Tapes and Topographies is US based artist Todd Gautreau, who has had music releases on labels such as Past Inside the Present, Dronarivm, Shimmering Moods and his own imprint, Simulacra. His project has been active since 2014 following his previous alias Tear Ceremony and he also produces a downtempo as Sonogram.

With each new album, Todd follows a different workflow to achieve new details and results in his sound. Increasingly, his work has been aided by the use of hardware and outboard effects.
In his latest album Amplitudes, he has taken a set of sounds and fed these through a looper, experimenting with altered loop speeds. He used FM synthesis for the first time in this body of work, alongside some of his tried and tested methods, joined by field recordings.

These nine compositions clock in at almost 50 minutes; a compelling listen through dreamy, organic textures. Todd has created a lot of music in the last 18 months and Amplitudes is the latest in his continuous process of distilling his sounds and ideas down to their essence.
The album’s artwork is a macro-photograph of a stone, as the fine details are ‘amplified’ by the magnification effect of the camera’s lens. There is not a clear concept but inspiration is drawn from film and literature, as well as self-reflection, memory, loss and dreams. As these compositions play out, you’ll find yourself concentrating on fine details, whilst at other times, in a blissful state, zooming out to absorb the bigger picture.

Amplitudes

wlr104 Tapes and Topographies - Amplitudes

Erika dreams on the cellular level, or perhaps of transdimensional intelligences moving through strange patterns on celestial objects, working towards a mysterious goal. Her connection to the dreamworld becomes concrete in her approach to music, simultaneously so solid and yet so ethereal. Erika still finds time to accomplish many things in her waking hours, such as being a member of Ectomorph and Circle of Live, co-conspirator of Detroit's Interdimensional Transmissions record label, DJing and making music with her pet machines, and giving mentorships about making live music on In Bloom. Her freeform streaming radio station erika.net was one of the very first iTunes presets, running 24x7 for 17 years from 1999 to 2016. Prior to that, Erika was very involved in WCBN-FM Ann Arbor, as a freeform and jazz DJ, and Program Director.

The daughter of a famed scientist and already running a well known BBS from her bedroom by the time she was 13, Erika is no stranger to expressing her ideas through technology. In 1997 she was handed a TR-606 and asked to join Ectomorph, and has since become an electronic musician of the highest order, focusing on analog synthesis, with live hardware sequencing that allows transformation over time and a deep depth of tone.

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Made in response to @naviar-records haiku challenge 437. 
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/05/18/naviarhaiku437-high-noon/

Sunlight, birds and water. 
Slow, calm. 

Once again, I've found this to be a very satisfying and inspiring challenge.

Birds on Water

Birds on Water (naviarhaiku437)

Moog Matriarch with Microcosm Hologram and Strymon Nightsky

WhenIWasWater

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TipTop Audio Buchla Modules with Pittsburgh Modular Double Helix Complex Oscillator.

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a brief study in aleatoric atmospheres using the Buchla 265 Quad S&H Module.

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Embroidery  | Robert Rich

Putting a prototype Synthtech E950 through its paces, trying to get as unrecognizable as I can.

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Quick Patch using Mutable Instruments Plaits, Rings and Veils, Make Noise Maths, Morhagene and Rene MK 2, Intellijel Plonk.  The "birds" are created by e-bow and slide on a Fender Strat through Doepfer A-119 and into the Morphagene.

Horizon - 2:12:19, 2.53 PM

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