Modular synthesis artists

[nuun]

What artists do you like who work with modular synths?

I made this playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/timothejb/playlist/0Ny8dOnWXODzYOwDbQXwiy

[Heath]

Datach'i comes to mind.

[sandy]

I wrote about two modular artists I enjoy in another thread - Thomas Lehn and Don Hassler.

Here's a link to save duplicating the same thing here.

Releases using just ONE piece of gear

Thomas Lehn's Feldstärken is one of my favourite single piece of gear releases. He's truly a master of his chosen synth and produces some incredible work with it. The video below isn't Feldstärken but gives a taste of what he does. Someone I also enjoy the work of who tends to focus on single pieces of gear at a time is Don Hassler. http://www.donhassler.com Don tends to use either Buchla 200e, Synthi A or a Shbobo Shnth. Below is a 200e video and some Shnth noises. http://www.donhassler…

[beo]

although keith fullerton whitman appears in good place in your playlist, i add this live (which is to my humble opinion a very good period of his work) :

i also like Nelson Baboon's work a lot (ancient eyeball recipe).

[mlogger]

Rastko is one of my favorite Serge artists - http://rastko.bandcamp.com

Also there are a few netlabels worth looking at Vicmod http://www.vicmod.net/artists.html and gameoflife https://gameoflife.bandcamp.com

other artists are Alessandro Cortini, Richard Devine, Charles Cohen, Morton Subotnick, Suzanne Ciani, Benge, Venetian Snares, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, John Chantler

8 Artists Making Brilliant Exploratory Music Using Modular Synths – Soundfly

[red]

Richard Devine always reminds me of this....

[nuun]

thanks! i added some of your suggestions to the playlist

Modular synthesis, a playlist by timothejb on Spotify

[rbxbx]

I suspect many of the ones I really love don't identify as modular synthesists

[nuun]

yeah 'modular synthesis artists' is an problematic category.. where does the modular stop and the computer begin? does aalto count as modular for example? the artists i added to the playlist on spotify work on the modular, but also with a 'modular mind': experimental, with the focus on timbre variation and complex rhythms.

edit: and where does my need to categorize in the first place comes from?

[Scarez0r]

I'll say James Holden as usual

I like that piece.

[nuun]

thanks totally forgot about him. listening to this now and it's great:

Outdoor Museum of Fractals

[nuun]

[praffensperger]

I so think of categories like "great guitarists" so why not also for modular synthesizer players? To answer my own rhetorical question, I think part of the reason that I don't like the category "great modular artists" is that modular synthesizers are all different instruments and so it's harder to compare modular artists in the same apples-to-apples way that one could imagine comparing guitarists. (Disclaimer: I play guitar and modular synth and I greatly respect many artists that use one or both instruments. I'm just a nerd enjoying a discussion of semantics.)

[sakul]

check this performance..

also monome+arc user btw

[nuun]

spotted an arc around 12 mins in