What drew you to start tinkering and building effects pedals?
“我在大学的第一年后开始在夏季休息时建造踏板一堆稀有和/或昂贵的模糊可以尝试，所以我迷上了！然后，我继续在修改后的绒毛盒上进行最后的UNI项目，并且在播放一些巡回赛的想法并在工作中销毁了几年的工作后，“生活”是不公平的音频设备。”
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您的踏板灵感来自模块化合成器和复古绒毛。您从哪里汲取这些影响，它们如何激发您的构建？
“I wanted to get my hands on a Big Muff after hearing Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and learning that’s what was being used on the guitars and modular stuff I got into years after getting transfixed by Suzanne Ciani’s Buchla Concerts. In terms of designing things, it’s usually just a case of building something I’d like to use myself, like The Dream Left Behind I designed because I wanted a Big Muff style circuit that would react to adjusting the volume control in a similar way to a Fuzz Face circuit.”
您还与其他出色的制造商合作Triungulo Lab并为Ladyfuzz等杂志创建了有限的运行。该社区如何影响品牌？
“我喜欢与其他人一起工作，因为这意味着我可以从事一堆我自己没有机会独自一人的东西，我可以向其他真正有才华的艺术家和设计师学习。当然，我们的观众的交叉授粉也很棒，因为它与更广泛的人分享了我们的所有工作！”
What other collaborations do you have on the horizon?
“I’ve got a few projects in the works but nothing I can talk about in depth at the moment, unfortunately. We should be announcing the first collaborative effort between myself and the YouTube channel踏板伙伴soon, though!”
“除此之外，我还一直是团队设计的一部分，该团队为一种非常有趣的新乐器而设计Dubreq在进行PCB之后，以重新分析其样式节S-1合成器。将来，毫无疑问，与圣岛音频, who worked with me on the Rorschach dual filter/fuzz and also screen-prints all my enclosures, as well as relatively new Cardiff outfit Teaching Machines, whose first offering the Wellspring stereo reverb/delay/filter unit I designed the circuit board for.”
You recently rebranded the Devi Ever : Cymru, which also had a cult following. Why did you choose to update the profile of the company?
“The Devi Ever : Cymru project I started alongside LIFE IS UNFAIR when Izzi, who started Devi Ever : FX, offered the opportunity to licence their circuits and artwork in early 2019. As a huge fan of the original Devi Ever units I jumped at the chance and feel super grateful that I got the chance to build my take on classics like the Shoegazer. Although I’m no longer working on Devi Ever : Cymru full time, there may possibly be some limited runs down the line. And if there are any DIYers looking to build up some of the circuits themselves there’s official boards available from the Devi Ever : FX store onReverb.com。”
您有任何外部投资刚开始吗？
“I borrowed a small amount of cash from my grandfather to cover my rent for three months while I quit my day job to work on LIFE IS UNFAIR to see if it was viable but aside from that it’s just been a case of spending any profit on developing new things.”
您什么时候觉得自己钉了品牌？
“I don’t tend to think of stuff in terms of branding – I just try to build useful tools for people to make music, with artwork I think looks cool!”
With upcoming new products and a recently relaunched brand, what’s next for Life Is Unfair Audio?
“接下来的几个月将非常忙碌，因为我的乐队Live, Do Nothing正在预订演出，以展示我们的新唱片《 Hiraeth＆Boathing》，这些唱片是由可爱的人发布的专业主题记录on 23 September so it’s hard to say exactly when the next LIFE IS UNFAIR product will be. I have been chipping away at a few non-effects designs though, the first of which to be released will be a new dual CV and expression controller which I’m super excited to show the world as I think it’ll open up some fun new options for controlling effects and synths.”
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