Data Cult Audio

Errant Space is a project of composer/recordist Craig Chin. Its primary goal is the manipulation of time and space through sound. Performances are site-specific, spontaneous compositions influenced by both the physical characteristics of the space they are performed in and the occupants of that space. Craig also produces the Errant Space Podcast which has featured solo performances as well as collaborations with other sonic explorers. It has been posted monthly since 2015. Listen at: www.errant.space link: http://www.errant.space/ link to podcast: http://www.errant.space/blog/

Samuel Cape has been studying and writing music for 25 years, but stopped playing in bands in 2005.  Sam played guitar in Atlanta based metal bands Dawn of Orion and also Signs of Dying for which he was a founding member, guitarist, and drum machine programmer.  Shortly after graduating from Georgia Tech with a Master's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he began focusing on developing technology used for anti-counterfeiting of currency.  His career has brought him deep into a unique technological niche that involves animation, algorithm design, programming, and mathematics.  Several years ago, Sam started recording music again and began building a home studio.   The piece here, titled "Rachaph", strives to illustrate creation as an interference pattern generated by echoes of the past, visions of the future, and the tangibility of the present moment. Riffs from a 2003 Signs of Dying recording were loaded into the Eurorack Synth module - "Equation Composer" and manipulated further with custom fir

Collin Russell is a Southern-California based composer and the Director of Technical Support at Qu-Bit Electronix. Heart Eyes was recorded live on an Eurorack modular synthesizer for Data Cult Audio 0026. Heart eyes have been gone for some time, but are here now. They see what they like, but don’t always like what they see. Void-gazers, they are, glancing from here to there. They finally stop to stare. Record date: September 19, 2017 Airdate: October 7, 2017 Duration: 23:21 www.collinrussellmusic.com www.collinrussellmusic.bandcamp.com

Chief Acid Officer is Zachary Hollback, a musician and electronic music producer in suburban Connecticut by way of Chicago and Atlanta. Zachary has been performing and producing live hardware-only sets of machine music since 2001, starting primarily with dancefloor-ready beat-driven techno (under the name Push Button Action Man). As he moved forward his style moved backward, coming to rest on the acid house that he grew up with in the 1980s. His recordings and live sets are a love letter to the classic energy of house music and the sound of the 303, peppered with experimentation, improvisation, and elements of modern electronic music. Zachary recorded this set live on an all-hardware setup especially for Data Cult Audio. Links: chiefacidofficer.bandcamp.com/ instagram.com/chiefacidofficer youtube.com/user/zacharytube

About: James Watson is the vocalist, guitarist, synthesist, sound designer and songwriter for the experimental drone and noise project Eightch. He is best known for his live performances and uses synths and effects to create imaginatively dramatic soundscapes. Each composition is designed to transport listeners into a meditative and/or trance like state. Employing techniques like micro-listening as a way to gain sonic entrainment, ambient works serve as a counterpoint to heavy and aggressive modulation and phasing often played at high volume. Eightch (pronounced like “H”) has toured extensively in the US and throughout Europe, including performances at both Knobcon in Chicago and Superbooth in Berlin. He is currently in the studio working on a full-length album for release in late 2018. www.eightch.com www.facebook.com/eightch1980 www.instagram.com/eightch1980 www.eightch.bandcamp.com/releases www.eightch1980.tumblr.com

A.M. Filipkowski is fascinated by dystopian fiction. This is the starting point for his aural projects. He attributes this to growing up in inner city Detroit, and watching as the city seemed to die around him. As remnants of industry diminished into a barren wasteland it engraved a mark on him that is expressed in the sounds he creates. He is also the founding mind behind Data Cult Audio. Links: FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/DataCultAudio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacultaudio/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/pod…/data-cult-audio/id1234835844 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacultaudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/DataCultAudio Web: http://datacultaudio.com/

JNN is the murky electronic workings of Andrew Pigue. Ranging from harsh noise to IDM, JNN attempts to re-capture brief encounters and lost memories through hybrid synth movements. This mix explores the full spectrum of JNN’s sound, from droning analog techno to soft ambient tape loops. Links: https://m.facebook.com/djinntn/ https://djinnbass.bandcamp.com/ Soundcloud.com/djinntn https://scaledtongue.bandcamp.com/album/i-never-found-myself

