Data Cult Audio

Inhabiting Auvergne Volcanoes Park, France, Raph and Trush true originals. Together they make up Mega Voyelle. Trush is an acoustic and electric guitarist, self-taught, addict to electronic music employing various samplers and modular synths. Raph is a keyboardist, or rather classical pianist; an inveterate adept of intoxicating rhythms and planing parts. She searches for these rhythms in her piano playing as well as in her synth sounds. Together they are electronic music enthusiasts working in the studio and through live performances to mock norms and fashions, while working to get closer to a musical ideal. Their musical ideal is to have fun, to be together, and to help evolve the face of music by proposing and generating novelties from improbability, from astonishment; sometimes even disturbing people to achieve this ideal. They hope to share the fun they have making music while at the same time making people think, laugh, and feel a spectrum of emotions. The goal is to create sounds that will affect an

Radek Rudnicki and Maho Cwejman play modular synthesizer based electronica with unique post dub and industrial influences. Dense textures are mixed with micro grooves and precise Cwejman modular sounds. Duo takes listeners to the journey going through ambient, noise and heavy beat based grooves. Maho and Radek are also running workshops focused on modular synthesis that compliment their set and show techniques used in their performances. This involves showing Cwejman modules, patching techniques and how to get the most out of them. Links: http://www.wavefolder.net/~~~/radek-rudnicki-maho-cwejman/ https://wavefolder.bandcamp.com/album/-

Resynthesize is Northern California producer Brandon Tallent, who has been producing and DJing since the late 90s.  He got his start in the demo scene using the MS-DOS program Impulse Tracker before eventually moving to modern DAWs and finally discovering modular synthesizers. He has released several albums and EPs which are all available on Bandcamp and Spotify, and regularly posts modular related videos on Instagram.  While he has written lots of IDM and glitch-hop influenced music in the past, these days he is mostly focused on minimal techno and tech house. Links: https://instagram.com/resynthesize https://soundcloud.com/resynthesize https://facebook.com/resynthesize1 https://bandcamp.resynthesize.com Mastered by Obsidian Sound: http://obsidiansound.net/

Josephine Toepfer is a 27 year old musician, born in Frankfurt, Germany; living in Berlin.  She describes her music as experimental drones-ambient-industrial. Her goal is to trigger memories, and lift her listeners into a parallel dimension with sound. Links: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/josephinetoepfer/ SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/josie-t-pfer

MAKROTULPA is laptop-free “techno for insects” inspired by Coil and Dead Voices on Air. It is also the solo improvisational output of Lloyd Barrett from Brisbane, Australia. With 20 years experience in the avant-garde electronic music scene Lloyd lectures in sound design, synthesis and aesthetics and has a Masters of Music in algorithmic composition. This podcast episode splices live recordings from various (atmospheric) dives with consistent hardware: Roland V-Synth, Teenage Engineering OP-1, Eventide H9, KMI K-Mix and a custom Axoloti based Fragmentation Device. Links: http://makrotulpa.wordpress.com http://soundcloud.com/secretkillerofnames

Hypercube is an explorative multi-dimensional project to awaken layers of the subconscious bringing to life elements of aborted universal chaos and structurally disrupted social systems,  a journey into the realms of complexity, a parallel world of multiple instabilities, asymmetric dreams, paraplegic mutant sonic exposure, astigmatic rhythms and molecular revelations. 
Track info: The first minute of this recording comprises the sound output of my neural cortex which has been captured by an Emotiv EPOC Brain to Computer interface (EEG technology) The sound is generated through a computer program written in C++ and OpenFrameworks. The remaining of the track includes various recordings made at different stages some of which have been imported with different sample rate compared to the arrangement to alter the speed and adaptation.
 Links: HYPERCUBE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hypercubeaudio
HYPERCUBE on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hypercube-audio
HYPERCUBE on Bandcamp: https://hypercube-audio.

