!!! Mike Paradinas first album of new material since 2013, written in some rare downtime in the Gower (Wales) during the summer 2020 lockdown. There’s a strange sense of the old and new in Scurlage, the sentimental and utopia. Dive into Paradinas world, yesterday, today and forever.
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PREORDER 2x12" TURQUOISE VINYL + DIGITAL: https://bit.ly/3urgapd
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CAT: AF038LP
ARTIST: µ-Ziq
TITTLE: SCURLAGE  
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A1   BLAKERS LOOP                                  04:32  
A2   PRESTON MELODICS                              04:00
A3   MURKER                                        02:54

B1   SLADE TREACHER                                05:47 
B2   CLEANING                                      05:31

C1   OXWICH & PENRICE                              05:31  
C2   BLAUWASSER                                    04:34

D1   SKETTY                                        04:05 
D2   BENTLEY                                       03:17
D3   STRAWBERRY AERO                               05:16
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©+Ⓟ Analogical Force 2021. Copyright Control
Written, produced and mixed by Michael Paradinas in UK 
Published by Planet Mu Publishing
Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón
Design by Acid Hazel, Berlin
Distributed by Clone, Rotterdam 
www.clone.nl
www.analogicalforce.com

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[AF038LP] µ​-​Ziq 'SCURLAGE' [2021]

The sequence starts with a cable connection to the clock output from the Steady State Fate Ultra Random module. This clock output was sent to an intellijel hub mult. From here the clock was sent to first to a 4ms RCD/QCD, Delptronics Trigger Man, and to the MakeNoise Rene. First output gates from 4ms RCD 4 divide output to the trigger input on the Braids module top row, running in "WLIN" mode. The second multi-output was sent to a 4ms QCD output green channel 4, set at a division trigger time of 16. This would trigger single notes on the "Elements" module, that begins at 1:42. The playback mode is running in "Secret Easter Egg Mode" :-) The selected note sequence from the QCV output from Rene. The final output from Elements was sent to the Eventide "Pitch" pedal using the "Crystalizer" algorithm.

Clouds - was processing recorded chunks from the drum percussion, kick used from the top row "Peaks" 808 kick drum synthesis model. Then a snare was created from the "grey" noise output from the SSF Quantum rainbow running through the right side of Streams to make a snare drum, which was running in envelope mode with shape position to the left, short decay. Then a third voice uses the blue noise output from the SSF quantum rainbow for hi-hats. Amplitude triggered/controlled by a HexVCA. The drum sequence was programmed from the Delptronics Triggerman, using all 8 patterns stringed together running in pattern play mode but being CV controlled by the S&H # 1 output from the SSF Ultra Random. Output for all voices was grouped and multiplied into two separate mixers. First three channels of the Intellijel Mutamix, which was then sent to output channel B. From there the summed mix was sent into the "left" side input of Clouds. Then triggered in time with the sequence by an 8th division trigger from the 4ms RCD. The freeze input in Clouds was triggered in time 7th divisions from the 4ms RCD, so that the chunks would process and record then playback in spurts of timed randomness. The mode was set in the pitch-shifter/time stretcher configuration, where the grains were spliced so that created interesting granular pitching repeats and percussive glitch effects, as the rhythmic beats played through. Focused ranges were selected for the "Density/Pitchshifter" and "Timestetcher/Texture" controls. These were being controlled by the S&H #2 output from the SSF Ultra Random. The 1/volt pitch input was controlled by the toggle A/B output from the SSF ultra random. The clean drum outputs were also sent to channels 5, 6, and 7 on the Blue Lantern "Mix 'Em Up" module.

Streams left side processing from the MakeNoise Mysteron output, which was being triggered by the 5th division output, for the metallic ripple delay like sounds, with the mutation knob set to counter-clockwise, low bit mode.
The "Shelves" module was processing the acid-like filter parts that get un-muted at 12 seconds. The sound source running into "Shelves" was the "Braids" module bottom row, running in "CSAW" mode. CV controlled by the CV output from the MakeNoise Rene sent to another intellijel hub mult. From here each CV output was sent to the "Frequency" inputs pink, green, and white jacks on "Shelves". The "Tides" high tide output modulation the CV controlling the top frequency input on "Shelves" Each filter knob was set so the incoming "CSAW" input was being processed like a formant filter effect.

Smooth Sub OSC bassline coming from the MakeNoise STO. This was being CV controlled by an intellijel ￼µScale (B) output. Playing back 8 notes while being triggered from the 2nd division trigger on the 4ms RCD. Triangle wave output from an Intellijel Dixie (synced) to the sequence controlling the input (1V/Oct). Second STO at 55 seconds, alternating high note triggers from the 1 channel output from the 4ms QCD 6th division output. The second STO output was sent to a MakeNoise Optomix for short quick plucks.

