get in touch…