The Festival of Electronic Sound Returns to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada September 19–20

Press release follows:

The Festival of Electronic Sound Returns to Brandon

“Canada’s only festival focussed on the art and music of the modular synthesizer”

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, September 8, 2025 — This September 19–20, electronic musicians of all styles—from classical to punk, and everything in between— will gather in Brandon Manitoba to share their art, music and technology over two jam-packed days of innovative performances, informative presentations and interactive activities at six free-to-attend, family friendly concerts and events spread across downtown Brandon and the BU campus.

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Arturia MiniFreak Ancient Earth Drone Hybrid Synthesizer Rik Marston

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Arturia MiniFreak - Ancient Earth Drone"
Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
*Watch in HD!* *NO Talking!* *Turn it up!*
** Special Thank you to SynthPunk for making this magic happen! **
My Etsy store: AhnyxianSoundDesign
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

Arturia MiniFreak Modulated Sounds from Beyond Hybrid Synthesizer Rik Marston

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
*Watch in HD!* *NO Talking!* *Turn it up!*
** Special Thank you to SYNTHPUNK (John Castello) for this awesome synthesizer! **
** Special Thank You to David Lovering (of The Pixies!) for helping us make peace! **

My Etsy store: AhnyxianSoundDesign
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

SEQUENTIAL PRO 3 1st COMPOSITION

video upload by SYNTHPUNK

THE TWILIGHT ZONE with the SEQUENTIAL PRO 3

video upload by SYNTHPUNK

Eraserhead definitely was like being dropped in The Twilight Zone.

MORE SEQUENTIAL OB6

video upload by SYNTHPUNK

8-Bit Operators presents: ComputeHer - "Strangelove"

Published on Jun 8, 2014 8-Bit Operators·9 videos

"▷△△ http://www.8bitoperators.com/depechemode ▷△△
ComputeHer's Commodore64/ Nintendo cover of Depeche Mode's 'Strangelove' , video by HC Carbo, Track taken from 8-Bit Operators - Tribute to Depeche Mode: Enjoy The Science"on CD/ DL- http://www.8bitoperators.com/depechemode - ComputeHer - http://www.computeher.com
CD PRE ORDER Amazon - http://smarturl.it/8BitOpsAmazon
DL/ LISTEN on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/8BitOpsiTunes
Exclusive promomix and advance listens here:
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http://www.8bitops.com/

With their internationally acclaimed series of tributes to Kraftwerk, The Beatles and Devo already established as benchmarks in the global scene, 8-Bit Operators return by popular demand, this time honoring the timeless synth-pop of Depeche Mode.

Curated by electronic music veteran Jeremy Kolosine, this inspired new collection entitled Enjoy The Science (June 10th release) features the world's leading artists in the "chiptune" and "synthpunk" movements performing highly musical, lo-bit video-game hardware re-imaginings of 15 favorite Depeche Mode tracks, spanning the band's incredible 30+ year career.

Showcasing the globe's most inventive, influential and innovative Operatives of 8-bit arrangement, programming, application & hi-tech production, 8-Bit Operators collective is addicted to the sound character delivered by various micro-chips made iconic in the late 20th century (in Nintendos, Ataris, Gameboys, Commodore 64s, Speak & Spells, etc.), and when these devices are musically re-tooled, adapted, or even "circuit-bent", brand-new creative options and sound palettes are invented.

This collection illustrates, joyously, the emotional versatility, intensity and fun of "chipmusic" especially when inspired by the rich melodies and thoughtful lyrics of Depeche Mode's Martin Gore and former member Vince Clarke.

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Pointless Synthpunk

Published on Aug 22, 2013 Ribosom3000 .·8 videos

"Reasonable work with serious electronic instruments for pointless synthpunk. Live with some visual edits."

PUNK VS SYNTHPUNK

via Connor 'Macleod' Eck on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Futurisk & ‘Lonely Streets’ Remix 12 Featuring Chris Carter & More

This one in via Minimal Wave's Cititrax sublabel. You might remember Veronica Vasica's Minimal Wave label from this previous psot.

"The Futurisk ‘Lonely Streets Remixes’ includes remixes by four of the band’s biggest fans, each of whom have a sound as iconic as the band themselves: Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey), Tom Furse (The Horrors), Prince Language (DFA, Editions Disco) and Complexxion from the UK."

The release comes out April 28. You can find more info on takako here. The following is the original track from 1982 followed by some live performances of Futurisk. Moog Liberation gets the post here vs. C.

Update: SoundCloud and new, alternate video below.

Minimal Wave · CITI004 A1 Futurisk-Lonely Streets (Prince Language's Fantasy Mix) Sample

Minimal Wave · CITI004 A2 Futurisk-Lonely Streets (Chris Carter Mix) Sample

Minimal Wave · CITI004 B1 Futurisk-Lonely Streets (Complexxion Version) Sample

Minimal Wave · CITI004 B2 Futurisk-Lonely Streets (Tom Furse Mix) Sample

Futurisk - Lonely Streets (1982 Ocean Sound)
YouTube Uploaded by theinnernerd on Apr 27, 2009

"FUTURISK was a pioneering synth-punk group that recorded and performed in the pre-midi era of the early 1980s. As of yet, the Player Piano EP has not been reissued, but you can pick up a copy of a live performance of "Meteoright" at minimalwave.com on The Found Tapes LP. The audio for this video was taken from a 24bit/96kHz vinyl rip. Highly recommended.

http://www.innernerd.de
obscure music for nerdlings"

Futurisk - Army Now (1982)

YouTube Uploaded by minimalwave on Aug 6, 2007

"Live footage of South Florida synthpunk band, Futurisk, featured on the Ed Rich Rock Show. Buy the LP on Minimal Wave or download it via iTunes"

Futurisk Meteoright

Uploaded by DrMabuse66 on Jun 14, 2006

"Very obscure American synth-punk/wave band,circa 1982. No doubt influenced by ndW groups such as DAF."

