On this week’s episode of Lost Notes, composer and synth wizard Suzanne Ciani tells contributor Michelle Macklem the story of her journey in modular synthesis. Ciani’s story is one of breaking through ...
Matthew Regula is a real live wire. The Crown Heights-based experimental musician turns piles of wires, switches, and knobs into homemade musical instruments to spread epic, droning, and soul-crushing ...
I’ve been a fan of abstract electronic music for decades, but I generally associate the genre with late-night radio, art spaces, or off nights at music clubs. In early November, a close friend, dub ...
Derrick Estrada’s downtown loft is like the Starship Enterprise for synth nerds. In the living room, shelves and desktops are lined with his collection of modular synthesizers and rare drum machines.
Danny Turner chats to Maria Teriaeva about the formidable modular synth that's the core sound behind her latest LP, Sayan - Savoie When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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Artists as diverse as Deadmau5, Coldplay and Mumdance have added a modular synthesizer to their musical arsenal, but how do you build the synth that suits your needs and budget? We ask the experts.
To understand synthesizers, one needs to understand Bob Moog and the 1950s. Growing up a nerdy teenager in upstate New York, when the hobbyist culture around build-it-yourself electronics was at its ...