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About: This accomplished and ever-ambitious duo is creating what they call ‘formless Electronica and Techno.’ Their fascination for generative art, modular synths, eurorack, noise modulation, high fashion and floating vocal sonics helps them to create a thrilling auditory and moving dance experience. In their past project, they have played at festivals like Coachella, EDC, Lightning in a Bottle, and the infamous Low End Theory. They now embark on a new live-focused sonic adventure that lies ahead! Links Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onedayasanoise/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onedayasanoise/ Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3hSzwxH

About: Phasic Affect is the solo project of experimental electronic musician Phasic Tyler Griffin, creating music without prejudice of machine. Taking influence from techno, industrial, ambient and minimalism, Phasic Affect's live sets and records come from an ever fluctuating intersection of visceral body music and sprawling soundscapes . With crude digital artifacts and forgotten analog circuitry, Phasic Affect employs an ephemeral approach to composition & performance, fabricating evolving rhythmic texture and acrid mechanical voice. Links: http://facebook.com/phasicaffect http://soundcloud.com/phasicaffect https://www.phasicaffect.com/

About: DARK SPARKLER HAS AN AFFINITY TOWARDS TACTILE ELECTRIC MUSIC MACHINES DARK SPARKLER EMPLOYS THESE MACHINES TO CONJURE FOCUSED + MELODIC MUSIC +/OR EXPLORE AREAS LESS TRAVELED DARK SPARKLER CO-HOSTS THE MONTHLY BUCHLA PODCAST "SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY" UNDER THE NAME KYLE SWISHER DARK SPARKLER WELCOMES YOUR EARS Links Bandcamp: darksparkler.bandcamp.com Source Of Uncertainty Podcast: sourceofuncertainty.audio Instagram: @darksparklermusic

About: Space Racer learned to play her fathers guitar at the age of 11 and has been writing songs ever since. Growing up in both Houston, TX and Portland, OR, gave her an opportunity to explore many diverse music scenes. She first discovered her love of for modular and building modular synths 2 1/2 years ago and hasn’t looked back. Space Racer's name hails from her passion for the Cosmos, and her patching style reflects her influences of Southern Folk Music and futuristic electronica. She blends actual sounds from space and vocals with her subsonic kicks and broken modem basslines. Space Racer is one of the founding members of the Southern California Synth Society, whose purpose is to educate and facilitate interest in electronic music through synthesizers, modular DIY builds and community events.   To stay up to date with her releases, upcoming shows, and workshops, visit her links below. Links: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceRacerLive/ https://www.instagram.com/space_racer_/ http://instagram.com/socalsynt

About: Originally from Southern California and currently in Portland Oregon, Composer, Sound Designer, Multi-instrumentalist, Synthesist, and Modular Artist Craig Anthony Perkins began as a Drummer at the age of 4 (his Father was a Drummer and started him young) a Guitarist by the age of 8, and learned Bass, Synths and several other instruments by age 14. With his own independent record label, Craig releases music in a variety of genres under different project names, including genshi, jido-genshi, Science Patrol, cell:burn, and StarDotStar among others... Craig also regularly performs around town with his Eurorack Modular system in his "Experimental Cinematic Ambient" style under the name Genshi, as well as with his retro Electro Synthpop project Science Patrol. He is also known for his synth demos on his YouTube Channel "Genshi Media Group". As a Film and TV Composer, he has scored a variety of indie short films, including a few he Directed himself (one of which won the 2012 iPhone Film Festival for best A

About: Solypsis aka James Miller specialises in speaker shredding frequencies and fucked up non dancefloor smashes. It's a harsh world he inhabits. Co-founder of Couch Fort Records. Founder of the Digital Vomit label and Dismissive Records. Links: https://soundcloud.com/solypsis https://www.discogs.com/artist/138751-Solypsis https://soundcloud.com/solypsis https://www.discogs.com/artist/138751-Solypsis

About: Karl Benedek lives in Eugene, Oregon and makes music as Woke-Ass Messiah, using a modular synth and a small family of semimodular desktop synths. His focus is on building playable patches for live performance. His influences include kosmische drones, drifting vaporscapes, industrial squelch, and the ever-present swirling psychedelic maelstrom of chaos. Links: Website: https://www.wokeassmessiah.com/ Bandcamp: https://wokeass.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wokeass_messiah Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WokeAssMessiah Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wokeassmessiah Soundclown: https://soundcloud.com/wokeassmessiah ModularGrid: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1074675