Coarses is a Cleveland techno artist mixing drone, dub and acid elements to craft minimal but effectively throbbing 4x4 soundscapes. Links: http://coarsestechno.com/ http://instagram.com/coarses

Anon seeks to transcribe her dreams through the exploration of sound. http://anon-music.com http://instagram.com/annaisanon http://facebook.com/anon.anonmusic

Julien Palomo a.k.a. Improvising Being(s) has a background in Free Jazz and free improvisation before electronic music. His chaotic work, created mainly on vintage analogue modular synthesizers, ARP 2600 and EMS Synthi E, is a physical take on repetitive minimalism and drone, which has been described as "symphonic noise" . It is nonetheless open to melody and nostalgia, with much attention give to timbres and textures. He has published a CD on Entr'Acte in 2016, numerous albums for netlabels (Muteant Sounds, God Hates God, Mahorka...) and is the other half of the Other Matter duo with Michel Kristof. Links: https://soundcloud.com/improvising-beings https://improvising-beings.bandcamp.com/

Mylar Melodies is known for his rather fantastic youtube channel exploring modular synth gear and technique, with a particular emphasis on live performance modulars. He has been exploring and producing electronic music for nearly 20 years. This original set was entirely improvised live, in one take, using his live modular performance system explored in recent videos on his Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/mylarmelodies - the final session was trimmed then mastered. If you like what you hear, you can support Mylar Melodies by buying this set for download/streaming in lossless quality at: http://mylarmelodies.bandcamp.com Mylar’s own podcast called Why We Bleep, features fascinating long form interviews with electronic musicians and manufacturers and comes highly recommended. Listen at: http://whywebleep.com Mastering by Nathan Moody of Obsidian Sound: http://obsidiansound.net

Mark Crowley is a musician, artist, and circuit designer living in Asheville, NC. He works as a hardware engineer for Moog Music.  Links:  http://www.mark-crowley.com/  https://markcrowley.bandcamp.com/music

Hektor Kafka aka Human Koala
Organic+Electronic+Mechanic Music
Noise Designer, Computer Trasher, Electronic Performer & Producer.
from Techno to Ambient, from Electronica to Smoky Down Tempo, from Mainstream to Experimental, From Computer to Modular Synth, from Noise to Tone, from the Ground to the Sky.
Hector has played live in Paris @ Palais de Tokyo, 104, Point Ephémère, Divan du Monde, Petit Bain, Batofar, Villette Enchantée, Wanderlust.
He has been keeping the live and experimental touch alive since 1994. https://soundcloud.com/hektor-kafka https://soundcloud.com/human-koala https://www.youtube.com/user/humankoala

Raül Peix lives in Barcelona and and performs under the moniker Ralp. He is a technology enthusiast, from retro to modern. He loves synthesizers, analog and digital, electronics, glitch, sci-fi, programming, and DIY culture. In his spare time Raül makes experimental electronic music, produced with hardware and software. He uses 8 Bit systems such as the Game Boy, and likes to build and modify his own machines. He collect Game Boys, various machines and actually pretty much any device that crosses his path. Raül is currently working as part of a design, motion graphics and sound design studio called Device. He is also co-directing an 8 Bit and Circuit Bending Net Label called Lowtoy, and an 8 Bit audiovisual collective called Distortled Box. Links: http://ralp.org/info/ https://www.facebook.com/ralpeix http://www.devicers.com http://www.lowtoy.com http://www.distortledbox.com http://ralp.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/ralp

Over the past few years the Synth Witch (Julia More) has been a constant top act in the Pacific Northwest. Primarily focused on synthesis at an epic scale she enjoys performing with a combination of modular and keyboards all completely live. Most known for her use of Moog Sub37 and Mother 32s, she branches into modular with sound sources from Noise Engineering and lot of sequencing from Malekko Heavy Industry. As a trans woman she is focused on centering female and non binary voices in synthesis, the Synth Witch coordinated the Modular on the Spot PDX: Women's Takeover in Portland, OR. She also facilitates at the S1 Synth Library teaching synthesis on a regular basis. Links: http://thesynthwitch.com https://www.instagram.com/thesynthwitch/

