Composer, producer and Buchla enthusiast Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith joins William J. Stokes to discuss her latest album Gush. She also treats listeners to a live set, performed on a carefully curated selection of Buchla 200e modules.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - Peacock Moments
06:24 - Working With Suzanne Ciani
10:54 - Discovering Buchla And Eurorack
16:40 - Blending Sensibilities
23:21 - Buchla 200e Modular System And 223e Input
28:48 - 259e and 261e Waveform Generators
36:58 - 296e Spectral Processor
43:37 - 227e System Interface
51:25 - The Performance

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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Biog
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is a classically trained American composer, producer and performer originally from the Pacific Northwest who now lives in Los Angeles. Drawing upon her formal training in composition and sound engineering from Berklee College of Music, she initially explored vocal performance, classical guitar and piano before her creative trajectory shifted when a neighbour lent her a Buchla 100 modular synthesizer. Her music combines the use of modular, analogue and rare synthesizers, orchestral textures and voice.

Her early self-released works, including Cows Will Eat the Weeds and Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga (2014), were followed by Euclid (2015), her first official album with Western Vinyl, which combined structured songwriting with ambient exploration. This was succeeded by EARS (2016), which critics praised for its seamless layering of organic instrumentation and analogue synthesis to evoke feelings of awe and disorientation. Her 2017 release, The Kid, marked a conceptual leap, tracing stages of human development through richly textured, emotionally resonant compositions that bolstered her status among experimental music audiences.

Kaitlyn has performed alongside artists like Hot Chip, Glass Beams, RY X, Caribou and Four Tet, composed original works for Apple, BBC Orchestra, Adult Swim, MoMA, Red Bull and others, plus her song “Stratus” was also synced in the 2023 film Priscilla Motion Picture Soundtrack. She has also collaborated with longtime inspiration Suzanne Ciani and other artists like Emile Mosseri, while exploring multidisciplinary projects through her label, Touchtheplants. On her latest album, GUSH, Kaitlyn sets her sights on aesthetics, focusing on the heightened awareness of and presence in the world where every interaction, whether with people, objects or nature, has the potential to become a moment of connection and personification.

https://kaitlynaureliasmith.com/
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William J. Stokes Biog
William J. Stokes is a producer, writer and artist in three-piece avant-psych band Voka Gentle. As well as being a critic and columnist for Sound On Sound, conceiving the popular Talkback column and heading up the Modular column, he has also written on music and music technology for The Guardian, MOJO, The Financial Times, Electronic Sound and more. 

As an artist in Voka Gentle he has made records with producers from Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, Nick Cave) to Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, The Smile, Roger Waters), has had songs featured on franchises from FIFA Football to The Sims and has toured across the UK, Europe and the USA, playing festivals from Pitchfork Avant-Garde in Paris to SXSW in Austin, Texas. He has collaborated with artists including the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, Morcheeba, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom. 

Full biog at https://www.soundonsound.com/people/kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-talks-buchla-sos-podcast

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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - My Life In Modules

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This set contains tracks from SUPERLUMINAL & ARGONIK's recent split EP on Sangoma Records, as well as other collaborations between the two projects and a few of their favorite solo tracks from the last year. SUPERLUMINAL is the joint project of Kabayun and his wife and muse, Yasmin. Their creative symbiosis—her art inspiring his music and vice versa—has now evolved into making music together. The result is Superluminal: a fusion of their love, energy, and passion for psychedelic culture. With pumping basslines and twisted soundscapes, it’s designed to stir the dust and shake your chakras. Their second EP on Sangoma Records dropped January 17th, with more releases on the horizon. ARGONIK is the psychedelic trance project of Armin Nezhad. Born in Iran, he grew up playing piano, guitar, and drums, exploring everything from classical to flamenco to rock before discovering psychedelic trance in the late ’90s. Since his first trip to Goa in 2006, Armin has become a fixture of the scene, DJing at legendary venues like 9Bar, Hilltop, and Shiva Valley, and hosting events within the Persian community.  After years of DJing as DJ Armin and producing darkpsy under Dragonik, he launched Argonik in 2020—a project blending everything he absorbed on the Goa dance floors. Now part of the Sangoma family, Argonik has a solo EP, collaborations with Kabayun and Superluminal, and plenty more music on the way.

Tracklist:

1. Argonik - Shamanic Ritual
2. Superluminal & Yabba Dabba - SuperDabbaDoo
3. Argonik - Frequency Modulation
4. Superluminal - Wave Function Collapse
5. Argonik & Superluminal - Overload Adjacent
6. Argonik & Superluminal - Infinity Prolonged
7. Superluminal - Unperturbable Consciousness
8. Argonik - Forest Harmonies
9. Superluminal - Weird Shit
10. Argonik & Superluminal - Angel of Drones
11. Argonik - Double Helix

https://soundcloud.com/superluminal-sangoma | https://soundcloud.com/armin-nejad | https://soundcloud.com/sangoma-recs

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SUPERLUMINAL & ARGONIK | Sangoma Records Series Ep. 112 | 21/08/2025

