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David Hilowitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 Boston, United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Music composer, video creator, software developer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | West Cortez |
| Website | Official Website |
David Child "Hilowitz" is a video creator[1], composer[2], and software developer[2] from Philadelphia. His Youtube channel which focuses on DIY musical experiments as well as synthesizers[3][4] has grown attetion to experimental music subjects. Also known as the frontman of the band Manwomanchild, an indie rock band formed in 2008, and moved to Philadelphia in 2013.
Manwomanchild
editManwomanchild is a indie rock band from Rhode Island created by David in 2008. The band's debut album was released in 14/12/2010, by West Cortez Records.
Sound
editThe band's sound is distinctive from other bands, due to their use of instruments found by David himself, including obsuce synths, toy keyboards, vintage guitars, and also studio experimentation techniques. The band members at the moment, consists only of David, usually playing synths, guitars and bass, mostly using drum loops for the percussion tracks. The instrument setup is curious. It is not a common the use of a standard rock lineup like the one popularized by Buddy Holly, featuring: rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass and drums. The lineup is commonly associated with his youtube videos uploads, using instruments featured in the obligatory monthly update. The tracks mainly consist of distorted guitars or basses (often basses played as a guitar), drum loops and some kind of synth, varying from the video theme. Altrought the band's relation with experimental music nowdays, their earlier works feature pretty standard setups, focusing the sounds to a punk and common indie rock side.
Albums
editSolo Work
editAs a solo artist, Hilowitz makes ambiental music. The sound is obtained by the use of his various synthesizers. His career on the ambiental side is not commented on the channel, but often noticible by the experimentations made in the videos. His latest release as a solo artist was "Electronic 1: Music for Video" in january 8 2025, over three years after his 2022 single "Dusty Planets".
Albums
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Some experiments featured on the channel have included building a cello out of an old wooden box, building a violin with a reverb tank inside[2], turning an electric toothbrush into a synthesizer[4], modifying a Squier mustang[5][6][7], using a record cutter as a synthesizer[8], making a music sequencer from a bicycle wheel[9], rescuing a guitar that was left outside for five years and turning it into a basitar[3].
Hilowitz is also the creator of Decent Sampler, sampling software used by musicians throughout the world[1][2]. In addition to releasing music under his own name, Hilowitz has released rock music under the name Manwomanchild[2].
Notes
edit- ^ a b Sudara 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Kirn 2022.
- ^ a b Owen 2023.
- ^ a b Nugent 2023.
- ^ Laing 2023.
- ^ Liberty 2023.
- ^ Ostojic 2023.
- ^ Charlton 2023.
- ^ Dorn 2023.
References
edit- Sudara (19 May 2024). "Interview with David Hilowitz". JUCE. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- Owen, Matt (19 July 2023). "This Squier Strat was left outside for five years – before it was brought back to life by a crazy guitar mod". Guitar World. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Nugent, James (23 May 2023). "Decent Samples Release FREE Folk Art Violin Sample Library". Bedroom Producer's Blog. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Dorn, Lori (21 June 2022). "Composer Uses Kid's Science Kit and an Old Bicycle Wheel to Make a Spinning Music Sequencer". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Ostojic, Stefan (23 Feb 2023). "Guitarist Claims He Stopped Being a Gear Snob After Modifying Cheap Squier Version of the World's Most Expensive Guitar". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Dunworth, Liberty (24 February 2023). "YouTuber modifies a $140 version of the $4.5 million Kurt Cobain Mustang – here's how it sounds". Guitar.com. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Laing, Rob (20 February 2023). "Guitarist mods a Squier Bullet version of the world's most expensive guitar – learns a valuable lesson about gear snobbery". Music Radar. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Charlton, Steve (27 January 2023). "Decent Samples Release FREE Record Cutter Library". Bedroom Producer's Blog. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Kirn, Peter (5 August 2022). "A DIY violin with a spring reverb tank inside". CDM. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- Sparks-Pescovitz, Lux (11 Sep 2023). "How to turn a thrift store cassette player into a gnarly guitar distortion box". Boing Boing. Retrieved 23 April 2024.