Would you like to learn about a novel way to make music that's available to you right now, completely free, improvisational, and insanely powerful? Today we meet Alex McLean and discuss the magic of Algorave - aka: making improvised music onstage by writing and editing small lines of code. It’s an amazing art form and Alex is the person who coined the term ‘Algorave’, and created TidalCycles, a free program for live coding, and is a great advocate for the art form. Links below to watch...

Discussing a surprising career in directing ads & computer graphics, how he then created the legendary M185 sequencer, and much electronic nerdery with legend Jake of RYK Modular. Thanks to Matt Milligan for editing this episode. If you enjoy this, please share it! BUY RYK MODULES: https://www.ryk-modular.com/products THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & https://www.thonk.co.uk/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies Links to Some...

Discussing the music making process, beating bad habits and “doing a f*cko” with Alex Robertshaw and Jonathan Higgs of the excellent band Everything Everything. Ensure more Why We Bleeps get created by supporting the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies BUY THEIR RECORDS (AND SEE THEM LIVE): https://everything-everything.co.uk/ THANKS TO SPONSORS: http://signalsounds.com & https://www.thonk.co.uk/ LINKS TO STUFF WE DISCUSS ▶︎ Ableton Live:...

A freewheeling conversation about nearly everything with the fantastically interesting Tom Whitwell. Ensure more Why We Bleeps get created by supporting the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies BUY TOMS MODULES: https://musicthing.co.uk/ THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & https://www.thonk.co.uk/ LINKS TO STUFF WE DISCUSS Tom’s Residential Workshop in April 2024 he’s doing: https://dyski.co/Tom-Whitwell-Sound-Maps 52 things Tom Learned in 2023:...

LISTEN ELSEWHERE & SUPPORT ▶︎ https://www.whywebleep.com/ ▶︎ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-we-bleep/id1338201154 ▶︎ https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies MORE FROM SAM: ▶︎ https://www.lookmumnocomputer.com/ ▶︎ https://www.youtube.com/lookmumnocomputer THANKS TO SPONSORS ▶︎ https://www.signalsounds.com/  ▶︎ https://www.thonk.co.uk/  (Check out the two samplers mentioned: https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/sebsongs-sampler/ &...

Talking origins, 101 filters, product design and more with Danjel Van Tijn of Intellijel. 🎙✨ LINKS INTELLIJEL: https://intellijel.com/ THANKS TO SPONSORS https://www.signalsounds.com/ - for all kinds of gear https://www.thonk.co.uk/ - for easy synth DIY and desktop gear! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it!

Clark: https://throttleclark.com/ Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies THANKS TO SPONSORS https://www.signalsounds.com/ - for all kinds of gear https://www.thonk.co.uk/ - for easy synth DIY If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! Thanks to Matt Milligan for editing this episode.

Synclavier Digital: https://www.synclavier.com/ Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies THANKS TO SPONSORS https://www.signalsounds.com/ - for all kinds of gear https://www.thonk.co.uk/ - for easy synth DIY If you enjoyed this episode, please share it!

Talking synths, music making, and what is the best console, with Rival Consoles! ✨ Buy or stream Ryan's new album Now Is, here: https://www.erasedtapes.com/release/eratp153-rival-consoles-now-is - and see him live! Support Why We Bleep on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies Support Why We Bleep for free by sharing this episode with friends. Check out our Episode Sponsors: https://www.signalsounds.com/ - for all kinds of gear https://www.thonk.co.uk/ - for easy synth...

Discussing inspiration, Buchlas and the magic of practice, with composer and live performer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith! ✨

Discussing his cyclical production process, musical roots, tricks of his live show, the weirdness of album reviews and all things music making with Grammy award winning sound chap James Blake! ✨

Where Tom interviews Mylar about inspiration, the gear that started a 20+ year journey, life behind the curtains in the gear industry, and expressing the music of the cosmos.

Discussing simplicity, synth-spirations, and the stepped (not smooth) story behind making Make Noise, with founder and designer Tony Rolando! ⚡

Discovering how to turn modular jams into finished albums, and much more, with industry legends Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones, aka Sunroof!

Discussing limitations, cirklons, two sequencers arguing, an all-envelope modular, gear ergonomics and the terror of repeating yourself in the studio with ambient bleeper and 50% of Simian Mobile Disco Jas Shaw!

Talking about Prince, the punk power of the sampler, how to make deadlines stick, and gear aplenty with almighty musician and podcaster Jamie Lidell!

Talking texture, tape, totems of test equipment, the future, the past, the perils of posting fifty year old hundred pound devices in boxes without any padding, and more, with musician & YouTuber Hainbach!

Chatting about re-inventing Delia Derbyshire, exploring underground vintage synth bunkers and the transcendent nature of music with Grammy-nominated musician Hannah Peel! LINKS ➤ Buy Hannah's new album 'Fir Wave' here: https://hannahpeel.tmstor.es/ ➤ Listen to ‘Emergence in Nature’: https://youtu.be/FtqJ4eRrTso ➤ Listen to ‘Ecovocative': https://youtu.be/btJs0D8syXg ➤ Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies THANKS TO SPONSORS http://www.signalsounds.com The...

A deep dive into the magical heart of reverb design, with the industry's most passionately reverberant person: Sean Costello of Valhalla DSP! LINKS ➤ If you enjoyed this, please buy Sean's plugins, since they're only $50 each (Get Delay and Vintage Verb first is my recommendation, plus the free ones!): https://valhalladsp.com/ ➤ Sign up to Sean's creativity newsletter project: https://valhalladsp.com/creative/ ➤ Here's the great talk on reverb design Sean did:...

Talking about a year of unfinished projects, future Turing Machines, hearing the ISS in the garden, the great hardware vs software debate and how Tom's been freaking out his neighbourhood with the spooky Soma Ether. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! BUY TOM’S MODULES: https://musicthing.co.uk/ THANKS TO SPONSORS: http://signalsounds.com The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/mylarmelodies02211

A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Talking Glasgow club scene mania, inserting unsolicited items into customer orders, the perils of opening a gear shop and more besides with gear pushers/lovely people Aleks & Jason of Signal Sounds. Thanks and big love to Signal Sounds for being so dang supportive of this podcast over the years, as well as being some of my favourite people to chat to. Buy your musical items from them at: www.signalsounds.com

Talking live improvisation, less gear being more and the limitless possibilities of techno with legendary DJ & performer Anthony Child, aka Surgeon. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! LINK TO SURGEONS TUNES: https://dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com/ THANKS TO SPONSORS: http://signalsounds.com The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/mylarmelodies11201

Talking vintage synths, musical process, long lost instruments and learning to listen more intently with one of the brightest stars of electro-acoustic music - Sarah Davachi! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! LINK TO SARAH’S MUSIC: https://latemusic.ffm.to/cantusdescant THANKS TO SPONSORS: http://signalsounds.com The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/mylarmelodies10201

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