Clouds & Streams

Short demo of 10 sounds I created for the new Spectrasonics "Moog Tribute Library". All created with Omnisphere. No post processing or other effects used. 

http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute/index.php

© 2011 Spectrasonics and Richard Devine



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W&P: @herbalistekmusic
Master: @qqantt
A&R, artwork: @emiliagrima

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SERA023: Satellite Era presents “Aetherial Pulses EP” - a futuristic sound collage by Mhamed Mansouri, best known as @disektor.

Out now on all major platforms: ffm.to/sera023

Wrapping up our most active year at the Satellite Era HQ finds us taking a glimpse into what is to come. With 2025 looking to be even busier, we call upon an old friend to guide us into the unknown by setting a strong sonic precedent, while still paying homage to the formative style of our vast audio museum.

Over two years since his label debut on our acclaimed Distant Arrays series, we welcome back Moroccan based producer, sound designer, programmer, and visual artist. He first landed on our radar as a standout in SoundCloud’s experimental niche back in early 2020, the same year as our imprint’s conception. Complementing his production are interactive live performances that utilize creative coding, which generate varied results with each passthrough and are repurposed back into his workstation - a feedback loop tested for success. Founder of Geometric Corruption, the collective works in tandem with us and our friends at glitch.cool to tend to the international community, bringing together experimental electronic enthusiasts from around the world. Rather than conforming to a set approach, he builds on the high-fidelity hyperglitch subculture with a twist of his own - songs that feel more musical and intricate overall. This attribute has ultimately led him to his next offering to the consumers of computer music.

“Aetherial Pulses EP” finds Disektor teetering between digitized realms & the natural world, taking the form of a sonic poem that exhibits glitched maximalism & melodic tones alike. The project still delivers stuttering drum patterns meant to engulf the listener, but also paints the rest of the stereo with a coating of lush ambiance. The project begins with “Reflections,” a mellow entry with a grueling bassline that progresses into a preview of the complexity ahead. The title track serves its purpose as a clear summary of the EP, while heightening the energy with vocal chops that feel almost psychedelic at times. The pulsating synths really begin to take form in “Lush Deviation,” a middle-ground between heavy low-end presence and percussion riding higher frequencies. “Emergence In Motion” recruits frequent collaborator Tenebral Cortex to deliver a seven-minute cinematic experience of its own, which feels like a separate story within the entire narrative. “Waves” is a formidable end to the project, with an eerie yet beautiful piano melody in the outro that leaves it open-ended.

Although “Aetherial Pulses EP” is only Disektor’s second-ever extended play, the project is easily his best and most emotive work yet - a stepping stone for what is next on his musical agenda. The undertones speak of finding senses of tranquility in the decaying Earth around us however we can. It perfectly contributes to our DNA as servants of the experimental intersection and delivers a memorable, sometimes challenging journey.

Written & produced by Mhamed Mansouri
Mastered by Amir Mashayekhi
Cover art & visual designed by Nic Juister

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Disektor - Reflections

comm on NTS Radio - 27.04.25

Been thinking about Tommy and loss and a whole bunch of dark heavy stuff. decided to make a big scary 190 bpm track for old mate. I reckon he would have had a blast shaking tail to it. 

I've put it up for free download on here and bandcamp if anyone wants it, I hope it helps x

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Kamorā - Sauin

[ER011] Herbalistek - Tropism (Previews)
Artist : @herbalistekmusic
Remix : @cwtchcwtch @opheliek @allenmock
Label : @ethosrecords
Title: Tropism
Genre: Dubstep, Breaks, Experimental, Bass
Release Date: 10/10/2025
Catalog: ER011

“Tropism” is the unseen force that guides movement which is the instinctual pull toward something greater. It governs how plants stretch toward light, how bodies sway to rhythm, and how thoughts drift in response to invisible stimuli. This EP attempts to capture those motions, translating them into sound: gradual shifts, unconscious reactions, and the tension between control and inevitability.

Each track embodies a different form of movement, echoing organic patterns in nature and
the fluid progression of life. From subtle timing shifts to the primal surge of collective rhythm, Tropism explores the forces, natural or internal, that push all things forward.

Where Ethos speaks to capturing attention through passion and presence, Tropism speaks to
the underlying forces that compel us to move, respond, and feel. In essence, the EP can be seen as sonic rhetoric: each track a sensory argument made not with words, but with textures, tension, and motion.

