Esoteric Modulation
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsFrom 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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Episodes
EP23: ‘From Baroque to Buchla!'
September 08, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBIn 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 Ins...
EP22: Patch C.V!
August 06, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBIn 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! ...
EP21 'redstripedown'
July 03, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBIn 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 pr...
EP20: ‘The Nervous Squirrel!'
June 04, 2020 20:00 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBIn 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 abo...
019: 'For The love Of The Magnétique!'
May 14, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBOn 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 ...
019: 'For The love Of The Magnétique!'
May 14, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBOn 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 ...
018: 'Machines of the night'
April 02, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBIn 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 cu...
017: ' A Suitcase of Drone'
March 05, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBIn this week's show, we talk to Portland base sound and visual artist Amulets. We have a great conversation on his journey of tape! We talk tape equipment, artistic approach, his lineage of visual art and how his music has been part of his therapy. We touch on a lot of stuff in this one, sit back and grab a coffee! Show Timings Intro of what we have been up to 0:00 Guest Intro: 7:42 Suitcase, VL1 and GASS 9:58 Sound and Setup Evolution 11:34 The tape as bandmates! 21:00 Playing the ...
016: 'An Audiophile Hangout'
February 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBIn this week's show, we have a great conversation with an amazing guest, Mr Jamie Lidell! A man that is so easy to talk to that we cover a lot of ground! Looping journeys, creative expression, his Modular journey and philosophy, all this is wrapped up with some amazing nuggets of information and insights! Show Timings Intro 0:00 What Ben has been up to 0:37 What Ed has been up to 1:29 Our guest sneaks in the intro (Alvin Lucier :) 2:53 Guest intro 3.54 Jamie Lidell Pecan chat 4...
016: 'An Audiophile Hangout'
February 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBIn this week's show, we have a great conversation with an amazing guest, Mr Jamie Lidell! A man that is so easy to talk to that we cover a lot of ground! Looping journeys, creative expression, his Modular journey and philosophy, all this is wrapped up with some amazing nuggets of information and insights! Show Timings Intro 0:00 What Ben has been up to 0:37 What Ed has been up to 1:29 Our guest sneaks in the intro (Alvin Lucier :) 2:53 Guest intro 3.54 Jamie Lidell Pecan chat 4...
015: ‘Touched by a H9'
January 09, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBIn this week's show, we talk about what we have been up to and talk about gear that we have been playing with over Christmas. Jamuary, Eventide project and more! Show Timings Intro: 000 What Ed has been up too with gear: 00.40 What Ben has been up too with gear: 12.11 Jamuary 20.07 Eventide Project 28.20 Space Study 1 audio 38.10 Talk about space study 41.29 New Show News 47.50 Shout outs 49.59 Show Notes BASTL microGranny https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/microgranny ...
014: ‘A Festive Roundup'
December 19, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBIn this week's show, we have a festive round-up and some gear chat with Signal Sounds Jason Brunton! We talk about the move of signal sounds, Ben's new module release, the 'ochd'. We then get into the top-selling modules and interesting equipment of this year. All amongst a general chat on the unique aspects of collaborations within the modular scene. Show Timings Intro: 000 Guest and talk about Signal Sounds: Intro 2.57 ochd, Bens new module: 9.22 Signal Sounds Distribution and collabo...
Episode 013: 'Over 20 Years of Tape Hiss!'
December 04, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIn this week's show, we talk to the Portland-based Inter-disciplined artist and musician Marcus Fischer. We talk favourite equipment, tape, OM1 and his wonderful Journey on the way to the Whitney Museum of American Art. We stop off along the journey to talk about his time at the Rauschenberg residency. Here he explored lots of different creative mediums, whilst forming his tangibly deep album 'Loss'. A great show to listen too! Show Timings Intro: 000 Gest intro: 2.56 Interdisciplinary ...
013: 'Over 20 Years of Tape Hiss!'
December 04, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIn this week's show, we talk to the Portland-based Inter-disciplined artist and musician Marcus Fischer. We talk favourite equipment, tape, OM1 and his wonderful Journey on the way to the Whitney Museum of American Art. We stop off along the journey to talk about his time at the Rauschenberg residency. Here he explored lots of different creative mediums, whilst forming his tangibly deep album 'Loss'. A great show to listen too! Show Timings Intro: 000 Guest intro: 2.56 Interdisciplinary...
