Why We Bleep

LINKS

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Chatting about re-inventing Delia Derbyshire, exploring underground vintage synth bunkers and the transcendent nature of music with Grammy-nominated musician Hannah Peel!

LINKS

➤ Buy Hannah's new album 'Fir Wave' here: https://hannahpeel.tmstor.es/

➤ Listen to ‘Emergence in Nature’: https://youtu.be/FtqJ4eRrTso

➤ Listen to ‘Ecovocative': https://youtu.be/btJs0D8syXg

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A deep dive into the magical heart of reverb design, with the industry's most passionately reverberant person: Sean Costello of Valhalla DSP!

LINKS

➤ If you enjoyed this, please buy Sean's plugins, since they're only $50 each (Get Delay and Vintage Verb first is my recommendation, plus the free ones!): https://valhalladsp.com/

➤ Sign up to Sean's creativity newsletter project: https://valhalladsp.com/creative/

➤ Here's the great talk on reverb design Sean did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJLhqfHrwsw

➤ And check out the Tom Erbe's 'Designing the Erbe Verb' talk Mylar mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il_qdtQKnqk

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THANKS TO SPONSORS

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Talking about a year of unfinished projects, future Turing Machines, hearing the ISS in the garden, the great hardware vs software debate and how Tom's been freaking out his neighbourhood with the spooky Soma Ether.

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A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Talking Glasgow club scene mania, inserting unsolicited items into customer orders, the perils of opening a gear shop and more besides with gear pushers/lovely people Aleks & Jason of Signal Sounds.

Thanks and big love to Signal Sounds for being so dang supportive of this podcast over the years, as well as being some of my favourite people to chat to. Buy your musical items from them at: www.signalsounds.com

Talking live improvisation, less gear being more and the limitless possibilities of techno with legendary DJ & performer Anthony Child, aka Surgeon.

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Talking vintage synths, musical process, long lost instruments and learning to listen more intently with one of the brightest stars of electro-acoustic music - Sarah Davachi!

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Talking juicy modular and studio productivity tips with Grammy-nominated musician, software developer and all-round good soul BT!

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🠞 BT's new album The Lost Art Of Longing is out now: https://www.blackholerecordings.com/music/albums/bt-the-lost-art-of-longing/

🠞 BT's ambient experimental album I mention: https://www.blackholerecordings.com/music/albums/bt-everything-youre-searching-for-is-on-the-other-side-of-fear/

🠞 BT's studio tour video I mention: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=499216134270877

🠞 A link to AI-generated music BT shared, illustrating what is possible right now: https://jukebox.openai.com/?song=787516480

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system80.net

https://www.instagram.com/minisystem/

880 pre-order: http://system80.net/2019/05/29/880-pre-order/

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LINKZ!

🠞 https://www.hazelmills.com/

🠞 https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

🠞 https://www.afrorack.org/

🠞 Oceans of Heaven - Eddie Parker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2RjDpWnys

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Thanks to episode sponsors http://signalsounds.com and https://www.eurodesk-z.com/ (Make sure you use the Eurodesk discount code from the episode!)

LINKS FROM DR. LIZ:

​The #audioequitypledge https://soundgirls.org/a-guide-to-supporting-women-in-sound/

YSWN Volume up advocacy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoPCx_RMtow and flyer https://issuu.com/yswn/docs/volume_up_yswn

Yorkshire Sound Women Network Blog which shares news https://yorkshiresoundwomen.com/blog/

My twitter is http://www.twitter.com/drlizdobson and website https://drlizdobson.com/

My blog post for Delta Sound Labs on acoustic-violin-controlled-synth via their ctrl module prototype: https://deltasoundlabs.com/blog-lizdobson

Keith Swanwick's book (that presents the theory of musical development) - Swanwick, K. (2003). Music, Mind and Education. Routledge.

