In this Sonic TALK special, we talk to Eric Persing of Spectrasonics - legendary sound designer and synthesist whose career spans some of the major changes in synthesis and music technology

We start with a reflection of the great David Bowie - Rich Hilton worked with Bowie on Black Tie White Noise and has a unique insight into his creative process, then its on to NAMM stories - Clavia tease something piano-ey, Dave Rossum is building EMU style modules, Akai are asking if we want an AX73 reissue.

We welcome 2016 with our first show of the year. We talk Mogees rhythm system, New Years resolutions, Immersive Audio Magic Ball mic system, and a little bit of NAMM chat.

Last show of the year, Gaz actually joins us from a Christmas Party! After the panel show and tell their latest gadgets, we talk Mariah Carey trapped in a MIDI file, Misa Digital super step sequencer, Modstep iOS sequencer, Blue's Star Wars Mics, Nanosynth NS1 - micro modular.

A rare and welcome appearance from composer PJ Tracy, joins us to discuss the Native Instruments Una Corda piano Kontakt instrument, Red Martian gets his stuff pressed to Edison wax cylinder, the panel also discuss their choices for gear of the year. And Gaz tries to convince PJ to dive into Ableton Live...

We start with a look at the DBX GoRack, a portable PA enhancing solution, then Tim Exile's Reaktor 6 based instrument Flesh, the panel disclose a few of their favourite utilities, the Mandala V3 drum pad system, and Markus Fuller's Boutique JP-08 teardown.

We talk to Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet about his journey into electronic music from early beginnings to the hugely successful Deep Forest project - which merged ethnic soundscapes with chilled beats over many albums.