Download: Fol Chen, ‘So Good’ and ‘Back on Kent’ (and learn about the new electro-gadget, the Tetrafol)

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L.A. experimental pop outfit Fol Chen isn’t just developing new music, it’s developing a new music-making machine. The band fronted by Samuel Bing (aka Adam Goldman) has unveiled a device called the Tetrafol, a pyramid-shaped toy that emits electronic music (composed by Fol Chen) based on its physical orientation and movement. Strange, but true – check out the promotional video. The battery-powered gadget was developed in conjunction with Monome and L.A.’s Machine Project and sells for $110, plus shipping and tax. Bing told Wired magazine: “We wanted to create an object that people could use to make their own music, so it had to be something that we ourselves would find fun and useful in the studio. At the same time, we wanted to make a cool-looking toy that non-musicians could play with just for the pleasure of making weird sounds.” The new songs, “So Good” and “Back on Kent” were created with the “micro-compositions” loaded on the Tetrafol, so glitch out, folks. Fol Chen is also promising news soon on their next release from Asthmatic Kitty, for whom they’ve made two full-lengths.

||| Download: “So Good” and “Back on Kent”

||| Live: Fol Chen will do an informal performance and demonstrate the Tetrafol at 8 p.m. Sunday at Machine Project, 1200-D N. Alvarado St. L.A.