chaotic synthesis
In the early 2000's I was blessed with access to Sonology Analogue Studio BEA5. The admiration of low-level modular processing was instantly born
and the gems from that period can be found on earlier albums below. After 10 years of little to no access to CV gear the comeback to
analogue sound synthesis was a blast. Having saved good cash from teaching audio synthesis I decided to invest it back into a modular synth.
Additionally, the myriad design strategies of sound synthesis implementations saturated me and I was seeking to dismiss the cognitive agency. Quickly I realised
that non-linear inversions in feedback produce unexpected and unpredictable intermittencies. My developed modular instrument thus consists of
3 matrix mixers, 5+ folders 10+ filters and a few, ifa any of other standard components like envelopes, oscillators and such...
mono (2015) zipped
This is my first album using only analogue modular electronics exploring chaotic synthesis. It might seem that the music consists of layers, as usual,
but the fact is that these are actually monophonic, in both senses. There are no stereo signals and strictly speaking it is always a single
conmplex and and largely intermittent chaotic signal.
This is a system that is impossible to control and can only be steered. Akin to a good surf, the underlying forces are immense
and the task is to stay alive and discover unheard and intrinsically natural sounds of electrons freaking out.
01 sail for sale
02 scrap trap
03 coax hoax
04 bravo kravo
05 tub of sub
06 formal dismal
abhorrent (2017)
My admiration for free improvisation had many outlets starting with my postgrad studies in Birmingham. Some threads surrvived a decade and
flourished in this collaboration with Dominic Lash and Federico Reuben. Our attitudes seem to reaonate oh so well, and the recording of
our perofrmance in Bristol was deemed good enough to call it an album and stick it on
bandcamp
years apart (2023)
One of my favourite hungarian drummers is Aron Porteleki who has an extremely attentive musicality without lacking the progressive challenge.
David Pap has brought us together for an improvisational gig back in 2013 when I was excited by manipulating digital samples in a live setting.
10 years later we played another gig, this time with my modular and came up with the concept for this album combining the two. Find it on
bandcamp
qactus (2020)
In this album my admiration of microtonal scales meets the chaotic modular synthesis. Dunnja Crnjanski was initially interested to collaborate
and performed intriguing improvisations with the keyboard based instruments that I programmed. The album was released by EXILES and also sparked
an attempt for audio based video synthesis using macro photography. Find it on
bandcamp
disturbulence (2016)
These are recordings of improvisational performance with Misha Cvijovic and other musicians playing acoustic intruments. The challenge of
musical amalgamation with harsh noise may not have been fully accomplished yielding an uncanny duality. Nevertheless, tehe sincere intent
is transparent and there is little, if any space to doubt that we are on the same journey but with radically different tools and perceptions.
Albums are hosted on bandcamp
stale mate (2017)
Developing chaotic synthesis circuits it became apparent that they serve well as radical distortion effects. The sonorites were found very
radical for processing wind instruments. Of many duo performances with Attila Dora some were captured on an album hosted on bandcamp and a gig on
youtube
bicsaklom (2017)
Further developments chaotic procsessing yielded extreme timbres with voice inputs. Hence I sought actors and poets to explore this domain.
One such improvisational performance at Tilos radio became an album now hosted on bandcamp
jalovo (2019)
Marija Sukovic recites her poems through modular synth patches.
01 jalovo