Turing Machine, Workshop System & Planet of the Apes! // Music Thing Modular at Machina Bristronica

video upload by DivKid

"It's a pleasure to look back at the last Machina Bristronica event (2025) and share this video with Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular from the DivKid Discussions stage. We talk about origins, Thonk acting like a record label, Turing Machines, Radio Music and the Workshop System which has inspired and built community and created collaborations, before rounding out on some unexpected connections to Planet of the Apes!

Machina Bristronica is taking a year off for 2026, but will be back in 2027. Check out videos from the DivKid Discussions stage, Machina news and updates and all about Music Thing Modular at the links.

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The ARP Centennial Celebration continues...

via the Alan R Pearlman Foundation

"June through October were busy months for us here at the Foundation. We celebrated Alan's 100th Birthday with a whole slew of events, including a new exhibit at EMEAPP/Museum of Music Technology, and the NAMM Museum of Making Music. Arriving in the UK on September 26, we exhibited at Machina Bristronica in Bristol... we had a special raffle of a meticulously restored vintage ARP Pro Soloist, personally signed by Tony Banks, legendary keyboardist of Genesis, to benefit the Foundation... we were part of the London Synthesizer show at The Musical Museum in London, and we capped it off with visits to both The Townshend Studio and Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio. WHEW!

Check out the full list of past events, and visit the Centennial Gallery."

BELA discuss their origins & the amazing looking TRAILS // DivKid Discussions at Machina Bristronica

video upload by DivKid

"Join us for the DivKid Discussion at Machina Bristronica with BELA! They discuss their origins, getting to their first Superbooth with gear borrowed from Instruo, developing Gliss and the lessons they've learnt leading them to the upcoming ... and fascinating ... TRAILS modules. I'm excited to see how this one develops in the final stages and to hopefully try it for its release.

https://bela.io"

Machina Bristronica 2025 & Gearfest UK 2025 - Padawan Studio Montages

video upload by Padawan Studio

"Our visit to Machina Bristronica in Bristol on 27 & 28 September 2025"

Gearfest 2025

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Bristronica 25 - DPW design - Splice

video upload by Stromkult

"At #Bristronica25, Dan from DPW Design shows us his new Splice module which can switch and mangle any type of signal completely click free to create interesting textures.

More info here: https://dpw.se/"

Bristronica 25 - Emute Lab - uSEQ + Expander

video upload by Stromkult

"At Machina Bristronica 25, Dimitri gives us a tour of the uSEQ module and its expander which brings live coding into modular.

more at: https://www.emutelab.org/"

Bristronica 25 - Circle Instruments - the Circle Guitar & MIDI Controller

video upload by Stromkult

"Join us at Bristronica 2025 as we explore the innovative Circle Guitar with Anthony from Circle Instruments. Discover how this self-strumming, MIDI-enabled guitar opens up new creative possibilities ."

https://circleinstruments.com/

"The player can sequence the wheel's movement with a DAW or MIDI controller such as the Morningstar MC6 Pro and MC8 Pro. All external MIDI-enabled devices and effects can be synced to the wheel's speed to adjust dynamically together."


video uploads by Circle Instruments

Playlist:

1. Circle Guitar at Distillery 2 - Episode 2 - Medley
2. An introduction to Circle Guitar
3. Circle Guitar at Distillery 2 - Episode 1 - Theme Tune
4. Circle Guitar - Promo

Bristronica 25 - Bodysynth - Metal Fetishist Update v2 0

video upload by Stromkult

"At #Bristronica25, Xavi from #BodySynths gave us a demo of the new firmware features of their 2024 released Desktop #Synthesizer called #MetalFetishist ."

Bristronica 25 - Elta Music - TSC 12

video upload by Stromkult

"At Machina Bristronica 2025, we talk with Sergei from ELTA Music about their new Eurorack keyboard module — a standalone version of the Solar 42’s keyboard."

You can find additional posts featuring the TSC 12 here.

Redshift 6 – MPE Demo

video upload by Supercritical Synthesizers

"Hear the Redshift 6’s MPE capabilities in this demo recorded at Bristronica 2025 — no talking, just pure playing.

00:00 Demo 1
02:40 Demo 2
06:24 Demo 3

The Redshift 6 is a six-voice analog polysynth, but with 16 oscillators per voice, it goes far beyond the capabilities of a traditional six-voice instrument.Each voice can also be played paraphonically, significantly extending the overall polyphony.

External FX used in this demo: Valhalla VintageVerb.

You can find more information about the Redshift 6 synthesizer on our website: https://supercriticalsynthesizers.com"

Reminiscing over the Mininova synth with some fresh jams

video upload by Novation

DMNO UDO's Raw & Chaotic Binaural Multitimbral Polysynth // Machina Bristronica DivKid Discussions

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have the UDO session on the DivKid Discussions stage from Machina Bristronica 2025. Cuckoo had spend some time with UDO and joined George and I for the chat discussing the new DMNO. DMNO is a binaural, multitimbral, polyphonic synthesiser that's far more raw and chaotic with lots of studio utility compared to the other UDO instruments. It's always a pleasure to chat to George and see hm play his instruments so enjoy the conversation! Talking points are in the chapter marks below."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Introductions & hellos
00:25 The Hearn Morley VCO chip
02:04 Initial experiences in building electronics & synths
05:01 A new synth! DMNO
06:23 Initial DMNO sounds
07:23 The concept of DMNO
09:11 Phosphor VFD
11:24 DMNO as a raw palette cleanser post Gemini & Supers
15:06 DMNO feature run down (more concept than feature list)
16:48 The beauty of play-led creation
21:40 Building a simple sound from scratch
22:47 Cuckoo on the DMNO
27:04 Tumbling interaction & probability
32:20 The struggles of driving voice allocation & dual voices
34:13 Musical ‘accents’ from two voices
35:45 DMNO isn’t as easy to play!
37:02 DMNO development, release & price
38:34 It’s good to not always know what you’re doing!

