Esoteric Modulation

In this months show, we have the mighty Todd Barton gracing our podcast. We talk about his album metaScapes and the inspiration behind the album, the MetaSynth. We chat about the compilation Buchla cassette he has been involved with, and we take a deep dive into Todd's creative process via some art talk! Then we round the show off talking Hordijk system, Surge and of course, Buchla! Ben And Ed's pre-talk Timings 0.00 Show Intro 0:47 What Ben's Been up to - Modular Meets Leeds 2:47 FELT Instruments Wolno 3:55 Ben's Sound Example 6:07  Chat about example 7:00 What Ed's Been up to -  Piano 7:47 Nord Drum 9.25 Bacteria Evolution 9:46 Ed's Sound Example 10:54 Chat about example 12:39 Audio problems with the Show Guest Show Timings   13:29 Guest Into 17:02 metaScapes and MetaSynth Software 25:47 Genome 1 - Sound Snippet form metaScapes 27:20 Terrain Sound Snippet form metaScapes 28:10 metaScapes and MetaSynth 33:38 Compilation Buchla cassette 36:50 The Marriage of Tape, Buchla and Vinyl    38.19 The creative process 44:30 The Love for Art and music 48:40 A deep respect for the sound 50:20 Hordijk system - Surge - Buchla 59:06 Show round-up Show info links Todd Barton: Website: https://toddbarton.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synthtodd/?hl=en Bandcamp: https://toddbarton.bandcamp.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user7621213 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn5s_5aF2xvt6IVSiaNUR5A Existing Interviews with Todd - https://sourceofuncertainty.audio/podcast/episode-1-266-todd-barton/ https://dotwave.fireside.fm/toddbarton https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/podcast-215-todd-barton https://theplayfulmusician.com/341-2/ http://martinyammoller.com/9oddquestionsformusicgearjunkies/todd-barton-the-don-of-buchla/ The Buchla cassette compilation has been released yesterday (300 copies) and was sold out in a day! Signing off Isolation streaming resource - https://bit.ly/coronastreams Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this months show, we have a great conversation with David Elliott Johnson the creator and Director of Patch CV! We talk about his creative rebirth through modular equipment and the community. How he was inspired to create Patch CV. We talk about editing, lighting, videography and the collaborative vision and workflow of Patch CV. We talk about the inspiration David took from the many artists he interviewed, and much, much more! Sit back and grab a cuppa, you are going to enjoy this one!   Show Timings 0.00 - Show intro 0.40 - Ed and Ben's pre-show chat:  Ben: 1.23 - Loosfruit GodsBox 2.00 - The Gnarly Crust/Noise Memory:)  Ed:  3.37 - Art Project - MPC Beats 6.09 - The Gnarly Crust2/ :) Bacteria into Microgranny  This Weeks Guest:  9.05 - Guest intro  10.51 - David Elliott Johnson  12.04 - The Unmistakable Creative Podcast  15.13 - Inspirations behind creating Patch CV 37.35 - How did you piece PatchCV together creatively  43.25 - Editing, lighting, shooting and mood  49.34 - From series to film  52.57 - More films on the horizon?  59.42 - Where can you buy it? 1:00.52 - David's new show on creativity  1:03.00 - The vinyl series  1:04.00 - Bruse Springsteen  1:04.30 - Show round-up  Show info links Godsbox Loosefruit David's Interview with The Unmistakable Creative Podcast Patch CV Website  https://www.patchcv.com Patch CV on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ondemand/patchcvfilm Patch CV on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patch-CV- Signing off Isolation streaming resource - https://bit.ly/coronastreams Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this months show, we talk to Cory Sterling aka (redstripedown) We talk about his background, starting with the bass guitar before finding the freedom of electronic music. We talk about his deep dive into modular and hardware integration in his workflow. We look at gear and his stint at Nerd Audio and Chicago Music Exchange. And we end up looking at what he is up to now both creatively and also his passion for instrument and music education.  