Erin Barra http://www.mammabarra.com/

Irine Røsnes https://irineroesnes.com/

Transistor Sound Labs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC75JFfR8IvOY6KLu-aTZCFg

Music Technology at The University of Huddersfield https://www.hud.ac.uk/subject-specific-activities/musictechnology/ Courses https://courses.hud.ac.uk/2019-20/search:MUSIC

Thanks to episode sponsors http://signalsounds.com and http://thonk.co.uk

LINKS FROM JAMES:

https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/47326/darkstar-collaborate-with-liverpool-s-migrant-communities

https://www.differenttrains1947.com/trackbed

https://thequietus.com/articles/11268-darkstar-news-from-nowhere-review

https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/17886

DARKSTAR’S CATALOGUE, STREAMABLE ON WARP SITE:

https://warp.net/artists/91408-darkstar

THEIR WARP 30TH NTS SHOW:

https://www.nts.live/shows/wxaxrxp/episodes/darkstar-rotten-sods-and-odds-23rd-june-2019

LINKS TO OTHER STUFF DISCUSSED:

Tim Exile's Endlesss app livestream: http://Discover.endlesss.fm

That 1 hour of Endlesss I mention: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/444503124

News From Nowhere Album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_from_Nowhere_(Darkstar_album)

Hyperdub Label: https://hyperdub.net/

Richard Formby: https://twitter.com/RichardFormby

Revox Tape Machines: https://www.revox.com/en/classics/reel-to-reel-machines.html

Izotope Iris https://www.izotope.com/en/products/create-and-design/iris.html

Neumann KH120: https://en-de.neumann.com/kh-120-a-g

Digitakt: https://www.elektron.se/products/digitakt/

Roland Juno 60: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Juno-60

NI Maschine: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine/

Eventide H3000: https://www.soundtoys.com/plugged-in-h3000/

Eventide PitchFactor: https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/stompboxes/pitch-delay/pitchfactor

Eventide TimeFactor: https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/stompboxes/delay-stompbox/timefactor

Lexxx = Alex Dromgoole (mix engineer): https://www.discogs.com/artist/395544-Alex-Dromgoole

Konk Studios: https://www.konkstudios.com/

"K-risp modular" (it was Paul) aka Krisp1/Oakley modular: http://www.krisp1.com/store

Roland JP-08 (mini Jupiter 8): https://www.roland.com/uk/products/jp-08/

James McVinnie (Organist): https://www.jmcvinnie.com/

TC Voicelive: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/tc-helicon-voicelive-3

Korg R3: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/korg-r3-synthvocoder

Myspace (hah): https://myspace.com/

North (album): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_(Darkstar_album)

Sugar Bytes Effectrix (vocal effect from North album): https://sugar-bytes.de/effectrix

Visit Slaithwaite (slawat!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaithwaite

The best meal of my life was the beef-sandwich-in-gravy at: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2078453-d4041206-Reviews-Crumbals_on_the_Corner-Marsden_Huddersfield_West_Yorkshire_England.html

MPC2500: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/akai-mpc2500

Valhalla Ubermod: https://valhalladsp.com/shop/delay/valhalla-uber-mod/

Valhalla Room: https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-room/

Elektron Octatrack: https://www.elektron.se/products/octatrack-mkii/

OTO Reverb and Delay Pedals: https://www.otomachines.com/

"UAD Quad": https://www.uaudio.com/uad-accelerators/uad-2-pcie.html

That time I put my Juno thru PitchFactor and TimeFactor in series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip4aap5cu1c

Foam Island Album: https://warp.net/releases/115970-darkstar-foam-island

Inherent in the Fibre (it was 'Yehgetme?'): https://warp.net/updates/darkstar-inherent-in-the-fibre-short-film

PDA party with Mischa Mafia: https://www.nts.live/shows/pda

Keezy iPad app: https://keezy.com/

Deer Shed Festival: https://deershedfestival.com/

Proving that kids love to hear their voices sampled since '83: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daLceM3qZmI

The KLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

4TLR (fourtet live sets on spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/5iL1nEyS7dk7ogGGosP91v?si=tLbe3n4-TyGIP7HkTJMQFg

My blog about volunteering in Calais: https://helprefugees.org/news/want-volunteer-calais-unsure/

Thanks to episode sponsors http://signalsounds.com - check them out for all your modular/synth purchasing needs.

