Saturday, September 20, 2025
Programma 900 2.0 - Dorcrinx Time
video upload by Saß
"Today I just felt like messing around with the first experimental DSP algorithm contained within the Programma 900 2.0: Dorcrinx Time. A quick and simple pattern played into the midi recorder/looper easily turns into an ambient soundscape with just a few adjustments of the knobs and sliders. Feel free to sample or remix any part of this video or let me know your favorite part. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed playing! See you in the next one!"
Elektron Tonverk Jam | Arp Bass, Preset Percussion & Simple Melody
video upload by Bobo makes music
"A straightforward jam with the Elektron Tonverk. I used an arp for the bass, some lead sounds, and percussion from a preset I really liked, then added a short melody on top. A bit quirky, but I enjoyed making it and jamming."
Melodic jam on Syntakt and Digitone ✨🎶✨
video upload by Speldosa
"In this song, called 'Golden', I'm aiming for a more melodic jam on the Syntakt/Digitone combo. Everything you hear is recorded in a single take and captured straight from the Analog Heat +FX."
subconscious ... Elektron Tonverk ... ambient
video upload by substan
"Welcome Tonverk ... I thought you were different and a little more mature but I already love you very much.
A performance on the new Elektron Tonverk.
Recorded in one take into Zoom M4.
Mastered in post.
The project file, music and a temporary sample pack on Patreon.
The great support from my patrons makes all of this possible ... thank you so much guys !! / substan
Substan Bandcamp Page: https://substan.bandcamp.com
Get substan sound packs here:
https://www.patreon.com/substan/shop
https://substan.gumroad.com"
Dirtywave M8 Tracker Model:02 & Buchla Music Easel : DOF 2025-09-20 by atnr
video upload by atnr
"A piece created with @Dirtywave M8 Tracker Model:02 and @buchlausa Music Easel. Electronica where phrases shift and evolve through micro-loops.
The Music Easel receives MIDI sequences from the M8 Tracker, while its sliders are used to modulate oscillators. The output is processed through @ChaseBlissAudio MOOD MKII with micro-loop, delay, and reverb effects, creating variations in the phrases.
On the M8, rhythm parts and harmonies are played. In LIVE MODE, phrases are switched while occasionally tweaking the synth filter."
Friday, September 19, 2025
Barry Schrader “Ambient : Aether”


Acclaimed electronic composer Barry Schrader has a new release out titled “Ambient : Aether”.
You can find an interview I did with him in 2015 here. It includes many of the rare and unique instruments he has used over the years. You can find additional posts featuring Barry Schrader here.
Press release follows (note the accolades):
At 80, Barry Schrader — hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “a composer born to the electronic medium” — releases his first album of new music in over a decade. Ambient : Aether blends ambient textures, distortion, and noise with Schrader’s celebrated sound design, creating an immersive journey through Earth’s atmospheric layers into the unknown.
Composed in 2024–2025, the work experiments with stylistic features of ambient music and controlled distortion. While ambient elements have appeared in Schrader’s earlier works, this is the first album to intentionally embrace the style — yet it remains rooted in his techniques of musical development and timbral transformation. All sounds were created using computer and software; no acoustic sources were used.
Track List
1. Cloudrise (15:12) — Ever‑changing skies in sound.
2. Atmospheric Rivers (13:32) — Torrents of vapor dissolving into rivulets.
3. Supernal Ascent (15:50) — Layered voyage through: Troposphere [0:00], Stratosphere [2:52], Mesosphere [5:30], Thermosphere [8:30], Exosphere [12:26].
4. Aether (15:42) — At the edge of mystery.
5. Selected Review Quotes
ATMOSPHERE & IMAGERY
“Schrader feels vast, expansive, timeless.” — Perfect Circuit “Imbued with mystery… ageless appeal.” — AllMusic
TECHNICAL MASTERY
“A composer born to the electronic medium.” — Los Angeles Times “Uses timbre fully as a structural tool.” — Gramophone
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
“Conjures up a whirlwind of emotion from some primeval source.” — Bebe Barron. “…outsynthesized Tangerine Dream in its hypnotic electronic coloration.” — New York Times
Barry Schrader has been acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as “a composer born to the electronic medium” and described by Gramophone as a creator of “approachable electronic music with a distinctive individual voice to reward the adventurous.” His works for electronics, dance, film, video, mixed media, live/electro‑acoustic music, and real‑time computer performance have been presented worldwide.
He is the founder and first president of SEAMUS (Society for Electro‑Acoustic Music in the United States) and recipient of the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award. Schrader has authored Introduction to Electro‑Acoustic Music and contributed to The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grolier’s Encyclopedia, and Contemporary Music Review. He taught composition at CalArts from 1971 until his retirement in 2016 as Professor Emeritus, and has also taught at UC Santa Barbara, California State University Los Angeles, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His music is released on Innova, SEAMUS, Laurel, Opus One, Centaur, Pure Destructive Records, and Ex Machina."
You can find Barry Schrader’s full bio at https://barryschrader.com/bio-works
https://barryschrader.bandcamp.com/
Elevation – MUSIC FOR PEAK (EP) [Novation Peak Synthesizer]
video upload by Michele Cataneo Music
"🌌 Elevation is the first track revealed from my upcoming EP MUSIC FOR PEAK (EP), created entirely with the Novation Peak synthesizer.
A sonic ascent of layered textures and evolving atmospheres, where every sound rises and expands toward new heights.
🎧 Close your eyes, breathe, and let the climb begin.
📀 MUSIC FOR PEAK (EP) – Coming Soon"
FSOL:DIGITANA - SX ONE IMPROVISATIONS
The Future Sound Of London : Minimally Conscious video upload by Stadtkind32
Note the video above is from seven years ago. The album below was re-released today, September 19, 2025, with additional tracks.
"Live improvisations using the FSOL: DIGITANA SX-1 SYNTH
A pitch and tempo is decided, a timeline is peppered with hits and noises,
These act as cue markers to "move" the synth settings and sequences forward.
A set of sequences were created and stored for random access
The main time generator is started and the result is recorded to 1/4" 15ips tape on a Nagra IVs
originally released October 2017 produced by yage for EbV 2017
now with 4 additional tracks
Recorded Live at 9LW"
TMP-3-05 Vintage Synth TV Series from Benge
video upload by Memetune Studio
00:00 Opening Titles
00:17 Introduction
01:25 Switched On 80s
12:54 Little Black Boxes
15:48 Commercial Break
17:26 Patching Today
26:07 Synthesiser Club
29:19 Video Lab
33:44 Outro
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Episode five of the third series of the TV program from Benge, made at his Memetune Electronic Music Studio
The series explores his passion for vintage synthesiser instruments and studio gear and how he uses them in his productions and collaborations
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