Show Timings 0.00 Show intro Ed and Ben's pre-show chat:  1:10 Live Stream Tardis 1:52 Singal Aalt Sysnthasis Ciat Lonbarde  2:38 Bens Arpedigios  5:10 Haken Continuum Loops  12:56 Guest Intro 14:11 Welcome Cory Sterling redstripdown 14:20 Cory's Background  17:00 Journey into electronic music, synths and Modular  20:40 The integration of hardware into modular   30:10 how he found his voice with his system  37:00 Working at Nerd Audio and Chicago Music Exchange  40:40 Modules that have connected with Cory 43:20 Modular is about modulation  48:10 Patch CV  54:40 Patreon, education and music releases  58:49 Modular compilation for NWAPC and Black Life Matters 1:01.00 Show Round-up  Show Notes Cory's links: Cory Sterling (Redstripedown)  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9154267 Bandcamp: https://redstripedown.bandcamp.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJye_8jfj99y3ylDM-icmg/featured Instagram: @redstripedown  Show info links Links Patch CV https://www.patchcv.comhttps://www.patchcv.com Signing off Isolation streaming resource - https://bit.ly/coronastreams Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we have Dave Cranmer a mechanical sculptor and freelance engineer that has his roots firmly in sound. He is truly an adventurous multimedia artist, designer and builder that has created all kinds of beautiful, bizarre and exceptional machines! We look at his road to being 'The Nervous Squirrel', we talk building modular and focus on some of his amazing projects and commissions! From a  Radioactive Xylophone to the renowned Badgermin  (a theremin in a badger!) we talk about it all! We could not get all the show notes on this so page so head over to www.esotericmodulation.com for the full show notes. Show Timings 0.00 Show intro Ed and Ben's pre-show chat: 00.59 Accents, Currys cast and gear, 02.31 Dreaming of gear 03.18 New module tease, 04.15 Echoplex is fixed! 08.45 Valhalla Supermassive reverb and examples 16.20 Guest intro 18.10 Welcome to Dave Cranmer 19.01 The Road to Nervus Sqirl 20.21 Building the skills 21.59 First commission 23.00 Ring modulator, modular - the musical path 27.20 Radioactive  Giger counter random source and Radioactive Xylophone 32.00 logistically tricky designs 33.55 Enjoying working on commissions 35.29 Aero Chocolate dipped grammar phone 36.31 Most technically challenging project 40.00 A favourite fun project 41.00 The Bagermin 44.00 How do people find Dave 44.30 The alpaca sound system 46.46 What Dave likes to build 47.50 The Wether controlled electromechanical sound installation 50.20 Future projects  52.25 Roundup Show Notes Dave's links: Dave Cranmer - 'The Nervous Squirrel' Information Website: https://www.nervoussquirrel.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thenervoussquirrel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nervoussquirreldotcom/ Intro Links OM-1 - http://www.ondemagnetique.com Folktek Resonant Garden - http://www.folktek.com/instruments/electrocoustic/lastgarden tanh[3] video with the echoplex - https://youtu.be/W1AKzau1608 Valhalla DSP Supermassive - http://bit.ly/SUPERmassive DivKid presets for Supermassive - http://bit.ly/SUPERmassiveDIVKID Virtual CZ - https://www.olilarkin.co.uk/index.php?p=virtualcz XILS lab - PolyM - https://www.xils-lab.com/products/polym-p-160.html XFER Records - Serum - https://xferrecords.com/products/serum Felt Instruments - Wolno - https://bit.ly/Wolno Guest Links Original Dalek Ring Modulator circuit - http://www.nervoussquirrel.com/ringmodulators.html Signing off Isolation streaming resource - https://bit.ly/coronastreams Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

On this week's show, we have Scott Campbell, a musician, sound designer, instrument-maker, & graphic designer based in New Orleans, LA. We talk circuit bending in the ’90s and his history. Of course, we talk all about the OM1. Then we move on to instruments in general and his musical journey and output.   Show Times: Intro and me and Ben talk the goodies we have been working with 0.00 Guest intro 12.35 Scott's history and background 13.20 The OM1 22.37 Scott's musical sound techniques 33.20 Instruments scot likes working with 35.35 Scott's Music Journey 42.30 Tips on his music production 55.30 Round up 57.30 Scott's Information: All of Scott's information including Stillness and the Remembrance video we talk about can be found at https://linktr.ee/scttcmpbll - and his Instagram where he is most active is at: https://www.instagram.com/scttcmpbll/ Additional Notes:  http://www.mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html https://mysterycircles.bandcamp.com/a... Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to Cologne based artist and Youtuber Felix, the man behind 'The Tuesday Night Machines' Youtube channel. We start off with giving him a little grief about selling his Ciat Lonbarde equipment :-) Then we get down to a great conversation of what equipment speaks to Felix and His creative process with different gear. We then chat about and journey through a raft of synth formats and find time to talk Gotharman's Little deFormer, and his old school MPC 500! Grab a cuppa, sit down and press that play button.  Show Timings Intro what we have been up to: 0.00 Guest intro: 5.20 Felix of 'The Tuesday Night Machines': 6.23  Feedback loops with effects peddle: 7.02 The selling of Ciat Lonbarde: 9.44 Equipment that speaks to Felix: 13.14 Musical experiences 16.44 The creative process with gear: 20.54 An investigation into Ciat Lonbarde: 24.13 What gear has connected with Felix over the years: 26.08 Circuit bending and building: 29.40 Synth formats: 31.11 Hordijk modular systems: 33.30 Gotharman's Little deFormer: 37.35 MPC500: 44.10 Round-up: 47.00 Show Notes 'The Tuesday Night Machines' Links: https://nightmachines.tv https://www.instagram.com/tuesdaynightmachines/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXBWHrQvC19PehB-Yu2-Vw https://nightmachines.bandcamp.com Hordijk Modular https://thehordijkmodular.blogspot.com Rob Hordijk Presentation & Synth Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzW6pTzATG4&feature=youtu.be Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 http://www.gotharman.dk/LD3.htm Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo Want to start your own podcast? We use Buzzsprout, they are a great service that will hold your hand and get you up and running with hosting and linking to all podcast platforms. Get a $20 Amazon Gift Card (sent after 2nd paid invoice) by following this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=303803

In this week's show, we talk to Portland base sound and visual artist Amulets. We have a great conversation on his journey of tape! We talk tape equipment, artistic approach, his lineage of visual art and how his music has been part of his therapy. We touch on a lot of stuff in this one, sit back and grab a coffee!  Show Timings Intro of what we have been up to 0:00 Guest Intro: 7:42 Suitcase, VL1 and GASS 9:58  Sound and Setup Evolution 11:34 The tape as bandmates! 21:00 Playing the Guitar 25:40 Tape compersion 27.12 Blending Sounds 33:53 Tape and tape! 35:00 Effects 39:50 The visual art side 45:00 Album and therapy - BETWEEN DISTANT AND REMOTE 51:00 Playing live, The Tour 59:50 Medium Degragaration 1.02:09 Round up 1.07:09 AMULETS links Youtube - http://bit.ly/AMULETStube Instagram - http://bit.ly/AMULETSinsta Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/AMULETSband Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/amuletsmusic/posts Show Notes 5 guitar pedals for $100 - https://youtu.be/REHscICnFoc How to “de-lush” any reverb algorithm (image on website show notes) Bandcamp album of the show  AMULETS - BETWEEN DISTANT AND REMOTE https://amulets.bandcamp.com/album/between-distant-and-remote Videos from Ben’s trip Live performance and rig rundown - https://youtu.be/fQJoBXKAMVA Patreon Interview - https://youtu.be/GV-bmAREfnQ Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we have a great conversation with an amazing guest, Mr Jamie Lidell! A man that is so easy to talk to that we cover a lot of ground! Looping journeys, creative expression, his Modular journey and philosophy, all this is wrapped up with some amazing nuggets of information and insights!     Show Timings  Intro 0:00 What Ben has been up to 0:37 What Ed has been up to 1:29  Our guest sneaks in the intro (Alvin Lucier :) 2:53 Guest intro 3.54  Jamie Lidell Pecan chat 4.42 All about the looping 5.40 The Creative process 23.05 Modular journey 29:54 The creative process with Modular 41:30 Relaxing and resetting with Meditation 56:45 Round up 1:07:30  Show Notes  Jamie Lidell Website: http://jamielidellmusic.com JAMUARY INSPIRATIONS  Nigel Mullaney - 31 days album  https://din.org.uk/album/31-days-din61  Marcus Fischer - thing a day  http://mapmap.ch  Taylor Duepree - sound diary  https://soundcloud.com/12k/sets/taylor-deupree-2017-studio Alvin Lucier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lucier Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo Want to start your own podcast? We use Buzzsprout, they are a great service that will hold your hand and get you up and running with hosting and linking to all podcast platforms. Get a $20 Amazon Gift Card (sent after 2nd paid invoice) by following this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=303803

