via Sam Holland:
"Sam Holland from Boston Modular and Synth here. We are a Meetup group and performance event series based in the Boston area, with around 900 members in our Meetup group. We have been around for a bit over 10 years, and regularly meet at Synthcube in Waltham, MA. Artists that have been active at our events include Bill T Miller, Bob Familiar, Noizcode, Switch Angel, and many others. We are a sister organization to New England Synthfest.
We are hoping to do a post celebrating our 10 year anniversary! We have an event at Synthcube on March 21st - it will be an 8-act showcase, including TotoRobyn, Noizcode, EmeraldArcana, Metal Tiger, Bill T Miller, and others. We also have a compilation thats out for pre-order: https://bostonmodular.bandcamp.com/album/boston-modular-and-synth-10-year-anniversary-showcase. 25 recordings from Boston Modular events in the past 10 years by 25 artists."
"Electronic musicians, synthesists, modular enthusiasts, drum machine savants, chiptune creators, drum machine freaks, noise mavens, visualists, and all around nice people.
We live primarily in the greater Boston area, but folks are known to drive in from all over the Northeast. Our basic practice is a monthly Meetup group where anyone is welcome to play a 5 minute live performance using any type of electronic instrument (including acoustic instruments with electronic treatments). As of 2026 our regular home was Synthcube in Waltham, MA. Boston Modular and Synth also runs performance showcases a couple of times a year with longer, more organized sets.
Boston Modular and Synth first met on October 12, 2015 in West Roxbury, MA under the organizing force of Paul Geffen. The current primary organizer is Sam Holland, aka Metal Tiger.
To learn more about the organization, please go to bostonmodular.org.
Album credits:
All tracks recorded by the performers at a Boston Modular and Synth event
Compilation organized by Sam Holland
Mastering for all tracks done by Bob Familiar.
Album art by Koala Steamboat (not sure how you want to bill yourself here).
Special thanks to: Bob and Kristina for their amazing work, Eric Crawley and Kent for their longstanding work that laid the foundation for the scene and run our sister organization New England Synthfest, the Watertown Public Library for hosting us for years in their makerspace and library meeting room, everyone who submitted a track, Irwin and Max for helping so consistently at events, Mike, Jeff, and Chris at Synthcube for giving us such an amazing home base, Deftly-D for organizing the visual bill for the release party, and an extra special thanks to Paul Geffen for the work he put in getting this group started. We wouldn't be where we are today without you."
