SOUND ON SOUND
William Stokes is a writer and musician in three-piece avant-psych band Voka Gentle. He has written on music and music technology for The Guardian, MOJO, The Financial Times and more.
With Voka Gentle he has made records with producers from Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, Nick Cave) to Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Roger Waters).
As well as being a guitarist and pianist, he is a synthesis enthusiast with a particular interest in sampling and sound manipulation.
Aimo Scampa designs modules under the moniker of Manifold Research Centre, with an approach that’s as off‑the‑wall as it is fascinatingly clever...
Malena Zavala pauses her cross‑cultural synth‑guitar pop career to answer SOS's nine core production questions...
New York‑based producer Randall Dunn answers the SOS quickfire questions.
There are a multitude of excellent Eurorack sequencers available in all shapes and sizes. Principally they all fulfil a...
American synthesist Josh Mason’s latest release, Utility Music, is a rather stunning demonstration of the Doepfer A‑100...
Engineer Shuta Shinoda faces the SOS nine-question treatment...
German DIY electronics whiz Moritz Klein and Erica Synths founder Girt Ozolins explain the motivation behind their mki x es.EDU collaboration.
We explore the first two DIY synth modules resulting from the Erica Synths/Moritz Klein collaborative venture that is mki x es.EDU.
“New modules (not a new Disting)” declared an Expert Sleepers Instagram post shortly before the announcement of a ...
Mylar Melodies has in recent years ascended to become one of the Internet’s premier educators in all things modular.