About: The Dying Beauties Project is a producer from Brisbane, Australia. The project comes from a love of manipulating, synthesising and processing sound. The music aims to bring together sounds into a collage of contrasts - chaotic & coherent, natural & mechanic, to create worlds that feel like wandering through a dream. Links Bandcamp: https://thedyingbeautiesproject.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the__dbp/

Brennan’s love for keyboards, synthesizers and their infinite sounds began in 2005. In 2008 he joined with Imperial Blend, a band with a sophisticated take on the genre of live electronic jam. Brennan produces/performs his own music using analog hardware and modular synthesizes. With influences stemming from Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus and Telefon Tel Aviv, you’ll find him playing everything from beat driven tunes to ambient downtempo. He enjoys hosting Modular on the Spot, Greensboro. Bringing modular synth enthusiasts together to share their creative sounds with the public. He will be releasing a new album this summer! Links: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/brennanfowlerib YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC177iw1TpMfrBZO6a8Yu6Sg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brennanfowlerib/?hl=en @brennanfowlerib

About: Born in 1995, ya4ki (or ya4kinoise) is an artist that produces a unique style of house/techno. In 2015 ya4ki dove into the universe of eurorack synth, and began performing live. ya4ki strives to skillfully to create beautiful chords and harmonies using only eurorack. She also enjoys performing with battery-powered eurorack system in outdoor settings. Her "Outdoor Modular" YouTube video series focuses on ya4ki improvising to capture the feeling of each location. Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ya4kinoise Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ya4kinoise/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIjbGLS2woVp6divbVqtLQ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ya4kinoise Web: https://ya4ki.com/

About: DaviT is a producer and synthesist based in the Netherlands. He released his debut TRANSISTER - EP on Wic Recordings in April 2018. In 2019 the album Katana ZERO (Original Soundtrack Remixes) released with a remix that he made of Bill Kiley's SILHOUETTE and in october that year did a release called ReWorks, using inspiration from minimalism, electronica and neo-classicism. Throughout the year he regularly publishes videos of his 5U Modular synth jams on his YouTube Channel. The first compilation of these jams appeared on an album Patch & Tweak in 2019. DaviT's experimental and dark electronic music is reminiscent of a film score that creates a sense of melancholy and isolation. Currently DaviT is working on an second compilation Patch & Tweak performances and he’s preparing to do some live shows, featuring his 5u modular case and tape loops. Links : YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0scIq0m6bjw0g9jmXfWTQ?view_as=subscriber Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/davit_music/ Bandcamp: http

About: Octaveplex (Cameron Meyer) is a multi-dimensional electronic musician based in Phoenix, Arizona. He performs live creating intense beats and sonic soundscapes with a diverse range of synthesizers and hardware drum machines. Having played with various synthesizers since 1992, Cameron creates music influenced by ambient, soundtrack music, hard techno...you name it. All his recordings are done in a single take, with out a DAW, to maintain the truth and energy of his live sets. Links: https://www.facebook.com/Octaveplex/ https://soundcloud.com/octaveplex

About: Zetsumetsu is a multimedia project between Flutter (Christine Ingaldson) and Zetsumei (Nick Dye) with music as the centerpiece. They conjure up a danceable tug of war between soft and abrasive sounds through the use of their human voices and custom-built synthesizers. Through their hardcore DIY ethic, they have been restoring a 1986 Road Rescue emergency vehicle to deliver a pop-up experimental dance music experience. This performance from an ambulance is known as Modular on the Rescue (MOTR). Focusing on the concept of impermanence and presence, they capture and release their art while exploring the road less traveled alongside themes of death, memory, nature, and existential struggles. At home in Racine, WI, they curate and co-host REACT (Racine Electronic Arts Collective Takeover), a quarterly electronic arts event. Links: https://www.zetsumetsu.com/ https://zetsumetsu.bandcamp.com/album/hungry-ghosts https://soundcloud.com/zetsumetsumusic https://vimeo.com/zetsumetsu https://www.instagram.com/ze

