Sound Modules

Refreshingly shrewd and not a little iconoclastic, Ross Fish founded Møffenzeef Mødular with all the creativity and risk you might expect, given the modules in the Møffenzeef range.

Synthesist and producer Julien Guillot started his project Stazma the Junglechrist back in 2008, in his words at “the super violent and punk end” of the breakcore scene, before breaking out into more experimental territory.

Atop his role as one half of the wildly off‑kilter Unicorn Ship Explosion, Sasha Lewis has honed his craft working with the likes of Four Tet and Jon Hopkins, and has provided sound design for numerous film companies.

William Stokes talks to Tony Rolando, the founder, lead designer and co-owner of Make Noise, a modular synth company launched in 2008.

Jake Knight founded RYK Modular back in 2009, hitting the scene with the excellent M185 sequencer.

All things considered, Music Thing Modular founder Tom Whitwell can be considered part of the vanguard of Eurorack DIY as it stands today.

Eponymous founder of Swedish company Sebsongs, Malmö’s Sebastian Hastrup has burst onto the Eurorack scene in recent years...

Gur Milstein is the founder of Tiptop Audio, a developer with a litany of celebrated designs to their name; not least their Eurorack versions of legendary 200 series Buchla modules and the recent, groundbreaking ART system.

The founder of Glaswegian synth company Instruō, Jason Lim’s drop‑dead gorgeous designs have landed him among the UK’s most respected module designers.

Here Josh shares his own favourite modules, the story of Cycle Instruments and their impressive debut module: Tetrachords.

Eric Schlappi is the engine behind the eponymous Schlappi Engineering, whose latest spate of modules includes the extraordinary Three Body and recent headliner Nibbler.

In this first part of an occasional series exploring modular synthesis and live performance, Will Stokes talks to experimental electronic musician Scanner about the choice of his favourite modules he'll showcase in his closing performance.

Expert Sleepers’ Andrew Ostler gives us a blow‑by‑blow account of the thinking behind his new analogue modules.

As Neuzeit Instruments, German designer Thomas Hutmann is creating marvellous, original designs for Eurorack.

American musician and technologist Corry Banks, aka Bboytech, is the driving force behind Modbap.

Arushi Jain has toured the world over as Modular Princess, with a critically acclaimed brand of electronic composition infused with the influence of Hindustani classical music.

Having joined the team at Moog Music back in 2015, product strategist Max Ravitz was a key player in the development of the widely lauded Moog Mother‑32.

We profile Dutch designer Matthijs Munnik of Cosmotronic.

There’s a running gag in modular circles about how someone has just completed their system. But in a few days, maybe a week, other modules will start popping up out of drawers and things will change.

Musician, sound designer, educator and all‑round electronic sound sorceress, Lisa Bella Donna has built a reputation for herself as one of the most eminent synthesists anywhere.

As the man behind the phenomenally successful British developer ALM/Busy Circuits, Matthew Allum speaks all things modular.