Everyone loves playing music stoned, but the (high) times they are a-changing. No disrespect to Bob Dylan covers strummed on “the quad” or psychedelic arsenals of guitar pedals, but these are ...

Back in 2018, Ian Reddick unveiled the Mercury Modular Guitar, which could be broken down into numerous components and packed into a small suitcase for travel. Now he's back with a pro guitar where ...

It is hard to imagine how the electronics hobby survived without the Internet. You found like-minded people and projects in magazines. And it is even harder to imagine what projects were in the ...

On this week’s episode of Lost Notes, composer and synth wizard Suzanne Ciani tells contributor Michelle Macklem the story of her journey in modular synthesis. Ciani’s story is one of breaking through ...

After a few delays, Teenage Engineering has now started shipping its new 170 modular synth and 16 keyboard combination. The Stockholm-based company has explained that the delays were caused by a few ...

In recent weeks, ambient modular synth videos have started popping up more frequently on YouTube. The videos center on the gear, with hands coming in and out of frame to slowly adjust a knob or push a ...

I’ve been a fan of abstract electronic music for decades, but I generally associate the genre with late-night radio, art spaces, or off nights at music clubs. In early November, a close friend, dub ...

The sounds of Matthew Ryals’ modular synthesizer are never too riling. In fact, the sequences heard in his nine-part series labeled “Generative Etudes” revolve through states of playfulness, ...