Tracklist:

Herbalistek - Gyre
Herbalistek - Tactile Drift
Herbalistek - Agogics
Herbalistek - Undula
Herbalistek - Expanding
Herbalistek - Undula (Cwtch remix)
Herbalistek - Expanding (Allen Mock remix)
Herbalistek - Agogics (ophélie remix)

Informations:
Written and composed by Herbalistek
Remix by ophélie, Cwtch, Allen Mock
Available on Bandcamp - Digital Only
Digital distribution by Underscope
Mastering : A-Sim 
Artwork : FormaNoire

[ER011] Herbalistek - Tropism (Previews)

Tokyo-based Herbalistek presents Tropism on Ethos Records, a compelling EP that explores the invisible forces driving movement and emotion. Inspired by natural instincts and unconscious reactions, each track translates organic motion into sound—gradual shifts, evolving rhythms, and the subtle tension between control and surrender. Drawing from both internal impulses and external cues, Tropism unfolds as a sonic journey where texture, timing, and pulse form an unspoken dialogue that moves both body and mind.

Herbalistek
@herbalistekmusic
www.instagram.com/herbalistekmusic/?hl=en

Ethos Records
@ethosrecords
www.instagram.com/ethos_records/

Tropism

Agogics

Premiere: Herbalistek - Agogics | Ethos Records

Link to the video captured here in real-time: https://vimeo.com/150015591

Patch Notes:

This was a patch experiment using the new Mutable Instruments Rings/Clouds Modules, and trying to create strumming/plucking guitar like sounds within a patch. The inspiration came from playing around with the Clouds Parasites 1.3 alternate firmware running in the Resonator mode highlighting the "scatter" (or strum) function. The master clock was the Tiptop Circadian Rhythms module, taking the first 4 outputs into my Nord Drum 2 for the Kick, snare, closed and open hi-hats. From there the clock output from the CR was multiplied and then sent to the Modcan Touch Sequencer. First row output from the TS was sent to the intellijel Shapeshifter creating a two note baseline sequence that comes in at 1:58. The second sequence Row2 output from the TS was sent to the "ALM Akemie's Castle" module OSC A output using the chord function, that comes in at 25 seconds. The gates from the modcan where set to a 16th's pulse sequence. Modulation from the synthesis technology E102 Quad Temporal Shifter output 1 modulating the Multiplier input on Operator 1. The 2, 3 and 4 outputs from the E102 where also modulating the Operator 2, 3, and 4 inputs on the Akemie's Castle. This was creating the harmonic timbre changing as the sequence was playing.

The slowly evolving sweeping noise textures that come in at 1:09 is from the Music Thing Radio Music module. The sample was a white noise sampled lightly filtered and then sent to the intellijel HexVCA with the amplitude CV control via a Intellijel Dixie modulating from slow to high rates (free running). The Make Noise Rene was being externally clocked from the Circadian Rhythm, and was sending out a quantized output to the Mutable Instruments Clouds pitch input creating the chord guitar sequence. The strum sounds on Clouds was played by the 4ms QCD running in 32th division output into the Trigger input. The freeze input was also triggered by a Ladik R-110 Random clock module. The combination of the two created the trill chord like strums.

The bass guitar tone sound that comes in at 1:24 are from the MakeNoise Mysteron, that is being sequenced by the Modcan Touch Sequencer, Row Output 3 was programmed in the same key but a lower octave. The "Rings" module was creating slow attack soft high pitched chords in reverb that come around 2:50. There was additional processing of the Clouds output that was sent into the Tiptop ZDSP module running the "Halls of Vahalla" card program 8 "Ginnungagap" creating the high pitch octave deep reverb shimmer effects. The harmonic slow swells that come in at 3:30 where created using another intellijel Dixie oscillator sine output running into an Strymon "Big Sky" pedal being harmonically controlled by an intellijel µScale V1. The output was being played slowly then processed using the "Choral" mode, creating the slow shimmer swells. The entire mix was sent into the Eventide Space pedal using the "Corridors" patch.

Mutable Instruments Rings : mutable-instruments.net/modules/rings
Clouds Parasites firmware: mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/clouds.html

Strum - Modular Patch

From the Transition EP, due to be released 23/02/18 on Mesh.

Also as part of the EP release, I've made an algorithmic summary of my entire musical output since I started writing in 2003.

You can listen/watch the A/V experiment here:
robclouth.com/transition/

The artwork is based on growth-rings in trees and is a data-visualisation of my entire back catalogue. You can read more about it in the link above.

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New EP Systik now available: https://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/

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