The weekend of 27–28 September 2025 saw hundreds of electronic music enthusiasts descend upon Machina Bristronica to check out the latest gear, take part in a programme of discussions and check out a wide variety of live music. The SOS team went along for the weekend to see what’s new, and managed to get some overviews and demos from a handful of the event’s exhibitors.
Sequential Fourm
Announced in the week running up to the show, Sequential’s latest polysynth is not only their most affordable instrument to date, but also the first in over 40 years to come equipped with a polyphonic aftertouch keybed. Chris Calcutt gave us a quick overview of what’s on offer.
Enjoy Electronics ELFO
The latest Eurorack module from Enjoy Electronics packs in a whole host of LFO-based modulation capabilities, and boasts an intuitive touchscreen interface that provides some detailed hands-on control.
UDO Audio DMNO
Although it’s not quite ready for launch, Bristol-based UDO Audio couldn’t turn down the opportunity to show off their latest polysynth at their hometown show. Boasting a powerful dual-engine architecture and focusing on playability, the DMNO aims to bring something a little different to the company’s line-up.
PWM OSCar Rebirth
Since officially acquiring the OSCar brand, PWM have set about faithfully recreating the original hybrid synth. It’s still very much in the prototype phase and will be subject to a limited production run, but there was enough there for Paul Whittington to give us a quick overview!
Rides In The Storm
There was no shortage of new and recently released modules at the Rides In The Storm booth. We stopped by to check them out ahead of some planned SOS reviews.
AM Synths Diode-01
Another recreation of an old favourite (or rather favourites) came from AM Synths, whose latest prototype resurrects Roland’s popular System 101 and 102 synths.
RYK Modular Time Slice
RYK Modular were showing off the Time Slice, a new Eurorack module that combines a quad-channel looper and sampler with an array of built-in effects.
Instruo Pocket Scion
Instruo’s latest portable instrument creates soundscapes by interpreting data captured from living organisms. Jason Lim talks us through how they arrived at the design and shows us what it’s capable of.
Elektron Tonverk
Elektron’s new desktop sampler comes equipped with a new Subtrack system that allows each track to trigger multiple samples, and were kind enough to give us a quick demo.