In this week's show, we talk about what we have been up to and talking about gear that we have been playing with over Christmas. Jamuary, Eventide project and more!  Show Timings Intro: 000 What Ed has been up too with gear: 00.40 What Ben has been up too with gear: 12.11 Jamuary 20.07 Eventide Project 28.20 Space Study 1 audio 38.10 Talk about space study 41.29 New Show News 47.50 Shout outs 49.59 Show Notes BASTL microGranny https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/microgranny Onde Magnétique OM-1 Cassette Synthesiser http://www.ondemagnetique.com Nord Drum 3p https://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/nord-drum-3p Casio VL-Tone http://www.vintagesynth.com/casio/vl1.php Neon Egg - Planaterium http://neonegg.com Bruel & Kjaer 1613 Octave Filter Set https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bruelkjae_octave_filter_set_1613.html Handy DC power style barrel connector to 3.4mm mini jack http://www.voodoolab.com/shop/index.php?cPath=22_24_31 Ben talking production techniques on Why We Bleep https://youtu.be/K-HlZABJrvI DivKid Jamuary playlist http://bit.ly/DivKidJamuary2020 Eventide Space https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/stompboxes/reverb/space   Check out our friends at:  Podular Modcast https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm Source of Uncertainty https://sourceofuncertainty.audio Waveform Magazine https://www.waveformmagazine.com Modular Seattle https://www.modularseattle.com Patchwerks  https://patchwerks.com Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we have a festive round-up and some gear chat with Signal Sounds Jason Brunton!  We talk about the move of signal sounds, Ben's new module release, the 'ochd'. We then get into the top-selling modules and interesting equipment of this year. All amongst a general chat on the unique aspects of collaborations within the modular scene. Show Timings Intro: 000 Guest and talk about Signal Sounds: Intro 2.57 ochd, Bens new module: 9.22 Signal Sounds Distribution and collaboration:  14.13 Top-selling Modules at Signal Sounds:  19.20 Interesting equipment of 2019: 31.25 Ed talks about this years interests 42.12 Show Roundup 46.00 Show Notes Jason Signal sounds: https://www.signalsounds.com Jason iridite label www.iridite.com Ben's new module release, the 'ochd' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtLzzYUtZcw Grear, we have talked about: Top-selling Modules at Signal Sounds 2019 Disting Mimephon Mordax Data Doepfer Passive Mult Interesting equipment of 2019 Landscape HC-TT XAOC Odessa MarkT Modular Robot Cat Blanking Panel (10hp) Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to the Portland-based Inter-disciplined artist and musician Marcus Fisher. We talk favourite equipment, tape, OM1 and his wonderful Journey on the way to the Whitney Museum of American Art. We stop off along the journey to talk about his time at the Rauschenberg residency. Here he explored lots of different creative mediums, whilst forming his tangibly deep album 'Loss'. A great show to listen too! Show Timings Intro: 000 Gest intro: 2.56 Interdisciplinary artist: 4.38 Tape and instrument connection: 10.15 Tape overdubbing: 18.59 Events and the road to gallery and residences: 21.13 Project and installation Multiples: 29.19 The album 'On Falling': 41.57 The album 'Loss': 53.09 Rauschenberg residency: 1:01.00 Round up: 1:10.00 Show Notes Onde Magnétique OM-1 Cassette Synthesizer http://www.ondemagnetique.com Quadraphonic Live Performance on August 9th, 2019 At the Whitney Museum of American Art : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yFzkXZnmw&t=1259s Video Documentation of "Multiples". A multichannel sound installation for eight track reel to reel tape loop, speakers + empress seed