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Billy Gomberg, Carving Towards Coherency
My first contact with Billy Gomberg’s work happened almost by coincidence. In the early days of Mutable Instruments’ inception, we were among the few people to get hold of a Shruti-1 kit. The community...
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Matthias Puech, Explicit Intentions
The name Matthias Puech probably needs little introduction to most of you. He first became known through his alternate, “parasite” firmware projects for Mutable Instruments modules. Later he worked...
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Chosen Waves 016: midcentury modular – arp of contemplation
arps is the first album by Raleigh-based John Mitchell, aka midcentury modular. His work has been influenced by some of the known acts from the modular world, mostly: Matthias Puech with his A Year Of...
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Modular Spaces Pt.2: Cozy Corners
In the first Modular Spaces episode we looked at wardrobes and closets. Spaces where music-making and the rest of life can be clearly separated when needed. In this new episode we’ll look at the...
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Can I Borrow That Synth For a Moment?
Did you know that there is a Synth Museum in Switzerland? They are called Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments (SMEM) and are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund what...
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Modular Spaces Pt.3: Work/Music Balance
It’s been quite a while since the last Modular Spaces installment, but we’re back with a very special one. I’m calling this “work/music” balance, and it’s a topic that touches me personally quite a...
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Chosen Waves 017: Lucid Grain
The world of modular synthesis is sometimes a world made of solitary exploration, of musical monologues. You don’t encounter many projects that involve more than one person, let alone “modular bands”....
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Modular Spaces pt.4: Focused Desks
In the previous instalments of Modular Spaces we’ve been looking at all sorts of places for musical creation: wardrobes, corners and even people’s workplaces. This time, it’s the most obvious location...
View ArticleA Look Back and a Look Forward
We started this blog in 2015, on april 1st. It could have been an april fool, but our intent was actually pretty serious. We set out to create a magazine in blog form, that would provide the community...
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Blinking Lights 004: One Last Thing
I’ve recently started to do album trades. It’s a fun way to discover new music and get in touch with other musicians. Through such a trade I got this lovely album, by the Portuguese musician João M....
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My relationship with eurorack
We’re really happy to present you this first guest post on Horizontalpitch by Claude Aldous. Claude creates a very interesting print-only fanzine called Deft Esoterica. If you’re into exploratory,...
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Chosen Waves 018: Lucid Grain – Lost Memories
Welcome back to another episode of Chosen Waves! Before we get to the track and what the artists have to tell us about it, a little service announcement. As you might notice in a minute, this format...
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Foghorns
A little collaboration between me and Marc from disquiet.com. I hope you’re all well out there! Keep safe!
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Mentors
As usual this is a collaboration with Marc from disquiet.com. I promise that I’ll be posting some other content as well some time in the future! Life has been surprisingly busy, despite the lockdown...
View ArticleBlinking Lights 005: Fuzzy Loops
Some things old and new. As mentioned in one of the previous Blinking Lights posts I do like to swap albums with other artists. So far, all these trades have brought me into possession of some...
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Chosen Waves 019: Hélène Vogelsinger – Illumination
Title: IlluminationArtist: Hélène VogelsingerAlbum: ContemplationYear: 2020Label: Modularfield Contemplation by Hélène Vogelsinger Hélène Vogelsinger, photo by Chalisk Pito How was this track born?...
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