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About: Philippe Petit is an artist that fashions his musical works to paint a musical tapestry similar to Lewis Carroll creating a wonderland where nothing is as it would seem. Philippe's goal is to take the listener on a 'magical mystery ride'. He places great importance on movement and gesture in composition, and by recording his modular systems in a single, take he keeps sessions spontaneous and visceral! Philippe primarily works with the Buchla Easel K, Synthi A and GRP A4 as an ensemble, and processes them with GRM Tools, Guitar amps & pedals. This demands a ton of preparation, but the results are with it. Philippe has performed across the world, playing festivals all over Europe, North America, Asia, Mexico, and Australia. He has recorded with such artists as Lydia Lunch, Murcof, The European Contemporary Orchestra (E.C.O.), Mark Cunningham (MARS), Cindytalk, Orkest De Ereprijs,  Audrey Chen, Mia Zabelka, Iancu Dumitrescu's Hyperion Ensemble, Stephen O'Malley, Yannick Barman, PAS/Faust. In additio

About: Surachai’s repertoire pivots from full ensemble black metal outfits to solo synthesizer explorations that have an avant garde fearlessness. A professional sound designer, mixer, and location audio engineer, the Chicago-based musician and producer brings a technical expertise to a curious artistic output that makes every upcoming release unpredictable. Links: https://surachai.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/surachais/ All the tracks are unreleased, experiments, outtakes of components that made some of Come, Deathless. Recorded live as a 2-bus into the computer with hopes of it being fleshed out. Unfortunately, these were excommunicated and branded as heretics.

About: Johno Wells is an ambient/experimental/electro sound designer, composer, and filmmaker from San Diego, CA. He has composed score music and sound design for many film projects including his own films, both narrative and documentary features and shorts. He is the creator and host of Dotwave, a podcast featuring today's most genre-defying musicians and creators (dotwave.fireside.fm, Spotify, iTunes). He also hosts Modular on the Spot in San Diego, a monthly outdoor modular synth concert, and is 1/2 of the electro/ambient duo "June Water". His music can be found on Spotify, iTunes, and all streaming platforms. Links: Bandcamp: https://johnowells.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PfyPGlkqSU7C7LMBz4wSA?si=y5nMwoPyRD6ZeJ378tqBag YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAfOGKPGGVjM4xLanoA7k_A/videos Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/johno_wells/ Dotwave: https://dotwave.fireside.fm/

About: Data Cult Audio is a project of A.M. Filipkowski. It centers around the idea that electronics and sound are constant source of exploration and innovation. As an audio project, the idea is to explore the production of sound. As a podcast, the goal is to document the work of artists across the world. At the time of this broadcast, Data Cult has been consistently airing weekly episodes for 3 years. Links: Site: http://datacultaudio.com/episodes/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/data-cult-audio/id1234835844 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacultaudio FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/DataCultAudio/ Also, be sure to check out our Retrospective Series on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yU-42jnb8qw PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Datacultaudio

Neil Landstrumm is pioneer of new electronic styles with a signature techno sound often copied and imitated, he has always been, and continues to be, a unique electronic artist. Neil has released records on a wide variety of electronic music's finest labels over the last two decades, and is one of the true innovators in techno. Highlights include 12″s and LP’s for Peacefrog, Tresor, Planet Mu records and Dixon Avenue Basement Jams. He has been a member of Optimo’s JD Twitch as Doubleheart, Sugar Experiment Station with Tobias Schmidt and Modini with Hostage. Essentially a live hardware based artist since the beginning of his career, he has toured internationally for the last 20 years with regular events in Europe, Japan and China. A native Scotsman, Landstrumm had lived in New York for a number of years, but is now based back in Edinburgh working from his own Witness Rooms studio. Links: https://neillandstrumm.cargo.site/ https://neillandstrumm.bandcamp.com/

About: Garth Paine (USA/AU) born 1962, is a composer, performer and scholar. He was awarded a Green Room Award for Outstanding Creativity, for Escape Velocity (Company in Space) and was a finalist for the Best new Musical Score for Dance in Australia, 2014. In 2018, Garth was researcher-artist in residence at IRCAM/ZKM, developing Future Perfect for spatial audio, cell phones and VR. He presented the Keynote at NIME2016 and a keynote at 2014 Ecomusicologies conference on listening to place. Dr. Paine is a Professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media at Arizona State University and co-directs the Acoustic Ecology Lab. His music has been performed internationally. Links. Web: https://www.activatedspace.com Soundcloud: http://garthpaine.com Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/garthpaine