0012: 'A Veneer of Coco'
November 14, 2019 22:00 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBIn this week's show, we talk to Brighton based Ebcidic, aka Phil Bilsby. Phill is synonymous with well-produced live Modular Techno. We dig into his production concepts, his latest album ‘Mosaic’ that steps away from beats and into dark, future cinematic drones. We talk kicks, Coco and the virtues of the ER301 amongst many more things! Show Timings Intro: 000 Ben and Ed's pre-show amble: 0.38 Bens tape audio: 2.50 Guest intro: 3.00 A quick history of Ebcidic: 4.03 Production value: 5.00 K...
012: 'A Veneer of Coco'
November 14, 2019 22:00 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBIn this week's show, we talk to Brighton based Ebcidic, aka Phil Bilsby. Phill is synonymous with well-produced live Modular Techno. We dig into his production concepts, his latest album ‘Mosaic’ that steps away from beats and into dark, future cinematic drones. We talk kicks, Coco and the virtues of the ER301 amongst many more things! Show Timings Intro: 000 Ben and Ed's pre-show amble: 0.38 Bens tape audio: 2.50 Guest intro: 3.00 A quick history of Ebcidic: 4.03 Production value: 5.00 K...
011: ‘It’s Like Porn For The Magnetically Attracted!’
October 31, 2019 17:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBIn this weeks show we talk about our obsession for tape and Ben’s ‘West Coast Adventure’ over in Seattle at Patchwerks for the Velocity event. We focus on some of the artists at Velocity that have included tape within their set up with some great sound examples! From catching reels, to a ghosty Halloween contact mic, we talk about it all! Show Timings Intro: 000 Velocity Event 3.23 Tape obsession 5.39 Tweed Moo Sound Example 10.29 Talk about Tweed Moo 11.07 Ann Annie - Tape Glitch Sound E...
Episode 011: ‘It’s Like Porn For The Magnetically Attracted!’
October 31, 2019 17:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBIn this weeks show we talk about our obsession for tape and Ben’s ‘West Coast Adventure’ over in Seattle at Patchwerks for the Velocity event. We focus on some of the artists at Velocity that have included tape within their set up with some great sound examples! From catching reels, to a ghosty Halloween contact mic, we talk about it all! Show Timings Intro: 000 Velocity Event 3.23 Tape obsession 5.39 Tweed Moo Sound Example 10.29 Talk about Tweed Moo 11.07 Ann Annie - Tape Glitch Sound E...
010: A Podular Baptism
October 16, 2019 23:00 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBOn this weeks show we have great fun talking to fellow podcaster Tim Held of Poduler Modcast! We talk about how Pod Mod came to be, with some interesting stories along the way! Then we talk to Tim the musician, and take a deep dive into his up and coming tape release 'Music to Come Down to' Show Timings Intro 000 1.17 Guest intro 4.31 We talk Tim’s podcast experience 19.04 Modular music and Tim’s latest realise 52.30 Show roundup Show Notes links to some of Tim’s information: Tim i...
010: A Podular Baptism
October 16, 2019 23:00 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBOn this weeks show we have great fun talking to fellow podcaster Tim Held of Poduler Modcast! We talk about how Pod Mod came to be, with some interesting stories along the way! Then we talk to Tim the musician, and take a deep dive into his up and coming tape release 'Music to Come Down to' Show Timings Intro 000 1.17 Guest intro 4.31 We talk Tim’s podcast experience 19.04 Modular music and Tim’s latest realise 52.30 Show roundup Show Notes links to some of Tim’s information: Tim i...
009: A Shaw Way to Bananas
September 19, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBIn this week's show, we talk to multi-creative Matthew Shaw about an esoteric bunch of banana equipment! We chat about the wonders of Serge Systems, the Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus and Plumbutter (of course, I get a royal ribbing from Ben about the Coco!:) We take a look at the continuity of creativity, through different creative disciplines. And we round it all off very nicely with Matthew's Band Camp album, Leisure Complex! Show Timings Into 000 Guest introduction 2.07 Guest Talk 2. 42 ...