This is a HYPNOTHERAPIE Session: "Transmissions From My Mind". The live set features tracks from the artist’s upcoming album Over the Edge, alongside older favorites and unreleased material, a deep dive into the evolving mindscape of Hypnotherapie. Hypnotherapie is the solo project of Belgian artist Jasper D’hooge, active in the underground electronic scene since 2012. Known for his powerful fusion of hi-tech psytrance, tekno, and psycore, Jasper crafts melodic, high-energy soundscapes designed to transport listeners beyond the edge. A founding member of the Belgian concept Echoes from the Future, Hypnotherapie has released music on respected labels such as Warromaja, Arcade Disfunction, and Typtech Records. Since 2023, he has been a proud part of Hipnotic Tribe Records, with multiple EPs and a full-length album on the horizon. This exclusive radiOzora set showcases unreleased tracks from Over the Edge, a sonic journey where hypnotic rhythms meet raw emotion, and chaos transforms into harmony. Let the therapy begin.

Tracklist:

The Ethereal World (Unreleased)
Quantum Gods (Unreleased)
Tales of Madness (Unreleased)
Celestial Awakening (ft. Aviora – Unreleased)
Ritual Transmission (Unreleased)
Unlocked Minds (ft. Jonny Crash)
Introspection (Unreleased)
A Quest Within (Unreleased)
Astral Wanderer (ft. AEIO – Unreleased)
Advice from the Mystic (Unreleased)
Whispers

https://soundcloud.com/hypnohitech | https://soundcloud.com/hipnotictriberecords | https://www.facebook.com/tunderke3

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HYPNOTHERAPIE | Tündérke Selects | 22/08/2025

Looney Moon features SILOKA's new album showcase set in this episode.

https://soundcloud.com/siloka-psy | https://soundcloud.com/looney-moon-records

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SILOKA | Looney Moon Records Series EP. 111 |23/08/2025

Dr Mehiyar Kathem speaks with Dr Mohammed Jassim on rebuilding Mosul University’s Central Library after ISIS.

Date of episode recording: 2025-08-01
Duration: 24:08
Language of episode: English

Presenter:Mehiyar Kathem
Guests: Dr Mohammed Jassim
Producer: Mehiyar Kathem

Transcript link:  
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nahrein/media/podcasts/transcript-conversation-dr-mohammed-jassim



MOSUL LIBRARY; REBUILDING KNOWLEDGE - A conversation with Dr Mohammad Jassim

This live set was recorded on a hot day, during sunset, at a Beyond The Notes event on the Kassa Boat in Budapest on 24th of July, 2025.  

https://soundcloud.com/crimsondavid

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BEYOND THE NOTES | Crimson Presents Pink Eyed Blue Ep. 48 | 19/08/2025

This SUDDEN REVERB Live Set was recorded at Peppi Guggenheim in Berlin earlier this month.

Tracklist:

Nahuatl Sound System - Armas del DF (Guns of Brixton cumbia-dub)
Nahuatl Sound System - La Resistencia (Sudden Reverb version)
Nahuatl Sound System - Kontraolvido (Sudden Reverb version)
Nahuatl Sound System - Ekaualistli (Sudden Reverb version)
Sudden Reverb - WiP
Prince Fatty - The Model (Sudden Reverb version)
SUBSET - Dialectic (Sudden Reverb version)
SUBSET - Epoch (Sudden Reverb version)
Nahuatl Jaguar - Yin Yang Dub
Deep Fried Dub - Kaos (Sudden Reverb version)
Sudden Reverb - Sound Tlakotli
Sudden Reverb - Catharsis
Sudden Reverb - Disruptor
Sineshaper - Ninja Styles (Sudden Reverb version)
High Tone - Disobey (Sudden Reverb version)

https://soundcloud.com/suddenreverb | http://soundcloud.com/dubmissionrecords

:: Details upcoming ::

https://soundcloud.com/radiozora/sets/dubmission-records-series

SUDDEN REVERB | Dubmission Records Series Ep. 64 | 22/08/2025

Muisc Forms presents HAVAYA with this DJ mix recorded in his home studio. With 18 years behind the decks and over 15 years as a party promoter, Havaya is no stranger to the scene. A 3D Vision label DJ and member of the Egodrop Crew, he was once deeply involved in Goadupa/Egodrop Festival, curating its musical program and bringing many of the biggest names in psychedelic trance to Poland. He has played across South Africa, throughout Europe, and at countless gigs in his home country. For nearly a decade, Havaya has taken a different approach, performing with Native Instruments Traktor controllers, making each set unique, unpredictable, and full of surprises. His style spans across genres of electronic music, always depending on the time and the stage. Havaya never plans his sets, he reads the crowd, goes with the flow, and always delivers. Now, after 11 years, he returns to radiOzora with a slower selection that’s still irresistibly danceable. So… are you ready for a little journey? Sit back, relax, and dive in. Here we go!

https://soundcloud.com/havaya | https://soundcloud.com/harmoniuszakagillu

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HAVAYA | Music Forms Ep. 19 | 24/08/2025

“The Farce of Cybersecurity”  - On episode 60 of The Edge of Innovation, we're talking with Adriel Desautels, founder and CEO of Netragard, about the farce of cybersecurity!

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