Kri Samadhi started out composing industrial music in 1993. Along his way he got more involved with electronic dance music. By 1997 he was heavy meshed within the global Psychedelic Trance scene. Producing a wide varieties of different styles of music (Psytrance, Ambient, Techno, Sludge Metal etc..) and releasing albums heavily over the last 2 decades. Kri has come to focus mainly using modular synths over the last 4 years, but has always focused on hardware synths. Links http://www.krisamadhi.com/ https://soundcloud.com/krisamadhi https://www.instagram.com/krisamadhi/ All release can be found here http://www.krisamadhi.com/releases

Lindred creates hyper-emotional music. Heavily processed textures meet saturnine melodies and elastic vocals. She exists between Texas and Berlin and is inspired by a magical synth pom named Ami. The sounds featured here are largely built around voice and were performed on modular synthesizer, followed by additional digital processing. It’s glistening synth music for fluorescent goths. Links: https://soundcloud.com/lindred
 https://www.instagram.com/lindred_/

Kimchi Princess lives in San Francisco and composes musical sounds with modular synthesizers. After falling in love with late nineties rave music, Kimchi has been exploring the world of sound synthesis ever since. Kimchi has no formal musical training, doesn’t play any other instruments, and had left the world of music production after burning out on software (and the inherent trap of endless editing) many years ago. But still Kimchi listened, feverishly, voraciously, to the wide world of sound. A few years back Kimchi happened upon youtube videos of these strange devices and have thus entered the world of modular. About the track: Tech Duiin is a live piece recorded in one take using a eurorack modular synthesizer and pedal effects. No post processing or editing of any kind involved. Links to Kimchi Princess: www.instagram.com/kimchiprincess/ https://352421365622.bandcamp.com/

Mike Dobler abandoned the computer music in 2006 in favor of live tabletop electronics, recently focusing on modular synthesizer. He maintains an audio journal of live recordings onto 90-minute tape cassettes, currently 160 tapes deep. Mike Dobler has performed with modular synthesizer, including sets for Modular on the Spot, Moogfest, and Dublab. His style is a chaotic holy mess and he does not do sound healing. Website: mikedobler.com Live Sets: soundcloud.com/mikedobler Tapes/Albums: mikedobler.bandcamp.com Buy This: www.fattgrabbers.com/product/fg022-mike-dobler/ About the track: Recorded 2017-6-24 exclusively for Data Cult Audio Extended alternate version of the Hondasyn patch, featured on album MASTERPSYN Items used: phonogene sheep peaks piston honda dirt

Eusebie, aka SunFalls is a PDX based electronic musician. Composing, performing, writing and collaborating up and down the west coast since 2001. From noise cello improv for butoh theatre to experimental ableton sets and merging into eurorack synthesis in 2013. He has been a recurring solo and collaborative performer at Volt Divers, the Sonic Lodge performance series, Modular on the Spot(pdx), and most recently Binary Society, with a stacked lineup featuring some of the most talented modular synthesists across the country for opening day of the 10th Annual SubZERO Festival in the SoFA District of Downtown San Jose. “SunFalls will guide you toward an alien realm of metallic sound structures that fracture into a world of kaleidoscopic colors. Let its electric jolts prod the listener’s cerebral cortex. Embrace this paradox, shed the blankets of easy comfort, and find your own warmth in SunFalls icy space-scape.” -Robert Ham of Experimental Portland. Current Album out on tape now. Hard copies available. https

Campfire’s Edge is the electronic music project of Hudson Valley, NY artist Nathan M. Yeager. Nathan's lifelong devotion to music is defined by his skills as a unique multi-instrumentalist; playing modular synthesizer, keyboard, guitar, homemade electronics, and whatever comes next in the evolution of music. He sees his current work as scores to short films yet to be realized. The music featured here is the result of 2 improvisational sessions layered on top of each other; and was created exclusively for the Data Cult Podcast. This piece features Eurorack Modular Synthesizer, Roland Juno 106, Moog Prodigy, Nord Lead 2x and Granular processing. Campfire’s Edge's debut EP “The Last Lighthouse” will be released August, 2017 on BlueHill. More information can be found at the following links: http://www.campfiresedge.com/ http://www.facebook.com/campfiresedge http://campfiresedge.bandcamp.com

