Noah Boyer, aka "Automatic Thoughts"

UPDATE:

Our good friend, fellow performer, organizer and all around good guy, Noah Boyer is leaving Bloomington to forge new electronic territories in the northwest US. Portland, Oregon will be the new home for ‘Automatic Thoughts’, another vibrant creative melting pot similar to Bloomington, except for it’s size. There’s no doubt that the groovin beats and basslines pounded out from Noah’s selfmade monome controller, along with the modulicious gyrations of his joystick will infect the rain soaked peeps out there in P-Town.

Noah’s contributions to the Bloomington electronic music scene will always be remembered and appreciated. His work ethic and generous attitude will be sorely missed. We love ya Noah and wish you only the best in your new adventure!

In honor of Noah Boyer, aka “Automatic Thoughts” Here is the original article we published back in April of last year.  – Mark Kunoff (Founder) July 18, 2011

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Original article appeared April 7, 2010. -M<

The second installment of our Speed of Sound event on Wednesday April 14th features 3 new electronic artists. One of them is Noah Boyer, aka “Automatic Thoughts” who will be performing his unique blend of turbulent, hip-hop based beats, formidable noises and euphonious tones.  He will be incorporating his own hand-built control device during his performance on Wednesday evening. Get yourself prepared for a cutting edge experience in sonic exploration fueled by some of the most innovative music software available today. Automatic Thoughts music pushes the boundaries of what we can currently imagine musically and take us on a journey to a future place in time.

Having spent his youth in another nurturing music city, San Francisco, his exposure to punk, funk, reggae, new wave and “lots of world music in my house”, Boyer was privy to the emerging hip-hop scene in the Bay Area. New and upcoming producers or performers often “regurgitate” as opposed to “innovate”, but such is not the case for Automatic Thoughts. Armed with revolutionary software tools designed by visionary electronic musicians for visionary electronic musicians, the means by which Noah Boyers produces his live sound is nothing short of brilliant.

Automatic Thoughts came to Bloomington in 06′ to study sociology and psychology, which happens to be the basis for his clever moniker. He cut his musical teeth using virtual studio software to satiate the beats and noises constantly churning in his brain. As a self-admitted musical neophyte, the computer gave him an outlet for producing the music he envisioned. Those purists who decry the use of laptops for music making and performance should be reticent to prejudge without first hearing the result, especially in a live performance context.

As is the tradition of interviewing those artists on the Speed of Sound bill, we posed a list of questions to the 28 year old Mr. Boyer… Continue reading… «Automatic Thoughts wants to push your buttons»