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midierror Meets... Roel Funcken: Influential IDM/Ambient Producer, DJ, and Painter | Series 2 Episode 5 Apr 28, 2025

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Welcome to the next episode of the midierror meets... interview series speaking to all kinds of people working in music and sound.
In this episode, we're speaking to ROEL FUNCKEN, an IDM and Ambient artist who has been on line-ups with Aphex Twin. Autechre and many other influential acts.
Roel studied sonology for 6 years, and formed a duo with his brother Don called Funckarma, and started releasing solo material in 2010.
We discuss his approach to processing audio in ProTools and Ableton Live, studying Sonology and his incredible paintings. His latest album 'Data Curation 2' and many other releases are available on his Bandcamp store now, with a monthly subscription for exclusive access to new material, listening parties and more. Roel has a new collaborative release coming in May with EXM.
https://roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/music
https://soundcloud.com/roelfuncken
https://roelfunckenpaintings.com/

This is series 2, episode 1 and there are 50 previous episodes available now featuring Fatboy Slim, CJ Bolland, Andrew Huang, Tim Exile, High Contrast, Mylar Melodies, Infected Mushroom, DJ Rap, John Grant and many more. Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.
Recommended Episode: midierror meets... Norman Cook / Fatboy Slim [EP38]

Sonic TALK 843 - Benn Jordan, Rack Synths, Tariffs, OXI Update Apr 24, 2025

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Benn Jordan - video maker, researcher, musician
Gaz Williams - Producer, bassplayer, music technologist
Ty Unwin- media composer, producer, orchestrator

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00:00:10 SHOW START
00:01:33 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:02:25 Coming Up
00:25:06 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:26:59 Retro Rack From Kodamo
00:39:07 AD: Komplete 15
00:42:08 Tariffs Are Biting
00:50:20 Big OXI Update

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Sonic TALK 842 - Aphex Twin £100k GX-1, Poison Audio, Keybird L1, Intellijel Multi-Grain Apr 17, 2025

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Paulee Bow Magical Synth Adventurer
Robbie Puricelli Pro Synth Network

YouTube Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJf7aoG9dY

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00:00:11 SHOW START
00:01:45 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:02:48 Tubbutec Win $2k Modular
00:10:19 Aphex Twin's GX1
00:20:49 AD: Komplete 15
00:21:54 Benn Jordan Poison Pill Audio
00:37:54 Keybird L1 World's smallest acoustic piano
00:46:26 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:47:46 Intellijel Multi-Grain
00:57:49 OK Go latest Video LOVE

Podcast: Sonic TALK 841 - Warthog Modular, MPE, Synclavier Ork II Apr 10, 2025

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Paulee Bow Magical Synth Adventurer
Robin Vincent Molten Music Tech
Richard Nicol founder and product designer Pittsburgh Modular

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YouTube video version: www.youtube.com/embed/7oQq5-X6zBU

00:00:09 SHOW START
00:02:12 Tubbutec Competition - Win Modular Hardware
00:02:55 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:12:19 Warthog Modular With Recall
00:26:31 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:27:39 MPE OR Not To MPE
00:36:15 Synclaiver ORK II
00:42:49 Clank Uranograph Prototype
00:51:26 AD: Komplete 15
00:52:31 Baby Audio Smooth Operator Pro

Sonic TALK 840 -April Fools, AI Vocals, Warm Digital, GAK BAX Gone Apr 03, 2025

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Gaz Williams - Producer, bassplayer, music technologist
Steve Hillier - producer, songwriter, educator
Aneek Thapar - Music, Mixing and Mastering and Void & Vista

YouTube video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiB6xjjeAw

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00:00:08 SHOW START
00:01:29 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:02:17 Coming Up Take our Survey and get a Free Muse/Super8/Mask1 Sample set
00:12:38 April Fools - Any good ones?
00:18:18 AD: Komplete 15
00:19:20 Ace Studio Vocals AI generated
00:37:04 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:38:12 Least Sterile Digital Synth
00:50:18 mrgum6y asks via - [youtube] - QQ As BAX files for bankruptcy and GAK is closed down - where are people going to buy gear? Is the golden age of cheap gear coming to an end?

midierror Meets - Martyn Ware - Heaven 17 & Human League Founder - Series 2 Episode 04 Mar 28, 2025

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The midierror meets... interview series is back with Sonicstate, speaking to all kinds of people working in music and sound.
On this episode, we're speaking to MARTYN WARE of Heaven 17, The Human League and BEF fame! In his multi-million selling career, Martyn has worked on all kinds of musical projects all over the world, including those mentioned above, as well as with Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby) and so many more.
He formed Illustrious, an immersive soundscape company with Vince Clarke just after the millennium, and he now runs a popular podcast entitled 'Electronically Yours' which is worth checking out - and shares its title with his Autobiography! His latest immersive experience is 'It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea' which is a FREE event in Halifax, running from 4th April - 4th May, with an emphasis on collective response to the climate emergency.
Get ready for an expansive chat about his career, his studio, and how he approaches making music! https://martynwareofficial.co.uk/

This is series 2, episode 1 and there are 50 previous episodes available now featuring Fatboy Slim, CJ Bolland, Andrew Huang, Tim Exile, High Contrast, Mylar Melodies, Infected Mushroom, DJ Rap, John Grant and many more. Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.
Recommended Episode: midierror meets... John Grant {EP41]

Sonic TALK 839 - JamCorder, Vox Humana, Leaf Audio Geophone and Apple DJ Mar 27, 2025

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Guests

Yoad Nevo - producer, mix engineer Waves Developer
Steve Hillier - producer, songwriter, educator
Paulee Bow Magical Synth Adventurer

YouTube Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VH-pEavoqM

More content on our Patreon - ad free and preshow, plus much more

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00:00:08 SHOW START
00:01:51 Coming Up Win Melodyne 5 worth $1300 in our Competition
00:01:42 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:12:25 JamCorder MIDI recorder
00:26:46 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:28:25 Vox Humana - A new product type
00:39:42 Leaf Audio Geophone and other mics
00:48:59 AD: Kontakt 15
00:50:05 Apple Music for DJs

Podcast: SonicTALK 838 - Serum 2, PolyVera, PTNSHFT Mar 20, 2025

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Matt Hodson (MATTHS) artist, performer, educator
Tim Exile - musician and product developer
Aneek Thapar - producer and mixer

YouTube video version: https://youtu.be/6fkThDc3UJQ

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00:00:12 SHOW START
00:01:17 Coming Up
00:01:23 AD: SonicState Patreon
00:08:33 Serum 2 Out
00:18:33 Suono Bono PolyVera
00:26:08 AD: iZotope Cascadia
00:27:18 TIM EXILE PTNSHFT
00:39:34 Ericasynths Echolocator
00:46:34 AD: Kontakt 15
00:48:36 Best Puppets in Music Videos

midierror Meets - Jake Knight RYK Modular Series 2 Episode 03 Mar 17, 2025

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The midierror meets... interview series is back with Sonicstate, speaking to all kinds of people working in music and sound.

This time we catch up with Jake Knight of RYK Modular; who started the company working on Roland System 100M replicas, and has since built up a collection of superb modules of his own including Night Rider, Algo, and Vector Wave - with many available in kit form as well as finished units.

Jake's also an award-winning film director having created the 'Salaryman 6' short film (shown below) with his wife Ryoko Tanaka, and together as Ne-o they've made music videos for The Chemical Brothers, The Herbaliser, Coldcut and others. They continue to work on RYK Modules together, as Jake explains...

https://www.ryk-modular.com/products

Sonic TALK 837 -Korg Multi/Poly, JV-1080, Goodbye Skype Mar 13, 2025

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