Darrell Gibson

This Weird Little Synthesizer Makes Me Happy The bubbly plastic BlipBlox After Dark synthesizer is funky, adorable, and a little bit confusing. I love making noises with it anyway.

This Weird Little Synthesizer Makes Me Happy

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‘We had no future. So we made a future for ourselves’: the untold history of Welsh reggae sound systems A country known more for rock and choral music was a hotspot of the dub reggae sound system scene in the 70s. Rival crews recall Cardiff’s riotous parties – and racist hostility

‘We had no future. So we made a future for ourselves’: the untold history of Welsh reggae sound systems

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These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.

These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers

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Pitch opportunity: create an audio experience for Scapa Flow Museum in Orkney | The Space Scapa Flow Museum is looking for a production partner to create a series of audio stories that tell the story of life in Orkney

🚩 Here's an opportunity for audio producers.

Can you create a series of audio stories that tell the story of life in Orkney from the First World War to the present day?

Work with Scapa Flow Museum to tell the story of a remote but immense natural harbour.

Report Reveals UK Film And TV Sector Is Becoming Increasing Unsustainable The Film and TV Charity’s second Money Matters report has examined the financial resilience of industry workers – exposing an urgent truth: the UK’s film, TV, and cinema industry is becoming increasingly unsustainable for far too many of the people who keep it running. The report shows that from over 2000 respondents, 74% are considering leaving the industry. We have the details.

Report Reveals UK Film And TV Sector Is Becoming Increasing Unsustainable

Why does sound startle these caterpillars even though they don't have ears? Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it could inspire next generation microphones.

Why does sound startle these caterpillars even though they don't have ears?

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Sound Maker Census A poll trying to get a better picture of the audio, sound design & electronic music community. Please share it around to help us gather better, more representative data! I have no financial…

I created a big anonymous survey for sound designers / musicians & other audio creators.
The goal is to better understand our community, how people work & connect to other audio artists.
I'd really aprpeciate it if you took the time to answer it an share it around:
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Bournemouth EMOM setlist

Bournemouth EMOM - err:Rawr

Bournemouth EMOM - Electronique

Bournemouth EMOM - pH<7

Another fantastic Bournemouth EMOM with lots of fantastic performances and dancing 😎

This haunting sound was captured near Bermuda in 1949. It's the oldest known whale song recording | Discover Wildlife Archivists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the earliest known whale song recording, taken almost 80 years ago.

This haunting sound was captured near Bermuda in 1949. It's the oldest known whale song recording

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“It revealed what went on behind the doors of Kling Klang, and for once the truth is almost up there with the fiction”: What we’ve learned about the inner workings of Kraftwerk’s mythical studio via a... Here are five takeaways that seal the band's legendary Man Machine status - and shed a light on how Kling Klang really worked…

Here are five takeaways that seal the band's legendary Man Machine status - and shed a light on how Kling Klang really worked…

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This week is the first Bournemouth EMON (Electronic Music Open Mic) of 2026. Details below....

YouTuber Look Mum No Computer chosen as UK entry for Eurovision 2026 Singer-songwriter Sam Battle has built online fanbase through building and playing unusual instruments

I'm speechless........I'm not a fan of eurovision, but how did this happen?!!!

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“I was so surprised Rihanna didn't take it, because I thought it was the greatest song in the world at the time”: How Sia went from songwriter to superstar with one of the 2010s' biggest tracks It was a song that unravelled the psychology of hedonism - with an arrangement that came together in under an hour

It was a song that unravelled the psychology of hedonism - with an arrangement that came together in under an hour

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Well said 👏 I think he likes to stoke the fires!

“I just wanna know when Led Zeppelin's gonna be in the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame. 'Oh, you can't do that?' Oh, really?”: Gene Simmons mouths off on The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the lack of talent required... “There are no tribute bands to Skrillex” he argues

Gene Simmons mouths off on The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the lack of talent required to make EDM and the state of modern music

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Six synths that define Radiohead’s sound Radiohead famously made a hard yet graceful left turn into electronic music – here are the synths essential to their sound

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Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between ‘high’ and ‘low’ music His first Oscar nomination, for Hamnet, is testament to the German-born British composer’s chameleon-like adaptability

Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between ‘high’ and ‘low’ music

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AMPS Podcast - Episode 60: 'Sinners - Sound Team' - on.soundcloud.com/QVZRbSiq1DVW...

Martyn Harries AMPS talks with the post and production sound team from Ryan Coogler’s AMPS Award nominated film ‘Sinners’.

#ampsPodcast #ampsAwards

F1 wins AMPS award for feature film sound

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“No other industry would tolerate this level of loss of life and neither should we”: Science indicates that musicians do actually die younger - but why? Are musicians and other music industry professionals really at greater risk of an early death than the general public? Studies say it’s true

Are musicians and other music industry professionals really at greater risk of an early death than the general public? Studies say it’s true

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“It’s a great feeling. I wish we’d had something like this at my school”: Justin Hawkins opens recording studio at Hereford Cathedral School “It means the world to have a studio named after me,” he says

“It’s a great feeling. I wish we’d had something like this at my school”: Justin Hawkins opens recording studio at Hereford Cathedral School

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'How I arrange the music for TV's biggest shows' - BBC Sounds Paul Farrer creates the music and sound design for The Chase and Dancing on Ice.

'How I arrange the music for TV's biggest shows'

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AI Music Is Here to Stay. How Do We Reckon With It? Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. In their first col...

AI Music Is Here to Stay. How Do We Reckon With It?

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ASM announces hybrid algorithmic synthesizer, Leviasynth The highly anticipated synth builds on the company's popular Hydrasynth

ASM announces hybrid algorithmic synthesizer, Leviasynth djmag.com/tech/asm-ann...

Sound Designer at www.bohemia.net (Prague, 🇨🇿) "records, processes and implements sound effects to amplify all sorts of in-game events" #gamejobs careers.bohemia.net/position/sou...

I may have a slight synth buying addition 🥴 I keep the Moogs at home and bring the Behringers to work. I started with the Behringers and then bought the Moogs after hearing some comparison videos 🙉

As the month draws to a close, I did manage to sneak in another couple of Jamuary sessions 😎 Performance coming soon.... #Jamuary

Technical Music Designer at www.cdprojektred.com (Warsaw, 🇵🇱) "technically skilled and creative audio artist with a passion for game music systems and a track record of working on shipped titles" #gamejobs jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

We live in hope 🙏