Data Cult Audio

About:

Lindell Todd is an Atlanta native who has been experimenting with sound for over 20 years. His earliest recordings on 4-track cassette were handed out in small, hand-dubbed batches and included prepared guitars, pianos, DIY percussion, and an Ensoniq Mirage sampler.

Sound design with guitars and pedals eventually led him down the path to hardware synthesizers, samplers and sequencers, and over the past several years, modular synthesizers.

This piece for Data Cult Audio, entitled “Requiem for Tom Crawford”, is for Lindell’s step-father. Performed on a customized Make Noise Shared System, the patterns are mostly generative but with plenty of input from the artist throughout.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/lindelltodd/

https://lindelltodd.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/lindelltodd

Sound designer, Gold Record-selling musician and audio engineer James Bernard is addicted to sound.

As a young video game junkie in the 1980ʼs, James was immediately drawn to the quirky blips and bleeps coming from the speakers. After completing a course in audio engineering, James became involved in the early rave scene in New York in the early 1990s. He went on to become both an electronic musician with releases on many well-respected labels in the USA and UK and a sound designer/product specialist for major music instrument manufacturers (Korg, Propellerhead) and is currently part of the team at Spectrasonics.

His first release was the ambient album “Atmospherics” on the well respected UK label, Rising High Records in 1994 and is considered by many to be one of the classic ambient albums of itʼs time. James also produced many early trance tunes as “Influx” during the early 90s and later on shifted his sound to more of an Ambient/IDM/Acid vibe.

Working with a combination of software, hardware and modular synths, James continues to shape his sound and incorporate all the different elements and styles of electronic music that have influenced him over the last 20 years.

James also composes and releases ambient electronic music with his wife Cynthia as Awakened Souls and electronic indie vibes as Syntillas.

For this podcast, James wanted to take listeners on a journey through many different peaks and valleys. This musical journey includes many unreleased works, incorporating modular and software compositions, vocal DSP treatments of Cynthiaʼs voice and also a guest appearance from his youngest daughter Mia on one of the vocal treatments.

James has recently performed at the LA Modular On The Spot events and at many different electronic music events around the world, sharing the stage with artists such as Juan Atkins, DNTEL, Spacetime Continuum (Jonah Sharp) and many more.

Links:

https://jamesbernard.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/james-bernard

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6d20guq0wJ6Z4sQGucU85q? si=wRsYoq74SPmdKc6wzuNwwg

https://awakenedsouls.bandcamp.com/releases https://soundcloud.com/syntillas

Durant is the musical project of Fabrizio Durant. Based In Mexico City, Mexico, Durant performs regularly, and has been a featured performer for both Mutek Mexico and Boiler Room.

Drawing influence from punk, IDM and trip hop, Fabrizio prefers to work with a simple set up consisting of a Korg Volca FM, an Electric and various pedals to create a rich textured sound.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/durvnt/

https://soundcloud.com/dur_ant

https://www.facebook.com/fabrizio.durant

About:

Based out of Berlin, Germany, electro-acoustic music composer and perfomer Hainbach (Opal Tapes, Limited Interest) creates shifting audio landscapes, which THE WIRE called "One hell of a trip". Using esoteric synthesizers, magnetic tape and idiophones he has become known for his immersive live performances and eclectic YouTube videos.

Links:

hainbachmusik.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeovElJP0n0i8ADaPsRSd8g

Normandy Falls is an LA based artist who focuses on using primarily eurorack modular systems for his recordings and for live sets. He started producing electronic music in 2012 after being in various accoustic bands. Normandy's first full album "Arrangements Of The Cosmos" was released on Aural Canyon (an Austin based label) in Feb of 2018. 

"Pygoscelis" was recorded live in one take using a eurorack modular system. All effects have been done using eurorack as well. This song is inspired by the migration of the chinstrap penguin, starting in Antarctica, swimming North to warmer S. American waters, and then returning back to Antarctica. 

