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.
Galya Bisengalieva is a composer, producer and instrumentalist, whose violin playing features on works by Thom Yorke, Suzanne Ciani and Actress, as well as numerous film soundtracks including The Matrix Resurrections.
This unique combination of mixer and effects machine can be used standalone or as part of a modular setup.
The Xer Mixa mixer is something of a step out for Noise Engineering, but also takes the LA‑based company back to their roots.
Henrietta Smith‑Rolla, aka Afrodeutsche, bridges musical worlds like few others. The crossing of borders has always been a subject close to home for the British‑Ghanaian‑Russian‑German composer, DJ and producer, whose moniker was chosen after an exploration of her heritage.
The Sealegs is a reliably useful yet fabulously creative workhorse multi-mode delay module and a more‑than‑worthy sibling for the Rainmaker.
Gliss is the new Eurorack offering from innovative company Bela. A capacitive touch sensor with alleged sub‑millimetre accuracy(!) that promises a whole lot...
Modbap Modular’s Meridian is a dual digital filter that can switch between an array of modes and signal path...
Mexican‑Canadian songwriter and producer Andrea Rocha was classically trained and has worked with some of pop’s brightest stars, including Ellie Goulding, Gabrielle Aplin and Becky Hill.
With the UNO Synth Pro X, IK have upped their synth game and targeted ‘serious’ synthesists.
It was roughly a decade after moving to the UK from West Tokyo in 2004 that Japanese producer and artist Koichi Yamanoha came up with the kaleidoscopic mix of folk, art‑rock and psychedelia he calls Grimm Grimm.