This is a collection of my favourite compositions.  All but one (Come on Woking) were created since doing Sarah Belle Reid's Learning Sound and Synthesis and From Patch to Polished courses on modular synthesis, composition, arranging, mixing and mastering in 2021 and 2022.

The tracks are mainly created with modular synthesizers often recorded direct to two track.  A particular favourite is the wonderful Benjolin synthesizer created by Rob Hordijk.

Some feature samples created on the modular and arranged in Ableton Live.  A few feature non modular synths.  

I describe my music as electronic sound art and as my wife constantly reminds me it is not for everyone and particularly her!

I am a member of ModCaf my local electronic music club whose members are a great source of inspiration and exposure to new ideas.

LSS Spotlight - AGAlGonzo's Electronic Sound Art

It is often said of modular synthesis that you are entering a rabbit hole, something I did not understand when I bought my first eurorack modules but most certainly do now!

So inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I wrote a short story titled Alan's Adventures in Modularland and performed it at a ModCaf meet in Aldershot in August.  This playlist comprises that performance and also three further tracks representing Alan's adventures in Modular land.

Alan's Adventures in Modularland

This track is performed upon the Manneco Labs Dark Drone Machine module with the intention for events to take place slowly.

Dark Grone Machine Slow World I

This track was inspired by hearing the sound of the dustmen emptying the bins in our street.

Cosmic Dustbin II

This track uses the Benjolin Pulse 2 output as the master clock to drive rhythmic sound modules Fracture and Tymp Legio and other processes and is also the core source of sound then processed by other modules Koszalin, Endless Processor and Beads.

Benjolin Source Of Clock And Sound I

This track was again created from a series of sample recordings made on my modular that were then imported into a DAW to create a sound world to be arranged and mixed before mastering in Ozone.  The track was based on the process that Sarah Belle Reid showed us in the From Patch to Polished course.  The track was composed to celebrate the year since starting the course.

All DAW 4 SBR II

This track was created from a series of sample recordings made on my modular that were then imported into a DAW to create a sound world to be arranged and mixed before mastering in Ozone.  The track creation was based on the process that Sarah Belle Reid showed us in the From Patch to Polished course.  This track was very much a tribute to her patience and encouragement to create.

All DAW 4 SBR I 2023 Remix

When I bought my first eurorack modules, I was warned that I was at risk of going down a rabbit hole.  At that time, I did not understand what this meant but I certainly do now!

So when you think of a rabbit hole you almost certainly are reminded of Lewis Carroll's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. And that is the inspiration for this track, a story based on Alan's Adventures in Modularland.  I wrote the story and recorded it as a sample that plays whilst I improvise with various eurorack modules over the top to create an electronic soundscape.

The modules used include logic and random probability as a tribute to Carroll's mathematical interest.  Central to the control of the track is After Later Audio's version of the Turing Machine aptly named Alan.

Alan's Adventures In Modularland (Part 1)

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 3

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 2

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 1

I am a retiree who has caught the modular synthesiser bug.  The tracks I upload whether experiments or finished tracks are inspired from taking the Sarah Belle Reid "Learning Sound and Synthesis" and "From Patch To Polished" courses over 2020-2022 that have opened my ears to alternative approaches to composition, sound and music.  I am not a traditional musician but an electronic musician and describe my work as electronic sound art.