I was invited to perform live at an electronica event organised by Ed from Elk Elektronik hosted at Society City in Wollongong.
You can see my performance in the video below:
Live at Society City, Wollongong
Journal
Studio Reorganisation
I was unhappy with the way my office/studio was organised and it took all weekend to tear it all out and assemble new. The new scheme is that one side is where all my work is and the other side is where the synths are. The sides even have different power circuits and can be switched on/off completely independently from each other.
Again I was amazed how many cables one needs for power, MIDI, and audio connections.
I also decided to keep all my Volcas and the Wavestate and they are now also all connected and ready to play!
Superbooth 2025
Superbooth was on again this year and I spent 4 frantic days with the guys at the AE Modular booth. This year we had tangible waves, BF Synth, Wonkystuff and Symbolic Circuits and it was chaotic, fun, entertaining, educational and very, very tiring!
Here are the videos from that week:
And a very special guest this year was Josh, who came all the way from California to jam with us with the Coils module which he is building and selling in the US.
Superbooth Berlin 2024
Superbooth was hectic again this year, especially with our own SupAEbooth inception booth! For the first time, Robert from tangiblewaves shared the booth with Toms aka Kyaa, John aka Wonkystuff and Gregory and Zeno from BFSynths. These guys were totally rocking it as you can see in this Instagram post:
Robert showed off the new IMDI modules which bring MIDI to the modular. Check out this video:
The other guys also had a lot of new gear to present so I wrapped all of their presentations into one loooong video (use the chapter links to navigate):
After 3 really full on days we all relaxed with some pizzas and beers and talked about what went well and what could be improved in future events. This video is probably for super nerds only, but it was fun to make, so enjoy!
Superbooth 2023 – HAND Hear what you see
Sascha is a really consummate artist and his work flows between the rhythmical (he’s a drummer by trade), the ambient (he gives workshops on how to make music with tapeloops) and the visual. For his visuals he’s interested in making sound visible by using old, fluorescent oscilloscope and sending audio into them which he programs using Pd, a graphical programming language for programming sound.
Please check out his gallery of images on his website: https://hearwhatyousee.de/
Superbooth 2023 – Matt Wand jamming with a tiny AE modular
Matt came prepared to Superbooth and smuggled this tiny system onto the premises. As you can see there is less than a handful of modules in there, but they pack a big punch as you will hear in this video.
Superbooth 2023 – Wonkystuff’s New MIDI Micromodules
I interviewed John from Wonkystuff and he demonstrated his new MIDI system complete with micromodules.
Superbooth 2023 – KYAA’s Revolutionary New Case
In this interview at Superbooth ’23, Toms aka KYAA is presenting his new case design for the AE Modular system. Not only is it super sturdy as it’s made of aluminium, but it also features an ingenious quick swap design where you can easily plug modules in and out of the case.
Robert Langer – A Patch from Scratch
In May 2022 I visited Robert and the tangible waves team at their headquarters in Murnau in Bavaria. After a series of interviews and videos about the production workflow, Robert showed me his little sanctuary, a former chapel within the building which he has rented to play music and to get inspiration for his module creations. Here, Robert is showing us his process of creating a performance from scratch in the style of Klaus Schulze who had just died a few days before we recorded this video.
New Studio
Here is a little jam from my new studio setup. After many weeks of low energy, creative block and procrastination I finally took the time to sit down with my synths and try to merge them all together into a short jam.