Bristotronica 25 - Emute Lab - Myriad VCO

video upload by Stromkult

"At #Wemachinabristronica25 , we met with Chris from Emute Lab Instruments.
Based at the University of Sussex and emerging from the Experimental Music Technologies Lab research group, Emute lab are releasing their Myriad multi-oscillator module. Available mid october.

More Info: https://www.emutelabinstruments.co.uk/"

Marco Bernardi Interview — Machina Bristronica 2025

video upload by Stromkult

"At this year’s Machina Bristronica, we caught up with Marco Bernardi — a longtime figure in the UK electronic music scene and the driving force behind both Elevator Sound and Machina Bristronica. Our conversation touched on the journey that led him into these roles, the influence of Superbooth in inspiring a uniquely UK counterpart, and how such a massive gathering of the synth community can be pulled off by such a small but dedicated team. Together with James and Ben, Marco has turned Machina Bristronica into one of the UK’s most exciting electronic music and Synth showcases.

For anyone interested in attending next years event you can subscribe to the newsletter here: https://machinabristronica.uk/

If you want to support this event grab some beautifully designed Merch here."

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Bristronica 25 - RYK - Time Slice

video upload by Stromkult

"At Bristronica 2025, Mathieu visited the RYK booth where Jake showcased their full system and the latest module:

Time Slice : New 4-Track Audio Looper. Watch the powerful sampling, looping, and effects capabilities in action

Other modules:
• 185 Sequencer • Algo Complex Oscillator • Envy Machine Modulator •

more on : https://www.ryk-modular.com/"

Bristronica 25 - Halftime Modular - 8TR

video upload by Stromkult

"Live from Bristronica 2025, we catch up with Luca from Halftime Modular to explore two exciting new developments:

8TR Multi-Track Recorder • 8-channel simultaneous recording in 24-bit quality • 32GB SD card included = 7+ hours recording time • Connect units together to record more channels without drift • Dead simple one-button operation •

Not shown here: An expander module called 9J provides a copy of all 8 input signals and a trigger input to start and stop the recording using CV..

Shipping: End of October 2025

-Humanizer Module • Adds natural "imperfections" to incoming sequences • Features: Glide, transients, vibrato, gate-delay, cv quantizer • Still in development - user feedback welcome

more at https://www.halftimemodular.com/"

Machina Bristonica 2025 - A Quick Look Round

video upload by Runningonair

"Just a little video about my trip to Machina Bristonica. Not by any means a full review, I wouldn't have it in me to attempt such a thing.

Links:
Equipment
https://sequential.com/modern-analog/...
https://www.genki.is/katla
https://groovesynthesis.com/
https://novationmusic.com/products/mi...
https://www.arturia.com/products/hard...

Artists
Sakr
https://sakrmusic.bandcamp.com/
Tim Exile
https://timexile.bandcamp.com/
Nadia Struiwigh
https://nadiastruiwigh.bandcamp.com/


https://runningonair.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5fNUf...

https://paypal.me/runningonair?

Machina Bristronica 25: Elektron Tonverk

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

"Tonverk is Elektron's their latest creation, a polyphonic multi sampler that introduces a powerful new subtrack system. We get a quick demo at Machina Bristronica to see and hear what it is capable of."

Machina Bristronica: Instruo Pocket Scion

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

"We caught up with Instruo to learn more about Pocket SCÍON, their new portable device designed to capture biofeedback data sourced from contact with living organisms."

Additional posts

Machina Bristronica 25: RYK Modular Time Slice

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

"RYK Modular are about to release the Time Slice, a quad-channel looper and sampler module that features a comprehensive set of onboard effects."

"Quad-channel Looper and Sampling Laboratory



Want to F**K with the fabric of time ? In four dimensions ?

Now you can, with TIME SLICE the new quad-channel Eurorack audio looper and sampling machine

Four channels of audio I/O with big fat rolling buffers for each channel, plus a dedicated Stereo Mix Output
Classic H3000 style Pitch-shifters to f**K with time, sculpt your audio

Overtly generous amount of FX, with dedicated Pitch-shift, Delay, Reverb, Tilt Filter, Wave Fold and more on every track

Keep your dreams, or re-use the dreams of others with Internal and USB storage support for Loading and Saving WAV files, including embedded WAV Markers for multi-sample instruments

More jacks than you can shake a stick at, assignable CV inputs, and Trigger INs and OUT on each track
1-Shot Loop mode for sampler style playback with MIDI support for keyboard control and MIDI CC for modulations

Unique retrospective loop mode for the performance challenged musician, plus traditional style loop mode for the old timers

All sources catered for with Line Level, Euro Level, and HOT EURO !
Ping-pong like a 4-track, Time Slice lets you resample other tracks, and even record the Stereo Mix Output as a new track

Keeps impeccable time, and can play friends with MIDI and clock-sync.

Includes exciting funky red circle display thing at no extra cost, plus a big retro scroll wheel !"