The Awthum Empire

Switched On: Austin’s new music electronics store is open for business providing repair, restoration, education, consultation and an array of vintage musical instruments. Come celebrate with us, check out the store, and enjoy live performances by some of Austin’s finest synthesizer bands.

Come check out the store starting @7pm with DJs and a live in store performance by BODYTRONIX (Eric Archer & Erich Ragsdale).

Then across the street at Victory Grill
9:30PM How I Quit Crack
10:30PM SILENT DIANE
12:00AM S U R V I V E
1:00AM Pataphysics

Switched On goes beyond the scope of the typical musical instrument store by offering vintage equipment rentals, repairs, restoration, modification, education, and local access to the international marketplace.

Studio, live and sampling rental services bring rare, vintage instruments within reach of those on who can’t afford to buy them outright. Helmed by LZX Industries’ Lars Larson, the repair department offers a unique specialty in restoring and modifying music electronics. Switched On will provide workshops, classes and clinics in DIY electronics, modular synthesis, and computer music production. Consigning your gear at Switched On gives you access to an international marketplace normally exclusive to internet sites like Ebay. Now there exists a physical space to meet, consult, discover, buy, sell, and trade. The mission is to foster and expand Austin’s community of electronic musicians.

“Making musicians comfortable with the vast choices electronic music brings and making those choices human is my personal quest. With Switched On I’m looking out for the shoestring musician who simply wants the greatest sound ever.” -John French (co-owner)