Founder of the N&B Research Digest label and member of Night Prospekt, F.R.U.I.T.S., Volga, ASTMA and the Fake Cats Project among others, Alexei Borisov has been a key member of the Russian underground since the Soviet era. He is also the curator of the Noise And Fury festival of experimental music at the DOM Cultural Centre in Moscow.
Modulisme
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San Francisco residents Thomas Dimuzio, Tom Djll and Gino Robair are three leading lights in the world of improvisation and modular synthesis. All have been active on the ever-bountiful Bay Area experimental music scene for many years, and are interviewed below about their individual contributions to the Modulisme sessions organised by Philippe Petit. Their answers reveal the many and varied approaches, options and possibilities that the form offers […]
Doug Lynner started out as a keyboard and guitar player in psychedelic rock bands in California in the 1960s. Doug also teaches music composition and is known internationally for his modular synthesis performances and online tutorials. He was editor and publisher of Synapse magazine and currently helms the Neat Net Noise label. Doug improvises as Bloop Quack with R Duck on processed guitar, and the duo hosted a weekly live […]
Todd Barton has been composing for films, theatre, radio, quartets, orchestras and more besides over many decades. Nowadays, Todd teaches Buchla, Serge, Hordijk and eurorack online. and is a consulting artist for Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments. To accompany Todd’s session for Philippe Petit‘s Modulisme platform, Freq interviewed him about a life in modular synthesis.
Robin Rimbaud, best-known as Scanner, has been pushing the boundaries of soundscaping since he first brought intercepted unencrypted mobile phone conversations to the world of the avant-garde on his self-titled debut album in 1993. More than a couple of decades and tens of releases on, he provided Philippe Petit‘s Modulisme platform with a session and talks about it and his immersion in modular synthesis as part of Freq‘s […]
Turntablist, BiP_HOp and Pandemonium label owner, radio host and more, self-professed “musical travel-agent” Philippe Petit has been a tireless bastion of electronic and experimental music, having released more than fifty albums over the last decade alone, some featuring a cast of co-conspirators including Lydia Lunch, Edward Ka-Spel, James Johnston and Eugene S Robinson. His latest venture is Modulisme, a platform / label / radio programme to promote modular […]