Members (M-R)
Here we present some of our members' and their studios, with links to some of their sites.
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Paul Maddox
My music, by year, not genre.
I live in England and like to design and build synths, I used to run my own small company (modulus-music) selling my own designs which I've had to close due to financial reasons. I've taken up playing bass and joined a rock band.
Recently I've begun playing guitar and taking lessons for that too.
I also write music with varying styles (see the list above), and now I'm begining to write my tunes with my bass and guitar. When I'm feeling a little braver, I'll put some on my site and here.
James Maier
(a.k.a. Carbon111)
I've been building, programming and playing synths for over twenty years and live happily with my wife, Laura, and my cat, Taliesen, in the mossy town of Mukilteo on Puget Sound. People with more curiosity are encouraged to visit my website.
Mike Metlay
Atomic City
Different Skies
Team Metlay
mindSpiral
I've been working in electronic music since the 1970s. My production company, Atomic City, exists primarily as a cute logo to put on my jewelcases.
I'm the Founder and Coordinator of the Different Skies experimental music festival series, which has prospered thanks to the hard work of many great musicians.
I find solo work quite lonely, so I like to rope my friends into all manner of
sonic mayhem. In the 1990s this madness was called Team Metlay; in its current incarnation I call it mindSpiral.
When I'm not playing with synths, I edit RECORDING Magazine and live in Colorado with my wife and daughters.
The photos show some of my hardware: the aebea, a 5-string baritone electric
instrument with a custom tuning; the Oberheim Xpander, Korg Prophecy, and
Roland U-50 synths; and the BarbieDAW, a sophisticated experimental music
workstation with graphic LCD, 79-note manuals with one custom 18-note octave
for microtonal play, onboard fader bank, and a tone some call 'plastic'.
Les Mizzell
I am a recovering commercial composer, though I have a few favourite clients that I still work for when I feel like it. At this point in my career, I'm concentrating only on those projects that interest me as an artist. Since completing a 12 step "commercial exorcism" program, I've scored three independently produced feature films, several full-length ballets, two PBS/Travel Channel Series and a number of modern dance commissions.
Currently I'm experimenting with abstract ambient styles and the release of my first CD, "C'est ici L'Empire de la Mort" is imminent!
Tom Moravansky
Softwave Studios
Gear List
A "recovering gear addict", here's what Tom has wired up so far. He promises updated photos as cleanup and wiring continues.
Moose
Pigpen Digital 8.5
Alaska Highway
Gear List
Paul Nagle
Bogus Focus
Joint Intelligence Committee
Binar
Joao Ricardo
Home Page
Alternate Home Page
Gear List
Joao Ricardo (aka ocp - operador de cabine polivalente) is a portuguese sound artist
Nick Rothwell
I'm a composer, performer, sound designer and media programmer, mainly working in contemporary dance and digital art installation. I've been working all over the place (London, Vienna, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Brussels, Amsterdam) with pieces used for dance as far away as Ankara and Tokyo, and have performed at Dance Umbrella (London), New Territories (Glasgow), the London Science Museum, and Different Skies at Arcosanti. I've also been doing live interactive 3D sound
diffusions, to scare people. At the moment I'm hanging out with some Ballett Frankfurt dancers and preparing something live for a festival in Helsinki.
Music: highly interactive, gesture-based sequencing systems built in Max/MSP and controlled by fader boxes and game controllers. Main hardware: Korg OasysPCI x 3