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/normandy_falls/

https://normandyfalls.bandcamp.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEW7pq2QHAnnVPBQwykiWtQ

https://open.spotify.com/album/4hrncm2MlsXHvwjWxzpSBd

E Alo is an electronic music composer based in Phoenix, Arizona. She creates down/mid tempo, melodic, rhythmic, electronic instrumentals. All compositions are made from scratch, and are completely original.

Her goal is to create sonic fairytales that take listeners on a journey, and impart an experience that will resonate and rejuvenate souls of her listeners.

Links:

www.ealomusic.net

www.facebook.com/ealomusic

www.soundcloud.com/ealomusic

www.instagram.com/ealomusic

KKempes is the solo project by Alessandro Rizzato, dedicated to using modular synthesizers to produce cinematographic soundscapes and dilated environments.

In his performances he plays live music using a limited set of modules (no samplers, no tapes, no laptops, thus accentuating the minimalism of the composed music.

Based in Bologna, Italy, Alessandro is an electronic musician, microelectronic engineer, composer, producer, sound designer and A/V artist. Author of numerous soundtracks, in 2018 he began collaborating with the Italian-Argentine videomaker Dario-Alejandro Barletta, creating the audio/video duo KKEMPES & DRONE which performs TROPOSFERA, a striking audio/video performance.

In 2017 KKempes released the first EP All Grains Around (2017, SwitchMusic Recordings), and in 2015-2016 he participated in the TORAKIKI project releasing two albums Mondial Frigor (2015 Torakiki Music) and AVESOM (2016 Symbiotic Cube).


Links:

https://switchmusicrec.bandcamp.com/album/all-grains-around

https://soundcloud.com/kkempes

https://www.instagram.com/kkempe.s/

tsone (Tony Obr) is a musician, sound designer, composer, visual artist and educator. He often works at the confluence of art, technology, and performance, focusing on innovative uses of sound in musical and non-musical contexts. His work frequently centers on the development of interactive systems for electronic music performance, dance performance, and art installation. He plays live electronics and woodwinds in the performance art, experimental noise and free-improv ensemble Datura, as well as with saxophonist Keith Kelly in their duo Slender Loris. Since 2013 he has worked as chief sound designer, and has developed interactive sound systems for Grisha Coleman’s echo::system.

His visual design has been featured in album artwork and poster design, most notably for the record label txt recordings. As an educator he has taught electronic music and sound design courses at Paradise Valley Community College since 2014. As a composer he works under the monikers tsone and Horizons. His compositions can be characterized as ranging from warm, gauzy, electronic detritus to blast of impenetrable walls of sound. His work has been released on a number of international recording labels including: Home Normal, txt recordings, Tessellate Recordings, Stereoscenic, Tsuku-Boshi, Audiotalaia, Dark Era Tapes, and Pocket Fields.

Look for new releases from tsone coming soon on Sunwarped Records/Schematic Records, Home Normal, and txt recordings.

LINKS:

https://www.tonyobr.net/

https://tsone.bandcamp.com/

https://omega-seed.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/tsone

https://www.instagram.com/tonyobr/

r beny is the electronic ambient project of California-based artist, Austin Cairns. Through the use of modular synthesizers, samplers, and tape loops, Cairns weaves a sonic bouquet of vestigial textures and melodies. recalling forest drives, coastal cliffs, lost loves, and half-imagined memories like light gleaming through the trees.

Links:

https://rbeny.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/rbeny

https://www.instagram.com/austinthecairns/

Ed Kennedy is an audio and video synthesist hailing from Phoenix, AZ.

Having started out in 2000 DJing on the West Coast of Canada, he developed his style into house, trip hop, and techno as he moved into the production realm.

By using modular synthesis for live music, his music stays improvisational and generative - never the same thing twice.

Ed also currently organizes a local synth meetup in Phoenix that showcases local artists.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/edwerk/

https://soundcloud.com/edkennedy