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Links to Things we discuss in this Episode:

Carillon Computers: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/carillon-ac1-core-4xt

Me Metropolis Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9-XA5MPwY

Intellijel Metropolis link: https://intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/metropolis/

Halls of Valhalla card for Z-DSP: https://valhalladsp.com/2014/01/18/a-new-reverb-cartridge-for-the-z-dsp-halls-of-valhalla/

Mutable Peaks: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/peaks/

Tiptop One: http://tiptopaudio.com/one/

Intellijel uScale https://intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/legacy/

Richard Devine https://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/

Ladik R-110 Random Clocked Gates http://ladik.ladik.eu/?page_id=998 (Thanks Mark on Patreon)

Pamela's New Workout: http://busycircuits.com/alm017/

Surgeon https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/surgeon

Beasts Chalkboard http://busycircuits.com/alm002/

Doepfer A110 http://www.doepfer.de/a110.htm

Mutable Instruments Rings https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/rings/

Nerd moment, I mention there were no physical modeling commercial synths, but there were: https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/blast-from-the-past-yamaha-vl1-634920

Korg Kronos https://www.korg.com/uk/products/synthesizers/kronos2/

Yamaha Montage https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/music_production/synthesizers/montage/index.html

Acorn Computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes

Korg Trinity: http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/trinity.php

Emulator II: http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php

HxC Floppy Emulator: http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/

Roland JV1080: https://www.roland.com/us/products/jv-1080/

ALM Akemie's Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403RuVSYYWQ

Elektron Digitone: https://www.elektron.se/products/digitone/

Moog DFAM: https://www.moogmusic.com/products/dfam-drummer-another-mother

Moog One: https://www.moogmusic.com/products/moog-one

Northern Light Modular: http://northernlightmodular.com

Make Noise Morphagene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvRTkJ7Qx2o

Superbooth: https://www.superbooth.com/en/landing.html

Visit Anaheim! https://visitanaheim.org/

Sub Focuses Live Show (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtTrW9i2RB4

Monome Grid: https://monome.org/docs/grid/

Monome Arc: https://monome.org/docs/arc/

Korg Monotron Delay: https://www.korg.com/uk/products/dj/monotron_delay/

Befaco Hexmix: https://www.befaco.org/en/hexmix/

Mackie CR1202: https://knowtech.tv/the-mackie-1202/

Mutable Braids: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/braids/

Mutable Plaits: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/plaits/

Ableton Live: https://www.ableton.com/

Max For Live Granulator: https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/granulator-ii/

Prisma App: https://prisma-ai.com/

Katsushika Hokusai: https://www.christies.com/features/Hokusai-7458-1.aspx

Algorithmic Painting sold for $432,000: https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/29/christies-ai-artwork-obvious-portrait-edmond-de-belamy-design/

Grayscale Supercell: https://grayscale.info/supercell/

Mutable Shades: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/shades/

Dada Life Endless Smile Plug-Ins: http://www.dadalife.com/plugin/

Sport Modulator: http://www.toppobrillo.com/sportmodulator2.html

Shadow Boxing - Doc Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGj-bNTEIl0

Autechre NTS Sessions: https://autechre.bleepstores.com/release/98703-autechre-nts-sessions-1-4

NOTE: The tune Mylar refers to is '32a_reflected', and here's a really good article about how the 'trick' is more complex than just a reversing of one channel: https://aestheticcomplexity.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/32a_reflected/

James Holden and the Animal Spirits Album: https://open.spotify.com/album/1OiBJ2dEBhgza6geCcYslZ

James Holden - The Inheritors: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ljTPjGb8hwaRT6HPJYbfb

Laser Harps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_harp

Colin Benders: https://colinbenders.com/

Boiler Room: https://www.youtube.com/user/brtvofficial/videos

Manuel Göttsching on Making E2-E4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3fkGe8C6g0

Manuel Göttsching's E2-E4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0HyevZpQg

Phew.