Master B.E.T.A.

Synthpunk with a Roland SH-201

Master B.E.T.A on MySpace

"My synth punk band Master B.E.T.A. ( http://www.myspace.com/masterbetaband )recently played a show for Part Time Punks, a popular Sunday event at the Echo in Los Angeles.

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Also, if any of your viewers wants a free demo, I'm shipping them out for free!

It's not for the faint of heart: pure synthpunk. No sequencers, no bullshit."


"I use Roland SH201. Two Saw tooth waves stacked on top of each other, seperated and octave and pushed through a Fender Combo. Ah the joy of simplistic brute tones. Prior to acquiring the 201, I used a MicroKorg. Loved the MS2000 sound engine, but the little synth started giving out after a few years -- I'm guessing the circuit board's placement didn't help (beneath the keys plus my sweat build up). We have songs on our page and a video coming in a few days. You don't have to do anything for it if you don't want, we are just trying to do our own thing while taking from the past; pure synth punk."

Casio Rapman

images via this auction.

Move over Roland DJ70

"This is one little Casio keyboard that I remember fondly from the early '90s!! Rap was at the top of its popularity then, and this fun keyboard allowed all of us to become instant rappers :-)This 32-key keyboard offers 25 preset tones, including piano, horns, guitar and sound effects; 30 Rap patterns, including rap, rock, house and more; a scratch disk that gives you control of up to four different scratch sounds by turning it with your hand, and three effect pads - three buttons on the console that give you one-touch access to a selection of exciting sound effects.One of the best features of the Rapman is the Voice Effector function: this changes the pitch of the sound being input through the microphone. Yes, there's an extra-cool Casio EM-4131 mini-microphone included!The on board speaker is powerful enough for home use, but there's an 1/8" output too, for when you need to kick it up a notch.

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Yo-ain't nuthin' mo' stupid-dope than rollin' wit da Rapman. It blows-up big; It's like blow-it's like BLOW-It's like BLIZZ-OW!!This thing was marketed when the first wave of old skool rap jumped the proverbial shark-and it shows. The dated sound of the Orchestra Hit and percussion pads, the goofy technology of the "Voice Effector," and the bogus preset "Funky Cold Medina" and "Super Freak" rap patterns make the Rapman one of the most amazing period-specific cultural artifacts of its time.On the other hand, like the Casio "SK" series of mini keyboards, a lot of us into the avant garde have explored this instrument, found its unique attributes, and have exploited them to make new and hypnotic crazy sounds. I'm here to tell you that, even though I have much lizzove for the circuit benders, you don't need to bend the Rapman or the SK's to get bizarre new tones and textures; they're already there.Casio's sampling and rap synthesizers are some of the most underrated musical instruments ever made, as well as being inexpensive and almost unbreakable. The Rapman is built Casio-tough!!So, in between working on the avant synthpunk masterpiece that I'm presently trying to write, I put on a cheeze rap pattern, plug my "Fry Cook" headset microphone into the "Voice Effector," and get stoopid wit' the prurient ill rhymes."

Babyland - Synth Punk

Title link takes you to the Babyland website.

Via gerald:

"My personal favorite synthpunk - Babyland is worth checking out if you haven't heard them before.

http://www.myspace.com/babylandmusic

They're still sequencing with Cubase on a mac classic - have been since 1989. I miss their old "fire" shows - they'd dump motor oil in tin drums, light it up and then play the drums with pipes. Billowing, choaking black smoke, crazy beats, jumping flames - damn I wish it was the early 90's again. They still put on a fantastic show - Dan is a crazy-energetic vocalist.

Also check their main page - www.babyland.info - you can see the mac classic in the video.

-gerald
http://www.myspace.com/logo64"

Very cool, I like what I hear so far. I definitely need to check them out, and logo-64 (good stuff).

The Screamers - Synthesizer Punk Rock

There is an intersting thread going on AH titled, "Best punk use of synth." A number of bands were called out, some of which were questioned as far as whether or not they were punk in the classic sense of punk. Well, the Screamers definitely were classic punk. They had a small stint in the late 70s in Los Angeles. They were a four piece band with Tomata Du Plenty - Vocals (R.I.P.), Tommy Gear - ARP Odyssey, David Braun - Fender Rhodes electric piano, and KK Barett - Drums. The Screamers were a band from 1977 - 1981. Notice no guitar or bass guitar, just the ARP Odyssey, Fender Rhodes and drums. Title link takes you to the Screamers page on http://www.punkrockers.com with some audio links (just above the pictures). Listen to them. What's crazy is that there are no guitars - this is not a bleepy synth experience, this is classic punk rock.



Other links worth checking out:

http://www.synthpunk.org/screamers
http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/Q-T/screamers.html
http://www.mp3.com/the-screamers/artists/334431/biography.html
http://www.synthpunk.org/