pods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tW34OvHs24 Marcus on 12k: https://www.12k.com/artist/fischer-marcus/ Marcus on Bandcamp: https://marcus-fischer.bandcamp.com Marcus on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mfischermusic/ Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to the Portland-based Inter-disciplined artist and musician Marcus Fischer. We talk favourite equipment, tape, OM1 and his wonderful Journey on the way to the Whitney Museum of American Art. We stop off along the journey to talk about his time at the Rauschenberg residency. Here he explored lots of different creative mediums, whilst forming his tangibly deep album 'Loss'. A great show to listen too! Show Timings Intro: 000 Gest intro: 2.56 Interdisciplinary artist: 4.38 Tape and instrument connection: 10.15 Tape overdubbing: 18.59 Events and the road to gallery and residences: 21.13 Project and installation Multiples: 29.19 The album 'On Falling': 41.57 The album 'Loss': 53.09 Rauschenberg residency: 1:01.00 Round up: 1:10.00 Show Notes Onde Magnétique OM-1 Cassette Synthesizer http://www.ondemagnetique.com Quadraphonic Live Performance on August 9th, 2019 At the Whitney Museum of American Art : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yFzkXZnmw&t=1259s Video Documentation of "Multiples". A multichannel sound installation for eight track reel to reel tape loop, speakers + empress seed pods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tW34OvHs24 Marcus on 12k: https://www.12k.com/artist/fischer-marcus/ Marcus on Bandcamp: https://marcus-fischer.bandcamp.com Marcus on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mfischermusic/ Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to Brighton based Ebcidic, aka Phil Bilsby. Phill is synonymous with well-produced live Modular Techno.  We dig into his production concepts, his latest album ‘Mosaic’ that steps away from beats and into dark, future cinematic drones. We talk kicks, Coco and the virtues of the ER301 amongst many more things! Show Timings Intro: 000 Ben and Ed's pre-show amble: 0.38 Bens tape audio: 2.50 Guest intro: 3.00 A quick history of Ebcidic: 4.03 Production value: 5.00 Key turning point: 7.18 Equipment and polished sound: 12.30 Individual Systems: 18.00 Ciat Lonbarde: 25.00 The Bandcamp Album Mosaic: 30.00 Round up: 52.50 Some Show Links  ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE Mosaic full length album/film - https://youtu.be/7pkXaAI1DV0 Ebcidic LIVE modular techno - https://youtu.be/rbrwoz448GQ A previous livestream Rig Rundown about the Ebcidic live system - https://youtu.be/oZShmaYiFAs Mosaic on Ebcidic Bandcamp - http://ebcidic.bandcamp.com/album/mosaic New vinyl release - http://material7xseries.bandcamp.com/album/material-72 Ebcidic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ebcidic/ Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to Brighton based Ebcidic, aka Phil Bilsby. Phill is synonymous with well-produced live Modular Techno.  We dig into his production concepts, his latest album ‘Mosaic’ that steps away from beats and into dark, future cinematic drones. We talk kicks, Coco and the virtues of the ER301 amongst many more things! Show Timings Intro: 000 Ben and Ed's pre-show amble: 0.38 Bens tape audio: 2.50 Guest intro: 3.00 A quick history of Ebcidic: 4.03 Production value: 5.00 Key turning point: 7.18 Equipment and polished sound: 12.30 Individual Systems: 18.00 Ciat Lonbarde: 25.00 The Bandcamp Album Mosaic: 30.00 Round up: 52.50 Some Show Links  ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE Mosaic full length album/film - https://youtu.be/7pkXaAI1DV0 Ebcidic LIVE modular techno - https://youtu.be/rbrwoz448GQ A previous livestream Rig Rundown about the Ebcidic live system - https://youtu.be/oZShmaYiFAs Mosaic on Ebcidic Bandcamp - http://ebcidic.bandcamp.com/album/mosaic New vinyl release - http://material7xseries.bandcamp.com/album/material-72 Ebcidic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ebcidic/ Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this weeks show we talk about our obsession for tape and Ben’s ‘West Coast Adventure’ over in Seattle at Patchwerks for the Velocity event. We focus on some of the artists at Velocity that have included tape within their set up with some great sound examples! From