Saturday 07/22/2017 Data Cult Audio presents James Cigler. You can catch it on iTunes or SoundCloud as Data Cult Audio or catch us on the web at http://datacultaudio.com About: After years of trying to find more interesting guitar sounds, James Cigler discovered synthesizers, and eventually modular synthesizers, and the now decade-long obsession began. James is probably most well known for his modular demonstration videos on youtube, but over the last few years he’s focused on more performances and capturing his sonic explorations. Last year saw the release of the ‘People’s Temple’ trilogy, under the moniker Jim Drones. With these new pieces, and new video projects in production, James shows no signs of slowing down. https://jimdrones.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/jamescigler

Brad is known throughout the modular community as the owner of Glow Worm Cables LLC, maker of cool, multicolored, glow-in-in-the-dark patch cables. He is based out of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a town known for its unique musical history. Brad has just released his album Zero Zero One on Nebula Collection available on cassette and digitally. Find out more about Brad and Glow Worm cables from the links below. https://www.glowwormcables.com/ http://instagram.com/glowwormcables https://nebulacollection.bandcamp.com/album/zero-zero-one

Void Manes plays gloom-psych, and has collaborated with the Melvins, Hepa-Titus, and Mike Patton. Forthcoming releases include a collaborative album with the Melvins paying tribute to Throbbing Gristle, and a split LP with ear moviemaker Christoph Heemann. Bad vibes guaranteed. http://voidmanes.bandcamp.com http://facebook.com/voidmanes

Jeremiah M Carter is a multi-instrumentalist experimental artist that comfortably weaves between ambience and power electronics. J. Carter is a part of multiple projects based out of Nashville, TN, such as the post-punk outfit Brothers, and is the co-curator of the eclectic label Fraternity As Vanity. J. Carter's first release was out on Fraternity As Vanity on June 19th.

Kurt Kurasaki is an electronic music composer based in Northern California. While his preferred instruments are the vintage Buchla Music Easel and Buchla 200/200e system, he is versed in wide array of synthesizers and electronic composition techniques. Kurt’s professional associations include work with notable music companies such as Dave Smith Instruments, Rossum Electro-Music, and Propellerhead Software. Recently he has focused his efforts into producing and recording experimental works that incorporate modular synthesizers and prepared tape materials. The piece presented here is a live recording at the “Modular On The Spot” event held during Moogfest on May 21, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. The composition, titled Buchla Abstractions for Morphagene, is based on recordings created with Buchla synthesizers, but is performed on a Eurorack system comprised of Rossum Electro-Music, Make Noise, and Audio Damage Modules.

Stop Plate Techtonics is an all-hardware electronic music project in Los Angeles. Inspired by the sounds of 80's and 90's acid house, electro, techno, and breakbeat, SPT keeps the dance floor funky with original beats and bass-heavy synthesis. The project's philosophy places the live-performance of hardware-based synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and effects at the forefront of its musical composition. This means that each track in this mix was recorded in a single take. SPT plays regularly in Los Angeles and San Diego with the Friends of Friends Network (#FOFN), Acid Varsity, and EMXLA, and they have opened for The Egyptian Lover, Juan Atkins, Neil Landstrumm, and Ramon Bostich's Point Loma project.

Walker Farrell Is part of the Make Noise crew. When he was about 17 Walker composed a piano piece that was based around a chord he had "discovered". This particular chord, when broken out and arpeggiated, had a feeling that was both longing and uplifting simultaneously, a never-ending cadence, an equal temperament Shepard scale. It turned out to be minor-flat-6, though the phrasing was as important as the content. In C it was spelled C, G, Gb, Eb from bottom to top. Two perfect fifths separated by a minor second. It's also notable as the core of the Rachmaninoff Prelude in c# minor, which was a favorite of Walker’s at that time. Repeated, transposed, or reiterated in successively higher octaves, it had, for him, a sense of endless reaching. (It could also be spelled as an Ab Major 7th chord, but he always felt the C as the root.)  In this decade Walker has been musically more interested in structural grounding than in goal-oriented results. He makes music without specific results in mind, in two branches: on