Esoteric Modulation Ed Ball
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From modular synthesis, standalone synthesizers and Eurorack, to unusual electronic instruments, Buchla, Ciat-Lonbarde and the arts. Esoteric Modulation is a fortnightly podcast that is about all the latest exciting gear and news of electronic music and the arts. We cover a wide array of interesting equipment, synths, modular and the slightly unusual esoteric side of electronic instruments. We have regular guests covering news, instruments, and art projects that merge sound and visual arts together in interesting ways! We answer listener questions, feature our favourite acts on Bandcamp, and look at the latest up-and-coming events not to be missed! So keep your finger on the pulse, and don't miss a show by subscribing to our Podcast on your favourite service or hit our website for more information!
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EP23: ‘From Baroque to Buchla!'
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, Serge 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 - Serge - 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 -
EP22: Patch C.V!
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 -
EP21 'redstripedown'
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 -
EP20: ‘The Nervous Squirrel!'
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 -
019: 'For The love Of The Magnétique!'
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 -
018: 'Machines of the night'
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
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