catching reels, to a ghosty Halloween contact mic, we talk about it all! Show Timings Intro: 000 Velocity Event  3.23 Tape obsession 5.39 Tweed Moo Sound Example 10.29 Talk about Tweed Moo 11.07 Ann Annie - Tape Glitch Sound Example 12.40 Talk about Ann Annie - Tape Glitch 13.42 Ann Annie - Foley + Drone Sound Example 14.25 Talk about Ann Annie - Foley + Drone 14.46 Ann Annie - Emerging Melody 15.48 Talk about Ann Annie - Emerging Melody 16.09 Amulets talk 17.00 Amulets Sound Example 17.32 Talk about Amulets Sound Example and talk 18.20 Talk about Marcus Fischer - Reels Catching 20.54 Marcus Fischer - Reels Catching Sound Example and talk 22.00 Marcus Fischer - Reel Noise + Music Sound Example 22.45 Talk about Marcus Fischer 23.05 The Show Name Story 24.24 More Marcus Fischer 24.40 Ben’s mountain top modular moment 27.20 Ben’s live case sound example 28.44 Talk about sound example and modular talk 29.30 Nathan Moody happy accident mic technique 34.40 Sound Example contact mic 36.14 Talk about sound and the happy accident 36.42 Patching Tim Held’s Case 39.24 Tim’s Case Sound Example 40.13 Talk about the sound and setup 40.52 Dark Sparkler 44.18 Dark Sparkler Sound example 44.50 Talk about Mr Sparkler and the Buchla system 46.00 Thanks and round up 49.20 Some Links  Moffenzeef Stargarzer demo with the Melos Echo Chamber cartridge based tape delay (play from 00:52) - https://youtu.be/wyEqEhMCRKw Amulets new album - https://amulets.bandcamp.com Alessandro Cortini & Don Buchla performing “Everything Ends Here” together - https://youtu.be/J89IY3Ss2Mk Darwin Grosse - Art Music Technology https://artmusictech.libsyn.com Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this weeks show we talk about our obsession for tape and Ben’s ‘West Coast Adventure’ over in Seattle at Patchwerks for the Velocity event. We focus on some of the artists at Velocity that have included tape within their set up with some great sound examples! From catching reels, to a ghosty Halloween contact mic, we talk about it all! Show Timings Intro: 000 Velocity Event  3.23 Tape obsession 5.39 Tweed Moo Sound Example 10.29 Talk about Tweed Moo 11.07 Ann Annie - Tape Glitch Sound Example 12.40 Talk about Ann Annie - Tape Glitch 13.42 Ann Annie - Foley + Drone Sound Example 14.25 Talk about Ann Annie - Foley + Drone 14.46 Ann Annie - Emerging Melody 15.48 Talk about Ann Annie - Emerging Melody 16.09 Amulets talk 17.00 Amulets Sound Example 17.32 Talk about Amulets Sound Example and talk 18.20 Talk about Marcus Fischer - Reels Catching 20.54 Marcus Fischer - Reels Catching Sound Example and talk 22.00 Marcus Fischer - Reel Noise + Music Sound Example 22.45 Talk about Marcus Fischer 23.05 The Show Name Story 24.24 More Marcus Fischer 24.40 Ben’s mountain top modular moment 27.20 Ben’s live case sound example 28.44 Talk about sound example and modular talk 29.30 Nathan Moody happy accident mic technique 34.40 Sound Example contact mic 36.14 Talk about sound and the happy accident 36.42 Patching Tim Held’s Case 39.24 Tim’s Case Sound Example 40.13 Talk about the sound and setup 40.52 Dark Sparkler 44.18 Dark Sparkler Sound example 44.50 Talk about Mr Sparkler and the Buchla system 46.00 Thanks and round up 49.20 Some Links  Moffenzeef Stargarzer demo with the Melos Echo Chamber cartridge based tape delay (play from 00:52) - https://youtu.be/wyEqEhMCRKw Amulets new album - https://amulets.bandcamp.com Alessandro Cortini & Don Buchla performing “Everything Ends Here” together - https://youtu.be/J89IY3Ss2Mk Darwin Grosse - Art Music Technology https://artmusictech.libsyn.com Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

On this weeks show we have great fun talking to fellow podcaster Tim Held of Poduler Modcast! We talk about how Pod Mod came to be, with some interesting stories along the way!  Then we talk to Tim the musician, and take a deep dive into his up and coming tape release 'Music to Come Down to' Show Timings Intro 000 1.17 Guest intro 4.31 We talk Tim’s podcast experience  19.04 Modular music and Tim’s latest realise  52.30 Show roundup Show Notes  links to some of Tim’s information: Tim is hoping his cassette 'Music to Come Down to' will be released early November, keep an eye on Flag Day Records and his podcast.  