Things we discuss:

Andrew Nonlinearcircuits - http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com/?m=1
cellF - brains in a petri dish making music http://guybenary.com/work/cellf/ (kill it with fire please thanks)
Eurorack module with soil in it - https://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html
Cerith Wyn Evans - Composition for 37 Flutes https://hepworthwakefield.org/news/cerith-wyn-evans-wins-the-hepworth-prize-for-sculpture-2018/
Pow! Academy - https://m.facebook.com/powcademy.tv/?tsid=0.7207275966938277&source=result
The Pure Data Musican was called Aimee-Sofia Brown.
Tom’s Strange Music you can and should purchase on Bandcamp: https://tomwhitwell.bandcamp.com
Dave Bristow on Programming the DX7 https://youtu.be/JVsV6wAB5Gg
Even longer Dave Bristow talk on the DX7 https://youtu.be/pkaexAbLLFI
Tom’s DX7 MKII http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/dx7ii.php
Whimsical Raps Modules that are obviously amazing but are explained in a way I find baffling (whoops, “Mannequins” is their module, shows what I know) https://www.whimsicalraps.com
W/ ‘tape loop’ module https://www.whimsicalraps.com/products/wslash
Cold Mac module: https://www.whimsicalraps.com/pages/coldmac
John Cage Bot https://mobile.twitter.com/botwhitwell
John Cages Diary http://sigliopress.com/book/diary-how-to-improve-the-world/
George Antheil - The Bad Boy of Music https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil
Hedy Lamarr & George Anthiel Inventing Spread Spectrum Radio http://www.women-inventors.com/Hedy-Lammar.asp
Gottwood Festival (highly recommended) https://www.gottwood.co.uk
Houghton Festival (also highly recommended) https://www.houghtonfestival.co.uk
Moog DFAM https://www.moogmusic.com/products/dfam-drummer-another-mother
The New Sound of Music Documentary which includes Synthi 100: https://youtu.be/6MsyOe7xCqg
David Vorhaus: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/david-vorhaus
Gain bach’s youtube channel Hainbach - Resolution - YouTubehttps://m.youtube.com › watch
Fourtet Live on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5iL1nEyS7dk7ogGGosP91v?si=xK39AF6fRHuPT7jM6pFgTg
Eiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones Dream https://open.spotify.com/album/7fF92i519qJTQRu1yM36Gd?si=463WQvyHRPqoErHz1HNP0Q h/t to @frozenreeds on twitter
Zoo Look Album https://open.spotify.com/album/5AWvWkGvVtkZy9JfPYnLeS?si=dfpZscpgTISnruW2_-Ju_A
Aphexs New EP https://open.spotify.com/album/3SbGxJVC8fHv41RFKCGIl3?si=s8tAfaHwQLaFQd4HOz6wLQ
Sequentix Cirklon Sequencer https://www.sequentix.com/shop/cirklon-hardware-sequencer
Ableton Push 2 https://www.ableton.com/en/push/
Yamaha A4000 Sampler http://www.donsolaris.com/?p=764
HxC Floppy Emulator http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
My album of 2018 - Susumu Yokota - Sakura https://open.spotify.com/album/4eN1ho9NT7q1YlG5xDNYNM?si=p5vZ19NEQ4qy8iMx_BZ4vQ
Susumu Yokota - Symbol (Tom’s pick) https://open.spotify.com/album/0ntm3YaiXVkkGitWl2XASV?si=EtPlOryKSd-1lPrMJu1W6Q
Prince - Piano & a Microphone https://open.spotify.com/album/6gbmDvcU1JDPy1niL6YFJY?si=K257eaj4TI-5k6_iXupiQg
Beardytron’s amazing new music making rig - https://youtu.be/HbX6_IOhSgM
Thonk Prok Drum Modules https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/manufacturer/prok-modular/
Arturia Analog Lab https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/analoglab
Pygmy Gamelan http://pauldemarinis.org/PygmyGamelan.html

DIVKID’S CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1zIiKvJIi7aYl2N68pWF8g

Thanks to Episode sponsors Signal Sounds who sell fine gear: http://www.signalsounds.com

And Obsidian Sound who offer fab mixing and mastering:

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BUY HIS AWESOME MODULES: http://www.futuresoundsystems.co.uk/

BUY HIS NEW RECORD: https://editionsmego.bandcamp.com/album/routine

LISTEN TO HIS HOUSEDIET PROJECT: https://finlayshakespeare.bandcamp.com/

Buy Eurorack and other fine kit from episode sponsors Signal Sounds: http://www.signalsounds.com (Tell 'em we sent you)

