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Reed Ghazala is a self-taught, self-exiled, self-executed multi-media artist. All of Reed's work --visual, audio, musical instrument design and writing-- reflects a unique thinking-space. Reed doesn't bend the rules; he simply never learned them. Original, improbable; Reed's work constantly surprises on its own terms and has established Reed as a materials and concepts visionary. Reed's work can be found in the NYC Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Whitney permanent collections. His sculptural experimental instruments have been built for Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson's Pat Mastalotto, Faust, Chris Cutler, Towa Tei, Yann Tomita, Peter Kember, Blur and many others. Reed's work has been requested and covered throughout the major media including ABC Television, The Discovery Channel, MTV, Disney, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired Magazine, Option, Billboard and Computers & Music. Reed's article series, "Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments" is now published and translated 'round the world. Reed Ghazala is now known internationally as "The Father of Circuit-Bending", an original and amazingly simple electronic process of creating experimental musical instruments from pre-existing audio gadgets. Without any prior knowledge of electronics, people everywhere are following this new standard of audio exploration and are designing their own fantastic instruments.