https://podularmodcast.bandcamp.com/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ https://soundcloud.com/user-304534485/tim-held-numinosum PodMod Merch Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to multi-creative Matthew Shaw about an esoteric bunch of banana equipment! We chat about the wonders of Serge Systems, the Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus and Plumbutter (of course, I get a royal ribbing from Ben about the Coco!:)  We take a look at the continuity of creativity, through different creative disciplines. And we round it all off very nicely with Matthew's Band Camp album,  Leisure Complex! Show Timings Into 000 Guest introduction 2.07 Guest Talk 2. 42 Serge systems 4.01 Serge Audio Example 17.30 Serge systems 18.24 Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 21.58 Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter 34.20 Continuity of creatively through different creative disciplines 41.54 Bandcamp Album - Leisure Complex 48.57 Show Notes Matthew Shaw Bandcamp Matthew Shaw Website Matthew Shaw Leisure Complex Serge Systems Information http://serge.synth.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_synthesizer https://randomsource.net http://www.serge-fans.com/history.htm http://www.loudestwarning.co.uk Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter  Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ Tim’s podcast Pod Mod: https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/suzannecianipodmod Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this week's show, we talk to multi-creative Matthew Shaw about an esoteric bunch of banana equipment! We chat about the wonders of Serge Systems, the Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus and Plumbutter (of course, I get a royal ribbing from Ben about the Coco!:)  We take a look at the continuity of creativity, through different creative disciplines. And we round it all off very nicely with Matthew's Band Camp album,  Leisure Complex! Show Timings Into 000 Guest introduction 2.07 Guest Talk 2. 42 Serge systems 4.01 Serge Audio Example 17.30 Serge systems 18.24 Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 21.58 Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter 34.20 Continuity of creatively through different creative disciplines 41.54 Bandcamp Album - Leisure Complex 48.57 Show Notes Matthew Shaw Bandcamp Matthew Shaw Website Matthew Shaw Leisure Complex Serge Systems Information http://serge.synth.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_synthesizer https://randomsource.net http://www.serge-fans.com/history.htm http://www.loudestwarning.co.uk Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter Shoutouts Velocity Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/ Tim’s podcast Pod Mod: https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/suzannecianipodmod Waveform Magazine: https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

In this weeks episode, we run over Ben's Eurorack Case set up he put together for a live performance at the Deer Shed Festival. We break it all down. We talk performance set up philosophies, zonal methods, sound examples of those zones, effects chains and the selection of modules and how they were used! Ben has kindly organised high-quality audio, videos on the modules and information over on his Patron Account for free access go to:  bit.ly/DivKidLiveCase Shown Note Times Intro: 0.00 Live modular setup intro: 0.39 Live performance case overview: 2.30 Sound 1- Noise: 12.09 Discussion on Noise: 13.09 Sound 2- Morphagene + Magneto: 18.37 Discussion on Morphagene + Magneto: 19.37 Sound 3- Vowel: 24.01 Discussion on Vowel:  24.35 Sound 4 - BLCK_NOIR: 27.14 Discussion on BLCK_NOIR: 28.28 Sound 5 - Chord pt1: 33.24 Discussion on Chord pt1: 35.17 Sound 5 - Chord pt2: 38.28 Discussion on Chord pt2: 39.10 Sound 6 - Bell: 44.27 Discussion on Bell: 45.43 Sound 07 - Rings + QPAS pt1: 49.45 Discussion on Rings + QPAS pt1: 51.59 Sound 07 - Rings + QPAS pt2: 53.30 Discussion on Rings + QPAS pt2: 54.57 Show round-up and shout outs  Shoutouts Tim’s podcast Pod Mod https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/suzannecianipodmod Waveform Magazine - https://www.waveformmagazine.com Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special Hosts and Guests Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo