This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on synthesist and producer Danalogue.

Danalogue is a founding member of The Comet Is Coming and half of Soccer96, and he’s recently released his debut solo album, Teleportations. The record imagines grief and upheaval as a science-fictional voyage and was sparked by a chance encounter with the artist Moebius that grew into an imagined civilization.

We talk about recording alone, with no one else’s voice in the room; why he calls his editing process a “distilled vodka”; and why he still believes imagination is the first step toward hope.

(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Danalogue’s Teleportations)

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Artist and Album:

• Visit Danalogue on Bandcamp and follow on Instagram
• Purchase Danalogue's Teleportations from Castles in Space, Bandcamp, or Qobuz, and listen on your streaming platform of choice
• Watch Danalogue playing live at Total Refreshment Centre

Bands and Projects:

• The Comet Is Coming
• Soccer96
• Flock

Label and Studio:

• Castles in Space (label)
• Total Refreshment Centre

Collaborators:

• Alabaster DePlume
• Snapped Ankles

Instruments:

• Roland Juno-60 (Vintage Synth Explorer)
• Roland SH-09 (Vintage Synth Explorer)

Cultural References:

• Moebius (Jean Giraud) — the comics artist behind the album's origin
• Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger (Hilaritas Press)
• C-Smash VRS with Ken Ishii — the VR game he scored (NME feature)

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