Roland and Hermes

I managed to blow up my Roland MC500 micro composer by plugging in UK 240v power when it should have had US 110v. This is a very stupid and very common mistake to make. Luckily Roland put a fuse inside the machine just after the power supply to protect it from idiots like me and I managed to get it working again. However I thought I would put a warning sticker on it to remind me in the future. So I used my new typewriter to make it on - introducing the amazing 1985 Hermes Top-Tronic 15

Forms Video Two

I made a little video for one of the tracks from Forms Series One (Track 3 - Leraf). Its me messing about on the Buchla 100 shot with the Phillips V100 tube camera, then edited in Resolume Avenue:

Word of the Week #51

Electricity Club

Speaking of interviews, here is an enormous one that I did when Twenty Systems was reissued back in July. Its posted in full below for posterity as well

Foxx Box

John Foxx has another new EP out this time in collaboration with the marvellous Ghost Box people. You can hear bits here. Also he is interviewed in Mojo this month. He speaks of the above release, but also about our new projects and stuff, go on have a read, its here

Forms Video

Forms - Series One

I am starting a new series of occasional releases over on my bandcamp page. Its going to be a series of full albums based around one synthesiser / electronic system per album. A bit like Twenty Systems if it were One System, if you see what I mean

The first release is pure Buchla 100, with no other processing, sequencing, effecting or sound sourcing. This is 100% vintage 1960s discrete analog sound recorded direct to disk in 24 bits. You can download uncompressed or mp3 audio, a PDF booklet and a picture of the Buchla system HERE

Hope you like it

Mysterious Sounds

There were some mysterious sounds emanating from the studio last week...

Moog Girls

Also saw this over on matrixsynth, via the Moog Music Inc FB page. Its a great pic of an as yet unidentified Moog Girl from the 1960s

Which strongly reminded me of this pic that I took of Hannah a while ago:

Bed Knobs

WANT!

Via matrixsynth