• m83-us

    M83

  • CarterTuttiVoidAlbumFront500

    Carter Tutti Void

  • Cold Specks

    Cold Specks

  • mute-artist-apparat

    Apparat

  • mute-artist-beth-jeans-houghton

    Beth Jeans Houghton

  • scum2

    S.C.U.M

  • VCMG

    VCMG

  • mute-artist-moby

    Moby

  • mute-artist-erasure

    Erasure

  • Junip

    Junip

  • mute-artist-big-deal

    Big Deal

  • mute-artist-josh-t-pearson

    Josh T. Pearson

  • mute-artist-can

    Can

  • Jose Gonzalez

    Jose Gonzalez

  • Fever Ray

    Fever Ray

  • I'm From Barcelona

    I'm From Barcelona

  • mute-artist-goldfrapp

    Goldfrapp

  • liars

    Liars

  • mute-artist-recoil

    Recoil

  • mute-artist-mick-harvey

    Mick Harvey

  • 9510-1Jacket.indd

    Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming —
    Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

  • CS-IPAGE

    Cold Specks —
    I Predict a Graceful Expulsion:

  • Silicon Teens-500

    Silicon Teens —
    Music for Parties

  • CarterTuttiVoidAlbumFront_600

    Transverse —
    Transverse

  • Three Mantras

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Three Mantras

  • Red Mecca

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Red Mecca

  • Voice Of America

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Voice Of America

  • TheLivingLegends

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    The Living Legends

  • Live at the Lyceum

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Live At The Lyceum

  • 1974-76sm

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Cabaret Voltaire 1974-76

  • 2x45 CABS9CD

    2×45 —
    2x45

  • cabs best of 72dpi

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    The Original Sound Of Sheffield '78 / '82 Best Of

  • Live YMCA

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Live At The YMCA 27.10.79.

  • CV_attic tapes cover

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Methodology '74-'78: Attic Tapes

  • Mix UP

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Mix-Up

  • listen up with

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire

  • Hai!

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Hai!

  • cabs 'yashar' 12cm 300dpi

    Cabaret Voltaire —
    Yashar

  • Layout 1

    VCMG —
    EP1 / SPOCK

  • DEVILS-WALK

    Apparat —
    The Devil's Walk

  • Liars —
    No.1 Against The Rush (Official Video)

  • Big Deal —
    Talk (Official Video)

  • Erasure —
    Fill Us With Fire [Kaleidoscope Video]

  • The Mute Synth —
    The Mute Synth

  • Josh T. Pearson —
    Drive Her Out (Mute Studio Session)

  • Simon Fisher Turner —
    /Espen J. Jörgensen - Noise Activity (Official Video)

  • Cabaret Voltaire —
    Cabaret Voltaire Johnny YesNo Redux (Video)

  • Cabaret Voltaire —
    Johnny YesNo Redux

  • S.C.U.M —
    Faith Unfolds (Video)

  • Erasure —
    Be With You [Montage Video]

  • Big Deal —
    Distant Neighborhood (Official Video)

  • Apparat —
    The Devils Walk: A Short Film

  • Beth Jeans Houghton —
    & The Hooves Of Destiny - Liliputt (Official Video)

  • Erasure —
    When I Start (To Break It All Down)

  • S.C.U.M —
    Whitechapel (Official Video)

  • Apparat —
    new video for Black Water

  • Yann Tiersen —
    Monuments single out now

  • Grinderman —
    Kitchenette (RAK Sessions)

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —
    Sydney Opera House reinterprets The Ship Song

  • Depeche Mode —
    Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix)

The Mute Synth

The Mute Synth as created by Dirty Electronics & designed by Adrian Shaughnessy available for pre-order now

The Mute Synth: Watch a short video

Originally created for the legendary Short Circuit presents Mute event at the Roundhouse, the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration Mute and long time associate, graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy.

Buy now from Mute Bank

The instrument combines sound synthesis with a sequencer/pulser, and is controlled by the conductivity of the human body which completes the instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. Designed to be played with thumbs and fingers, there are touch points on both sides of the circuit board and two tilt switches on different planes allow for gestural control of the sequencer.
Since 2003, John Richards has been exploring the idea of Dirty Electronics, focusing on face-to-face shared experiences, ritual, gesture, touch and social interaction. In Dirty Electronics, process and performance are inseparably bound and a large part of the Dirty Electronics experience is the workshop, which premiered the Mute Synth in the Roundhouse earlier this year.