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Here is a video for our collaborative single with DJ Format, ‘Battle of the Planets’. You can get the single on the new DJ Format LP, ‘Statement of Intent’.

We’ve added quite a few new shows to our current tour so hope to see you there. This weekend we are in Wrexham, Cardiff and Southampton.

May 4th - Le Zoo, Geneva

May 5th - Le Romandie - Lausanne

May 18th - Band on the Wall - Manchester

May 19th - The Yellow Rooms - Newton Abbot

May 24th - The Cluny - Newcastle

May 25th - The Shipping Forecast - Liverpool

May 26th - The Faversham - Leeds

June 15th - WTF @ Le Nouveau Casino - Paris

August 16th - The Tunnels - Aberdeen

August 17th - The Annexe Liquid Rooms - Edinburgh

August 18th - Koko - London

12 April 2012 • battle of the planets cartoon dj format electronic music live shows synthesiser synthesizer analogue

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The latest episode of the ongoing electronic music history series The Tone Generation, is now available here. Focusing on music composed on the legendary Buchla range of electronic music boxes, Ian Helliwell plays and discusses tracks by Morton Subotnick, Ernst Krenek, Michael Czajkowski, Warner Jepson, Bulent Arel and Arthur Krieger.

For those that delight in the old fashioned wireless transmissions, London’s Resonance FM will be broadcasting programme’s 19, 20 and 21 starting on February 23rd at 5pm then the next 2 Wednesday’s following that.

19 February 2011 • music electronic synthesiser synthesizer analogue analog sound experimental buchla composers avant garde

From Inner Space to Outer Space was fantastic - a successful mission at every stage. The Duke of York’s was full to capacity with humans keen to explore inner space and outer space.

Thankyou to everyone who came along for the ride and to all who made it happen.

12 December 2010 • inner space outer space synthesizer synthesiser sound music UFO ian helliwell 16mm film projections live laura j martin DJ Format psych electronic

‘The New Sound of Music’ is a 1979 BBC TV programme that looks at the history of recorded music from Barrel Organs right up to computer controlled synthesisers courtesy of EMS. There is lots of amazing material here, most of which is filmed at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, including demonstrations of music concrete using tape editing techniques, Malcom Clarke demonstrating the EMS Synthi 100, Dick Mills creating Dr Who sound fx using the EMS VCS3, and David Vorhaus demonstrating his MANIAC and Kaleidophon inventions.

There are 4 parts so make sure you check them all out.

10 November 2010 • BBC Radiophonic Workshop Malcom Clarke Dick Mills Dr Who Electronic sound music synthesiser synthesizer analogue tape EMS History TV