Sonic Sound Synthesis modular sessions at The Neon Hospice (13 February 2021: Mark O Pilkington)

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SsS is a new weekly show at The Neon Hospice online radio station.

Sonic Sound Synthesis is an outlet for the amazing sounds made by modular synthesisers.
Once a week we will present a set of audio recordings made by people around the world using these fascinating machines.

Given the bizarre and diverse array of sounds that can be produced from the synthesiser control panel, we impose no artificial stylistic limitations on the audio exhibits we present.

SsS is operated behind the scenes by late-stage synth enthusiasts Richard Fontenoy (aka Drift of Signifieds) and Edmund Davie (aka @extractor_fan).

The first session of 2021 is on Saturday 2 January and will last two hours, with full sets from Extractor Fan and Design A Wave of Alien Jams fame, with an interlude by Drift of Signifeds (me).

We hope to see you there and feel free to drop by to hang out in the lounge; future sessions will be announced weekly.

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The first 2021 session has been archived at Mixcloud in three parts:

Extractor Fan: Mixcloud
Drift of Signifieds: Mixcloud
Design A Wave: Mixcloud

Next Saturday’s session comes from the legendary Philippe Petit (@Modulisme) with one hour of Synthi A and Buchla 200 improvisation.

Update: The archived session can be found here:

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This Saturday’s SsS session features the one and only @edengrey - broadcasting from 21:00 GMT as ever at The Neon Hospice.

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Is that Johnny Mugwump’s show, The Neon Hospice?

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The very same - and the radio station is expanding all the time.

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Will check it out. I know Tom (Design A Wave) from way back also.
Haven’t seen Mr Mugwump in years.

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Jonny’s thrown himself into The Neon Hospice with a huge amount of infectious and joyful enthusiasm! It’s just the tonic needed in the era we’re living through.

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@edengrey’s mindblowing sSs session is now available to stream

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Scot Solida’s epic Cryogenic Fever Dreams (parts 1 through 5, with interludes) is an hour-long piece created on Moog Model 10, ARP 2600, a Synthesizers.com system and more. This Saturday at 21:00 GMT at Sonic Sound Synthesis.

Update: the archived set of an astonishing cosmic journey back to ~1974 through the medium of modular synthesis is available via Mixcloud:

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Tonight’s session of sSs is an hour from analogue enthusiast Jono Podmore (AKA Kumo) of Metamono, Cyclopean and more (who incidentally was responsible for the collection and editing of Can’s The Lost Tapes). The show is at the new time of 7pm GMT (Saturday 30 January 2021); maybe see you in the lounge.

Update: Powerfully Euclidian set from Jono! Archived here for posterity.

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We’ll have some mighty Buchla music from the renowned Thomas Dimuzio at Sonic Sound Synthesis on Saturday 6 February. Join us at 7pm GMT at The Neon Hospice for an hour-long programme of a brand-new session on 40U of all-analogue quad Buchla 200 and a selection of shorter pieces.

Update:

The archive of Thomas Dimuzio’s astonishing session is now online at Mixcloud:

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Tonight - Mark O Pilkington presents The Opposite of Magic: an assortment of unfinished drifts, dreams and unadorned listening spaces.

Mark has played synths and electronics with numerous underground and experimental outfits over the past two decades, including Téléplasmiste, Urthona, Raagnagrok, Haig Fras and The Begotten.

7 - 8pm GMT at The Neon Hospice.