Yoel Ben Yehuda is a multi-faceted artist/lecturer living in Atlanta, Georgia, where he teaches classes in music theory, intro to recording and production, music management, voice, choir, and piano. He has worked as a musician/producer with many artists both locally in Atlanta and internationally. Some of his projects include working as keyboardist and co-producer with Diane Durrett and Soul Suga, and as producer/musician with Tribe Records UK and Kazakauta Records Angola, Africa. Amongst his credits, Yoel has written for television and film, performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and has written several arrangements for the the Naples Philharmonic. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Tufoe-Bhairavi-Yoel-ben-Yehuda/dp/B07BNC4ZZS https://soundcloud.com/yoelbenyehuda https://www.mixcloud.com/yoel-ben-yehuda/

Joe Miller is a music composer, sound designer, and audio engineer. Since 2008, he has crafted original music and sound for more than 20 films, national TV series, marketing campaigns, games, theater, etc. A decade of writing on commission, in popular genres and with standard tools, created a need for new forms of personal artistic expression. In reaction to this, making music in the "modular method" has become a primary form of self-expression and music experimentation in Joe's life. These improvised experiments are released under the name Xin. In Chinese philosophy, xin can refer to one's disposition or feelings or to one's confidence or trust in something or someone. Xin has a connotation of intention yet can be used to refer to long-term goals. Xin (心) itself is a concept that is as much cognitive as emotional. This blend of cognitive intention and emotional reaction is the essence of this approach to modular music making. Links: https://soundslikejoe.com/ https://soundcloud.com/soundslikejoe

Noah Kalos, AKA Illumination Station, has been playing musical instruments for as long as he can remember. The appearance and construction of these instruments has shifted over the years but his passion for creating noises has never waned. Starting on instruments made of wood, metal strings and horsehair to ones of brass with valves, an ever lasting love for large ones with black and white keys and now instruments made mostly of copper, aluminum and played with knobs and cables.  Noah's passion for electronic music started while doing a summer program at Berklee for upright jazz bass and he started learning reason and cubase as an elective. Noah was in the box for many years with his electronic music production but in the last few years he has emerge into the world of modular synthesizers do to the unique composition styles and creativity available in this medium.  Currently working as a synthesizer technician for his day job, Noah has entered fully into the world of modular and couldn't be happier. Noah ha

Under the pseudonym U-Bits , lies Sergio Rodriguez, self-taught musician, sound designer and field recording enthusiast. U-Bits represents the current projection of the work of an artist who is constantly in search of structures and textures far from standard. A compendium of sound design, field recordings, noise and soundscapes.  Links: https://soundcloud.com/ubits

Oliver Dodd is a producer and performer originally from Atlanta but now resides in Nashville. For Data Cult Audio 0050, he brings us an introspective and deep set with the focus and feeling of spring.  The set was composed and recorded using a Eurorack Modular Synth.    Patch Notes: The pitch sequencer is comprised of a random source from the SSF Ultra Random which is fed into the Ornament & Crime Quantermain mode.  Sound sources used are: Rings, Elements, Braids, and Plonk. Further audio processing is from Clouds, Erbe-Verb and Phonogene.  Modulation sources include Function, Voltage Block, SSF Ultra Random, and Quad Clock Divider.  All audio sources are mixed using the WMD Performance mixer and WMD MSCL Stereo Compressor which are sent to a two-channel audio interface.  Links: http://www.oliverdodd.com/ https://www.youtube.com/oliverdodd https://www.instagram.com/_oliverdodd/ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1456-Oliver-Dodd

Fresh from the land of the rising sun and emerging from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo comes Sunshine Lover. Just over two years ago he started his journey experimenting with Modular Synthesizers, and for his Data Cult debut he has compiled some of his favorite aural experiments for your listening pleasure. Raw, rough and nasty in places but contrasting with glimpses of light shining through the mirk, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride, and just like Roy Ayers famously sung ‘Everybody loves the....... Link: Instagram: sun_shine_lover