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Modulator Experimental Synthesis Project (Modulator ESP) is Jez Creek from Nottingham in the UK.
He performs improvised music that explores the boundaries of dark ambient, drone, Berlin School
sequencing, and noise using modular synthesis, real-time sampling, sound manipulation, and live
looping.
Modulator ESP has been described as "vintage synth overload to propel you into the outer reaches of the cosmos" and "one man will descend to (this) earth in a hail of analogue synth tones; called upon from the singular consciousness of John Carpenter and Vangelis - like a 2046 dystopian dream with the optimism of Jean Michael Jarre, and his penguins." When Modulator ESP discovered that there was more to EM than TD, Jarre, Pickford, and Shreeve by finding bands like Arc, RMI, Redshift, Airsculpture, and Arcane, bands that were doing a more retro-styled improvisational take on EM, it came as a revelation to him. One of the reasons he'd left the band he was in was because he wanted to do something a bit more freeform. He knew he still wanted to play live but without playing along to pre-programmed, structured backing tracks. Things started to snowball when he discovered certain synthesizers, both hardware and software, step sequencing, and delay processors. Modulator ESP loves playing synths because he loves the electronic, synthetic, other worldly nature of the sounds. This makes Ambient, Berlin School EM the best style for his interests. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist's web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website.  |
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| Date | Album |
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| 01/01 | Nova Sequentia |
| 01/08 | Floating Metal |
| 01/15 | Ostara Flow |
| 01/22 | Sub-zero |
| 01/29 | Music for Four Asynchronous Loops |
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Dino Frank Pacifici of Montreal began his musical studies at the age of five,
concentrating on classical guitar and began composing at the age of 13. Dee
received his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts (music) from Concordia University.
Grounded in ambient and chillout music with a jazz influence, Dee writes Pop-Oriented and Dance music and plays in local bands. Dee has spent many years studying, recording, and performing live in which he continuously expands his musical horizons becoming proficient with bass, keyboards, programming of electronic instruments, as well as his first love the guitar. His compositions include recordings of ambient/space and chillout/jazz albums. In 1997, Dee released "The Journey" which began his adventure into recording ambient/space compositions. To date, Dee recorded over 25 albums in many genres, including Smooth Jazz, Ambient, Space, Chill-Out, Rock, Pop, and Dance. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist's web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album |
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| 02/05 | A Collection of Shadows |
| 02/12 | Celestial Anomalies |
| 02/19 | Longing |
| 02/26 | Spaceman's Lament |
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The electro-music festival is the world's premiere event for experimental electronic music.
Known as the "Woodstock of electronic music," it has featured concerts, seminars,
demonstrations, workshops, jam sessions, collaborations, video art, and swap-meets.
There have been many iterations of this festival which started in 2004 at the Cheltenham Art Center in Cheltenham near Philadelphia. This version of the Asheville electro-music Festival is the Special Focus this month on Galactic Travels™ and took place at the Asheville Masonic Temple and at White Horse Black Mountain. The event was written up in the Black Mountain News. Here are some videos from azimuthvisuals:
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| Date | Album |
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| 03/05 | Mountain Skies electro-music 2012 |
| 03/12 | Asheville electro-music 2014 |
| 03/19 | Asheville electro-music 2015 |
| 03/26 | Asheville electro-music 2016 |
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Ozone Player is an electronic music project by the Finnish composer and musician
Otso Pakarinen. He started as a guitar player in the early '70s but soon became
interested in keyboards and especially the timbral possibilities of synthesizers.
He played those instruments in bands, ranging from Progressive Rock to synth pop.
In 1987, Otso started Visual Power, through
which he produces music for TV, commercials, and documentaries. He also produces animation
and other audio-visual productions.