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Buy Eurorack and other fine kit from episode sponsors Signal Sounds: http://www.signalsounds.com (Tell 'em we sent you)

https://www.nts.live/shows/tom-furse
https://twitter.com/tom_furse
Tom's "Interludes" Album (all written on an OP-1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_1c2Au7JE
https://www.thehorrors.co.uk/
https://16n-faderbank.github.io/
http://www.freerotation.com/
Live Set at Deer Shed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZLVZWxhw5w
http://www.raymondscott.net/
http://www.novachord.co.uk/
https://www.elektron.se/
https://isotonikstudios.com/product/chance-ten-probability-based-inspiration/
https://klevgrand.se/products/dawcassette/
https://somasynths.com/lyra-organismic-synthesizer/
The Great Stalacpipe Organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm1_aCjrC5o
The Minute of Cave-Organ Music that makes Mylar weep (it's Chopin - first 45 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsjN2AK8l1o
https://www.thehouseofkush.com/
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/labs/
http://yuriturov.com/xynthesizr/
http://thechurchstudios.com/
http://www.140db.co.uk/ben-hillier
https://www.korg.com/uk/products/synthesizers/ms_20mini/
https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/james-holden-human-timing/
http://winter-modular.com/
https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/grids/
https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/marbles/
https://www.noiseengineering.us/shop/zularic-repetitor
http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/p5.php
https://bleep.com/artist/78-boards-of-canada
https://www.innerclocksystems.com/new%20ics%20litmus.html
https://www.floatingpoints.co.uk/ 
http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/vcs3.php
http://www.vintagesynth.com/arp/arp.php

WEB: http://scannerdot.com

BANDCAMP: https://scanner.bandcamp.com/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/robinrimbaud

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/robinrimbaud/

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/robinrimbaud/

Check out Nina & Zoe’s Stepper Acid and more at: http://www.transistorsoundslabs.com

Find them on twitter: https://twitter.com/TSLNow

Buy Eurorack and other fine kit from episode sponsors Signal Sounds: http://www.signalsounds.com

Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RjdkbFrxGJI

This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rXgHXYcitAg

Companion video exploring Phils live case in detail: https://youtu.be/1MNLxbQE4Ac

For a fantastic intro to Phil’s music, listen to the Live one hour set at Yuma here: https://soundcloud.com/ebcidic/vcoadsr-live-at-yuma-komedia-brighton-2017

The DJ-Kicks Album by Daniel Avery that Phil mentions is: http://www.dj-kicks.com/danielavery/

Official website: http://www.ebcidic.com

Bandcamp website: https://undulationrecords.bandcamp.com

Soundcloud website: http://soundcloud.com/ebcidic

Resident Advisor artist page: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ebcidic

Twitter website: http://twitter.com/ebcidicmusic/

Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/Ebcidic/

Youtube website: http://youtube.com/ebcidic

Instagram website: http://instagram.com/ebcidic

Check out Justin's projects at: http://www.abstractdata.biz/

And buy his music at: https://jackpatchbiz.bandcamp.com/album/jack-patch

Link to the midierror podcast mentioned at the end of this episode:

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In this first episode, we're very excited to present a nice long chat with one of the most highly respected minds in music technology journalism and Eurorack modular synthesis: Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular. 

Tom first came to my attention through his incredibly fantastic blog called Music Thing, which ran from August 2004-2008. Music Thing was a excellently curated and well-written blog, with Tom's humour and broad taste in music evident in the breadth and authenticity of the subjects it covered. I think the world of Music Technology journalism was considerably poorer when it ended.

But although Tom's day job as Digital Editor of The Times took Music Thing out of action, it never stopped his interest in the field - and in fact, Tom cultivated a healthy interest in tinkering with music technology hardware. First, DIY guitar pedals, but later, that most ultimate of addictions: Eurorack Modular synths.

In this episode, we talk about all of the above and more. Starting at the death of Music Thing, and Tom's first steps into Eurorack, moving on to learn the history and intent behind some of his most successful Eurorack projects, the "Turing Machine" and Radio Music, and learn about several projects never released to the public.

He talks about his love for minimalist composers and time spent in La Monte Young's house listening to 77 sine waves, about quadraphonic music, Spotify's Generative Music Scam Accusations, thoughts about the future of music technology, synthesizer design, and much more besides.