A little look at some of the possibilitie sof Loquelic Vereor, an interesting synth which gets to some fairly unique sonic territory with very little prompting. Here we use LaunchEon as a "Super Modulator" to really get the juice out of Loquelic, and very minimal processing other than a tiny bit of reverb and feedback delay.

Loquelic Vereor Vs LaunchEon

Is it Percussion or is it Synth?

Normandy Falls is an LA based artist who focuses on using primarily eurorack modular systems for his recordings and for live sets. He started producing electronic music in 2012 after being in various accoustic bands. Normandy's first full album "Arrangements Of The Cosmos" was released on Aural Canyon (an Austin based label) in Feb of 2018. 

"Pygoscelis" was recorded live in one take using a eurorack modular system. All effects have been done using eurorack as well. This song is inspired by the migration of the chinstrap penguin, starting in Antarctica, swimming North to warmer S. American waters, and then returning back to Antarctica. 

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/normandy_falls/
https://normandyfalls.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEW7pq2QHAnnVPBQwykiWtQ
https://open.spotify.com/album/4hrncm2MlsXHvwjWxzpSBd

Data Cult Audio 0074 - Normandy Falls

About:
Based out of Berlin, Germany, electro-acoustic music composer and perfomer Hainbach (Opal Tapes, Limited Interest) creates shifting audio landscapes, which THE WIRE called "One hell of a trip". Using esoteric synthesizers, magnetic tape and idiophones he has become known for his immersive live performances and eclectic YouTube videos.

Links:
hainbachmusik.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeovElJP0n0i8ADaPsRSd8g

Data Cult Audio 0075 - Hainbach

Durant is the musical project of Fabrizio Durant. Based In Mexico City, Mexico, Durant performs regularly, and has been a featured performer for both Mutek Mexico and Boiler Room. 
Drawing influence from punk, IDM and trip hop, Fabrizio prefers to work with a simple set up consisting of a Korg Volca FM, an Electric and various pedals to create a rich textured sound.

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/durvnt/
https://soundcloud.com/dur_ant
https://www.facebook.com/fabrizio.durant

Data Cult Audio 0076 - Durant

Sound designer, Gold Record-selling musician and audio engineer James Bernard is addicted to sound.
As a young video game junkie in the 1980ʼs, James was immediately drawn to the quirky blips and bleeps coming from the speakers. After completing a course in audio engineering, James became involved in the early rave scene in New York in the early 1990s. He went on to become both an electronic musician with releases on many well-respected labels in the USA and UK and a sound designer/product specialist for major music instrument manufacturers (Korg, Propellerhead) and is currently part of the team at Spectrasonics.
His first release was the ambient album “Atmospherics” on the well respected UK label, Rising High Records in 1994 and is considered by many to be one of the classic ambient albums of itʼs time. James also produced many early trance tunes as “Influx” during the early 90s and later on shifted his sound to more of an Ambient/IDM/Acid vibe.
Working with a combination of software, hardware and modular synths, James continues to shape his sound and incorporate all the different elements and styles of electronic music that have influenced him over the last 20 years.
James also composes and releases ambient electronic music with his wife Cynthia as Awakened Souls and electronic indie vibes as Syntillas.
For this podcast, James wanted to take listeners on a journey through many different peaks and valleys. This musical journey includes many unreleased works, incorporating modular and software compositions, vocal DSP treatments of Cynthiaʼs voice and also a guest appearance from his youngest daughter Mia on one of the vocal treatments.
James has recently performed at the LA Modular On The Spot events and at many different electronic music events around the world, sharing the stage with artists such as Juan Atkins, DNTEL, Spacetime Continuum (Jonah Sharp) and many more.

Links:
https://jamesbernard.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/james-bernard
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6d20guq0wJ6Z4sQGucU85q? si=wRsYoq74SPmdKc6wzuNwwg
https://awakenedsouls.bandcamp.com/releases https://soundcloud.com/syntillas

Data Cult Audio 0077 - James Bernard

About:
Lindell Todd is an Atlanta native who has been experimenting with sound for over 20 years. His earliest recordings on 4-track cassette were handed out in small, hand-dubbed batches and included prepared guitars, pianos, DIY percussion, and an Ensoniq Mirage sampler. 

Sound design with guitars and pedals eventually led him down the path to hardware synthesizers, samplers and sequencers, and over the past several years, modular synthesizers. 

This piece for Data Cult Audio, entitled “Requiem for Tom Crawford”, is for Lindell’s step-father.  Performed on a customized Make Noise Shared System, the patterns are mostly generative but with plenty of input from the artist throughout. 

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/lindelltodd/
https://lindelltodd.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/lindelltodd

Data Cult Audio 0078 - Lindell Todd

About:
Julia Bondar is a self-taught electronic music artist. She is most known as part of dark, minimal wave project - Principal Uno which is recently released their debut album BLCK NOIR. 

Being a primary part of the company Endorphins, a company focused creating modular synths, Julia has had the opportunity to discover a wide range of musical genres. This experience has helped her to develop a unique sound of her own. She extremely fluent in using acoustic electronic instruments on the stage, and has created a signature sound that is comprised of dark, mysterious danceable rhythms.

Links:
https://principaluno.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/pral1

Data Cult Audio 0079 - Julia Bondar

Data Cult Audio 0081 - ΛØN

About:
Swiss born and LA based Olivier B. Egli aka Sir Archibald Palmer aka Nundale has been involved in electronic music since his early teens. Fascinated by the darker tunes of industrial and electronic body music as well as the rolling punch of early 90s hiphop, he went on to produce beats for Swiss and German acts and released his first EP at the age of 15. In his tracks he seeks to live out his passion for meticulously constructed and micro edited beats (some of which he plays live), processed snares, ratcheting hi hats, twisted breakbeats and unexpected chord progressions. The trained drummer and pianist focusses his musical energy on creating bridges between beat exploration and harmonic research without giving neither one priority but rather finding a haunting balance that moves the body as much as the mind and projects mental pictures strong enough to feel the music rather than just hearing it. 

Links:
https://linktr.ee/nundale
https://instagram.com/nundale
https://soundcloud.com/nundale

Data Cult Audio 0093 - Nundale

About:
Lauren Sarah Hayes is a Scottish musician and sound artist who builds and performs with hybrid analogue/digital instruments. She is a “positively ferocious improvisor” (Cycling ‘74), her music refusing to sit nicely between free improv, experimental pop, techno, and noise. Over the last decade she has developed and honed a deliberately challenging and unpredictable performance system that explores the relationships between bodies, sound, environments, and technology. The Wire described her most recent album MANIPULATION (pan y rosas discos) as “skittering melodies and clip-clopping rhythms suggesting a mischievous intelligence emerging from this web of wires”. She is a member of the New BBC Radiophonic Workshop and currently lives in Arizona where she teaches electronic music.
Originally broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Commissioned by hcmf// 

Links:
laurensarahhayes.com
instagram.com/elleesaich
soundcloud.com/elleesaich
twitter.com/elleesaich
laurensarahhayes.bandcamp.com
pariesa.com

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