Commissioned music for different purposes in diverse styles grew Otso's musical and technical vocabulary in the '90s. Towards the end of the decade, he decided to become his own client and commission from himself an album of music he would love to hear, using a new electronic music style he could call his own and keep developing further on subsequent releases. After years of exploration, the first Ozone Player album, "Insane Logic" was released in 2000 through Visual Power. Otso has released more Ozone Player albums continuing with "Videozone" in 2001, a collection of soundtrack pieces. Released in 2002, "É" aimed for a more Rock style but still steered far away from the mainstream. "Frozen Paint on Boiling Canvas" was released three years later, softer and more melodic. The latest album is "Avara," the Finnish word for "spacious," released in 2022. In addition to Ozone Player releases, Otso produces commissioned music and performs in several bands songs he has written. He also organizes Karelian Skies, electro-acoustic concerts held in his original hometown Nurmes in Eastern Finland. It is a spin-off of Different Skies, a week-long event in Arcosanti, Arizona, where Otso was a regular participant between 2003 and 2012. All collaborative activities provide fresh experiences and influences for new music, some of which will likely be released on future Ozone Player albums. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| 04/02 | Insane Logic |
| 04/09 | Videozone |
| 04/16 | Frozen Paint on Boiling Canvas |
| 04/23 | É |
| 04/30 | Orange Apples |
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Robert Scott Thompson works in the ambient, electroacoustic, contemporary instrumental,
pop, and avant-garde genres. He is Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at Georgia State
University in Atlanta. Dr. Thompson was also Director of the Center for Audio Recording
Arts (CARA). He runs the Aucourant Records label which has released selections of his
work in a wide range of styles.
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| 05/07 | Ascension Volume One |
| 05/14 | Ascension Volume Two |
| 05/21 | Beneath the Whispering Sky |
| 05/28 | Cianalas |
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Brendan Pollard, Michael Daniel, and Phil Booth are an electronic music trio very much
in the tradition of '70s Berlin School.
Phil and Michael met in an online EM forum. Being only 30 miles apart, they decided to get together for a few music sessions. One of those sessions also included Jez Creek. The three decided to do a live concert together and in February, 2009 played at Awakenings as Cerberus, pruary,erforming a live soundtrack to the old black and white film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." One of the audience members was Brendan Pollard. Brendan had been producing EM for a few years and releasing some as Rogue Element with Jerome Ramsey. Shortly after the Awakenings concert he was offered a couple of gigs at E-Live in Holland and Hampshire Jam in England. As Jerome wasn't available to play, Brendan needed to find some help to be able to play 100% live. He contacted Michael and Phil to see if they would be interested. Both certainly were. The three got together at Brendan's studio in Bedford, UK in March, 2009 for a weekend session, during which the music for the first album was recorded. With the exception of PDB 8, all albums were recorded live in one take or were live concert recordings. The band had a few more sessions and then in September, 2009 played at Awakenings, followed by E-Live and Hampshire Jam in October of that year. Some more sessions followed in 2010 and another appearance at Awakenings in February, 2010. Unfortunately, later that year, Brendan had a change in personal circumstances that meant he had to move house and close down his studio and take a break from making music. Michael had a solo slot at an Awakenings concert in September of that year, so the three decided to do a full PDB set as a farewell concert. The band had one more studio session and then parted ways. Phil and Michael continued playing together as Daniel and Booth. They also had several other solo and collaborative projects over the years. Then in 2018, Brendan contacted the two saying he had managed to rebuild a new studio, including many of the instruments he'd had to sell years before. In the summer of 2018, the three convened in Brendan's new studio for a weekend session. This was the first time they multitracked a session. Due to some technical issues, and general rustiness, the recordings needed some more work. So Phil and Michael got together at Michael's studio to do some additional recording, then Michael did his magic and produced the album, which became PDB 8. Since then, the band members have continued to work separately and together on various other projects, but PDB is still ongoing. At some point there will be more music. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album |
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| 06/04 | pollard/daniel/booth |
| 06/11 | IX |
| 06/18 | Volume 7 |
| 06/25 | eight |
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