Trevor Henthorn is a trumpet player, percussionist, composer, music and network technologist currently living in San Diego, California. With a background in electrical engineering and psychology, his music explores aspects of hyper-technology and psychoacoustics. His recent explorations emphasize analog and data-driven synthesis in both performance and installation formats. He gains inspiration and ideas from new media concepts and media contradictions with characteristics of industrialized performances. He taught Audio Production and Emerging Media at the Art Institute of California, San Diego, works as a sound technician for the Fern Street Circus, and is currently working as a programmer within the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego. He performs as “Hipster Modular” and as “Medical Grade” and his favorite colors are magenta and black. View the tracks on Bandcamp, credits on Discogs.com, and current projects.
Recent News:
EDT 3.0
October 15, 2023Electronic Disturbance Theater 3.0
https://edt30.ucsd.edu/
2022-23 MexiCali Biennial: Land of Milk and Honey
BlueRail 2022
October 9, 2022TV/E+ participatory video & audio: http://trevor.ucsd.edu/bluerail2022
Behind the Scenes TV/E+
BlueRail event on FB
The Ditch
February 22, 2022Available now on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music and others:
Hipster’s Halloween Haunted Hang – 2021
December 24, 2021
Playing with Pipes
June 1, 2021Pipes is an amazing new instrument from the folks at Synesthesia.
Here is a journal of my successes.
Here is the latest video on Youtube.
TrevoScrub-MMAF-C19- VCV
May 22, 2020Audifying COVID-19 data in VCV Rack! Now on PatchStorage.com
Introductory video on Youtube and Details here
TrevoX-VCV-Brass
May 20, 2020Creating Brass in VCV Rack, Minimoog style! Now on PatchStorage.com
Introductory video on Youtube
TrevoX-VCV-MM
May 19, 2020Minimoog realized in VCV. Now available on PatchStorage.com
Introductory video on Youtube
New CDs
May 14, 2020- Hipster Modular – am ab ie 1.0
- Hipster Modular – Die Atem Sets
- Medical Grade – Nation State
Last Fridays – Fundraising & Networking Party
October 25, 2019
RigRant – Electronic Music Happening
May 25, 2019Electronic Musicians Meetup – For this event, Hipster Modular, Delta-Sine, Drone Racing, Karaoke and, of course, David & Steph’s country jam! FB Event
Hipster Modular
May 18, 2019Introducción a la síntesis modular – TSS ver. 6.1
Public · Hosted by Resonancia Sound Lab – Cursos & Talleres and Tijuana Synth Scene
FB Event | VCV Rack Examples
Photos by: Hæctor Benitez
Electronic Music Creative Gathering
May 11, 2019Hipster Modular
Edu-Performance – “Die Schloss Sets“
Fern Street Circus
May 4, 2019Sound in Otay Park
BlueRail
April 21, 2019BlueRail: A BINATIONAL IMPROVISATION RELAY AT UC San Diego – APRIL 7, 2-4pm
Tracking Treehouse Banned
March 5, 2019The final session at AI
Tijuana Synth Scene 6.0
March 3, 2019
Encuentro de Música Electrónica
November 25, 2017at the Azteca Brewery in Tijuana
Hipster Modular, Medical Grade, Delta-Sine, AB3ND, Cinema Miramar, Sir. Fox Bizarrium, Alan.
3er. Simposio de Música Electrónica en Tijuana
November 21, 2017Invited speaker with John Noble and Marilu Salinas.
Mesa Music Festival
November 9, 2017
Rig Rant / ElectronAztecs at the Pyramid
October 27, 2017Show of M A L U, Hipster Modular, Medical Grade, ADMNTM, AB3ND at
Porter’s Pub at the Pyramid.
Shoresh/The Ground is on Fire
October 21, 2017Show of M A L U and Hipster Modular after the performance.
La Caja Fuerte, Tijuana
ElectronAztec
October 7, 2017at the Azteca Brewery in Tijuana
M A L U, El Niño Helado, Hipster Modular, Medical Grade, AB3ND
Tijuana TV Promo
October 1, 2017Interview with the ElectronAztecs
Rosarito School Festival
October 1, 2017Discussion on careers in music
AMF in Tijuana
September 30, 2017AMF performs at the Paradise.
Visuals for M A L U
September 11, 2017VDMX visual performance with M A L U in Ensenada.
Hipster Modular
September 9, 2017Performance at NRMAL in Rosarito with Haydeé Jiménez and her vibracoustic lounge and with M A L U in Ensenada.
Open Oscillator 17
August 23, 2017Extended Medical Grade set with guest M A L U at the Casbah.
Fern Street Circus
May 17, 2017May – October, 2017
Sound engineer for the Fern Street Circus. Performances include Bay Park, Pepper Park, the North Park Recreation Center, Jeremy Henwood Park, Azalea Park, Teralta Park, Colina del Sol Park, and Gomper Park.
Percussion for AMF at Decadence in Berlin
March 27, 2016Easter 2016
at Musik & Frieden
http://www.a-m-f.org
Artist Residency at the legendary STEIM! with Jeff Kaiser…
March 18, 2016March 18-28, 2016
More details, including Max for Live patches, to come.
http://madeaudible.com
Scholarship:
Courses include: Sound for New Media, Digital Audio IV (Mastering and Surround Sound), Senior Project I, Senior Project II, Audio for Emerging Media, Audio Recording II (studio techniques), and Mastering.
Technologist:
Current equipment: Ableton Live, Max for Live, Push 2, Elektron (Analog Four, Analog Rytm & Octatrak) and various modular equipment.
Organizational Affiliations:
AES – Audio Engineering Society ICMA – International Computer Music Association ITG – The International Trumpet Guild NASPA – National Association of Student Personnel Administrators NAMM – National Association of Music Merchants SMPC – Society for Music Perception & Cognition
Press:
- 6/1/2015 – Trevor Henthorn Honored as UCSD’S Exemplary Staff Employee
- 8/6/2006 – UT San Diego, 2006