In this episode, we interview Sonja, aka Sofie Mikhaylova. Sonja is a DJ, experimental synth artist, music writer and editor, workshop organizer and facilitator, and creator of independent record label Biblioteka Records.  
We chat with Sonja about her new e-book Experimenting, avoiding trying to make music the "right" way, messages to our past musical self, and recording the physical sounds of her modular synth.

Gear 4 Queers Episode 2: Sofie Mikhaylova aka Sonja

Collision Hiss

CowBirds Will Live

I used to think this was a first, roughing-in take. Now after hundreds of listens, I can't bring myself to change anything.

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Eurorack modular demo with multiple tempos meandering through.  Features String Theory, Wogglebug, Telharfauxnium, and Turning Machine modules.

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Forbidden World Eurorack Chill 200322

PRESALES START 4/9/2020 FireScope BandCamp

ARTIST: Morphology 
TITLE: Horta Proxima
Label: FireScope Records 
Cat no: FS024
Format: Vinyl/Digital/CD
Artwork: Mass Roman
Genre: Techno
Release date: 28/9/2020
In 2018 Morphology released their third album, debuting on FireScope with Traveller. The sci-fi inspired ten tracker was an immediate success. It also marked a subtle evolution in the sound of the Finnish pioneers of Michael Diekmann and Matti Turunen. Compositions became more complex, melodies more refined. 2020 sees that transformation continue with the pair returning to FireScope for a brand new album: Horta Proxima.
This twelve track album, recorded between 2018 and 2019, sees the electronic partnership continue to further hone their audio craft. The otherworldly is ever present, in the liquid harmonies and sliding synths of “Photospehere” and the shapeshifting brightness of “Aphelion.” Countering these aural journeys into the beyond is a balance, the pulsing keys and crunched beats of “Rustbelt” and the fluid warmth of “Downlink” tethering the narrative to the here and now of terra firma. A central tenet of Horta Proxima is possibility, the possibilities of a technological future expressed through cables, filters, oscillations and permutations. Morphology have delved deeper into the potential of their machines, resurfacing with a wondrous wealth of musical works. From the chopped percussion of “Parsec” to the spirited playfulness of “Triangulum”, new advances and avenues have been explored by the duo. Despite the future gazing focus, the carnal persists. “Shadows from the Past” bares its teeth, rumbling drums chase sailing notes and acid spectres. And within this range, what the listener leaves with is an irrefutable sense of awe. The understated grandeur of “Luminous Entity”, the sensuous stratification of “Multiplex”, the reduced radiance of “Horta Proxima”, only go to further exemplify the respect and reverence this album deserves. 
Horta Proxima is firmly set in the Morphology canon. The collection is undeniably daring. Diekmann and Turunen have continued their musical journey from Traveller, pushing their sound further, developing their technique and delivering sheer quality. A beautifully crafted album that broadens themes and horizons, a musical milestone, a triumph. 
1.	Binary Star
2.	Photosphere
3.	Digitalis
4.	Rustbelt
5.	Parsec
6.	Luminous Entity
7.	Aphelion
8.	Downlink
9.	Triangulum
10.	Shadows from the Past
11.	Multiplex
12.	Horta Proxima

FS024 Morphology - Horta Proxima - FULL ALBUM PREVIEW

December

Chinook

Gear 4 Queers Podcast Episode 1:

In this episode, Heidi Chan and Laura Dickens chat with Dot Starkey, the owner and operator of the Lost Angles music label, about Vaporwave, Ciat-Lonbarde synths, and her most recent album release "We Questioned Everything". The vapornoise, plunderphonics-inspired release asks listeners: What does it mean for a queer and trans woman to be unable to see herself in the advertising and media  landscape of her childhood?

Links:

we questioned everything

https://hex-a-decimal.bandcamp.com/album/we-questioned-everything

Lost Angles
https://lost-angles.com/music

Heidi Chan's music:
https://bachelard.bandcamp.com/

Laura Dickens' music:
https://leucrocuta.bandcamp.com/

Gear 4 Queers Episode 1: Dot Starkey

Somehow, It's Still Winter

Technologist, software developer, musician, and gamer, n-b he/him.

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