WHY WE BLEEP 011: TOM WHITWELL/MUSIC THING MODULAR

 
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On the one year anniversary of Why We Bleep, we decided to return to revisit our very first guest, the immense and fascinating Music Thing Modular-making journalist, consultant and all round thought-provoking person that is Tom Whitwell. In it we generally hang out and chat discuss all manner of music technology, gear, people, things and ideas. 

Shoutout to the work of the Yorkshire Sound Women's Network at the end of the podcast and the #audioequitypledge - Read about the Audio Equity Pledge and perhaps you might like to take it in 2019: https://drlizdobson.com/2018/08/28/audioequitypledge/

Read about the Yorkshire Sound Women's Network and the word they do here: https://yorkshiresoundwomen.com/about/

Things we discuss:

Andrew Nonlinearcircuits - http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com/?m=1
cellF - brains in a petri dish making music http://guybenary.com/work/cellf/ (kill it with fire please thanks)
Eurorack module with soil in it - https://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html
Cerith Wyn Evans - Composition for 37 Flutes https://hepworthwakefield.org/news/cerith-wyn-evans-wins-the-hepworth-prize-for-sculpture-2018/
Pow! Academy - https://m.facebook.com/powcademy.tv/?tsid=0.7207275966938277&source=result
The Pure Data Musican was called Aimee-Sofia Brown.
Tom’s Strange Music you can and should purchase on Bandcamp: https://tomwhitwell.bandcamp.com
Dave Bristow on Programming the DX7 https://youtu.be/JVsV6wAB5Gg
Even longer Dave Bristow talk on the DX7 https://youtu.be/pkaexAbLLFI
Tom’s DX7 MKII http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/dx7ii.php
Whimsical Raps Modules that are obviously amazing but are explained in a way I find baffling (whoops, “Mannequins” is their module, shows what I know) https://www.whimsicalraps.com
W/ ‘tape loop’ module https://www.whimsicalraps.com/products/wslash
Cold Mac module: https://www.whimsicalraps.com/pages/coldmac
John Cage Bot https://mobile.twitter.com/botwhitwell
John Cages Diary http://sigliopress.com/book/diary-how-to-improve-the-world/
George Antheil - The Bad Boy of Music https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil
Hedy Lamarr & George Anthiel Inventing Spread Spectrum Radio http://www.women-inventors.com/Hedy-Lammar.asp
Gottwood Festival (highly recommended) https://www.gottwood.co.uk
Houghton Festival (also highly recommended) https://www.houghtonfestival.co.uk
Moog DFAM https://www.moogmusic.com/products/dfam-drummer-another-mother
The New Sound of Music Documentary which includes Synthi 100: https://youtu.be/6MsyOe7xCqg
David Vorhaus: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/david-vorhaus
Gain bach’s youtube channel Hainbach - Resolution - YouTubehttps://m.youtube.com › watch
Fourtet Live on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5iL1nEyS7dk7ogGGosP91v?si=xK39AF6fRHuPT7jM6pFgTg
Eiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones Dream https://open.spotify.com/album/7fF92i519qJTQRu1yM36Gd?si=463WQvyHRPqoErHz1HNP0Q h/t to @frozenreeds on twitter
Zoo Look Album https://open.spotify.com/album/5AWvWkGvVtkZy9JfPYnLeS?si=dfpZscpgTISnruW2_-Ju_A
Aphexs New EP https://open.spotify.com/album/3SbGxJVC8fHv41RFKCGIl3?si=s8tAfaHwQLaFQd4HOz6wLQ
Sequentix Cirklon Sequencer https://www.sequentix.com/shop/cirklon-hardware-sequencer
Ableton Push 2 https://www.ableton.com/en/push/
Yamaha A4000 Sampler http://www.donsolaris.com/?p=764
HxC Floppy Emulator http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
My album of 2018 - Susumu Yokota - Sakura https://open.spotify.com/album/4eN1ho9NT7q1YlG5xDNYNM?si=p5vZ19NEQ4qy8iMx_BZ4vQ
Susumu Yokota - Symbol (Tom’s pick) https://open.spotify.com/album/0ntm3YaiXVkkGitWl2XASV?si=EtPlOryKSd-1lPrMJu1W6Q
Prince - Piano & a Microphone https://open.spotify.com/album/6gbmDvcU1JDPy1niL6YFJY?si=K257eaj4TI-5k6_iXupiQg
Beardytron’s amazing new music making rig - https://youtu.be/HbX6_IOhSgM
Thonk Prok Drum Modules https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/manufacturer/prok-modular/
Arturia Analog Lab https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/analoglab
Pygmy Gamelan http://pauldemarinis.org/PygmyGamelan.html

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