008: The Anatomy of a Live Modular System
September 04, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBIn this weeks episode, we run over Ben's Eurorack Case set up he put together for a live performance at the Deer Shed Festival. We break it all down. We talk performance set up philosophies, zonal methods, sound examples of those zones, effects chains and the selection of modules and how they were used! Ben has kindly organised high-quality audio, videos on the modules and information over on his Patron Account for free access go to: bit.ly/DivKidLiveCase Shown Note Times Intro: 0.00 Li...
007: From HAINBACH With Love
August 22, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIn this week's Esoteric Modulation we talk to Berlin-based electronic music composer and performer HAINBACH. We talk the beautiful world of test equipment and its creative flow, limitations and minimalism, we all lust after the Cocoquantus and we talk about HAINBACH's latest release Old Suns! Apologies to the few that heard the unedited version, this is the fully edited version. Also, this episode has a few pops and clicks in the audio, we had a bit of a battle with the audio this week! S...
006: The Art of Scanner
August 08, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBIn this week's Esoteric Modulation we talk to Robin Rimbaud AKA Scanner. We have a great in-depth conversation about his music practises, how he traverses multi-faceted projects, his career journey, and the importance that visual art takes within his life. We also talk about his latest Bandcamp release 'The Great Crater' Sit Back and get ready for a really interesting show! Episode 006 The Art of Scanner Show Note Timings Into: 0.00 Show Run-Down: 0.40 Guest into: 1.17 Robin explai...
005: Effects & Improvisation
July 24, 2019 17:00 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBIn this week's Esoteric Modulation we talk about effects, the implications of different DSP's, Whether to go in the rack or out and using effects as an instrument. We take a look at a Tate podcast that talks about art and music improvisation. We have a listener question on can something easy to produce or a mistake be art. And we round it off with our Bandcamp artist of the week Matthew Shaw. Episode 005 Effects & Improvisation Show Note Timings Into: 0.00 Show Run-Down: 0.40 What Ed...
004: Esoteric Engineering The SOMA Way!
July 11, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIn episode 004 we talk to Vlad Kreimer, head of Romantic Engineering at SOMA laboratory. We have a deep dive conversation on what is esoteric engineering, we then go on to talk about the his creative processes in building instruments. We talk Lyra 8, Pulsar 23 and the Enner, we talk about human connection, his own art practice and much more! This episode is a great journey into a truly creative mind that has designed instruments for his own art practice, only to find there has been an ...
003: Quad in LA and the Evening Hopefuls!
June 27, 2019 18:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MBIn episode 003 We take a deep dive into quantising with the Analogue Solutions Generator. Then we turn our attention to the mighty Haken Continuum, we go through the feel of the instrument and its sounds. For our ‘Arts Segment,’ we turn our attention to Suzanne Ciani and her quadraphonic performance at Los Angeles Public Library 2018. Moving on to the ‘Listeners Questions’ we cover more Quad. Our featured artist and album are Hainbach and his album ‘The Evening Hopefuls’. And we round it al...
002: SUPERBOOTH and The Dark Sparkler
June 06, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBIn our first full-on episode, we say hi and talk to our uber-guest Kyle Swisher aka Dark Sparkler. We talk Superbooth, Belin, The Impulse Command, Wrong Sound Stage, DPW - Shape, Metro Modular - Buchla format modules, Buchla Quad, and the Soma Labs Pulsar 23. We also talk to Kyle about his Buchla Easel and choreography projects. Then we move onto his latest album 'I NO BEAST / I NO ANGEL'! Some Links and notes that you may find interesting!: Berlin, a great home for Superbooth and creatives...
001: The Pre Show Special
June 04, 2019 20:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThe Esoteric Modulation Pre Show special looks at all the topics that we will be covering in the coming Shows. We talk about what inspired the show and how it came to be. We explain our show segments, News, Modular, Esoteric Instruments, Art Projects, Listener Questions, Bandcamp Artist of the Show, and the Don't Miss Out section. We then go on to talk about our history and backgrounds. From modular synthesis, standalone synthesizers and Eurorack, to unusual electronic instruments, Buch...