Electronic Music

Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy talk to Kevin Paul about their techno project System 7 and ambient project Mirror System, discussing their studio setup, live performances and creative approach to making music.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Current Projects
01:20 - System 7 and Mirror System
02:20 - Songwriting Process
04:27 - Using Gong-Influenced Sounds
05:17 - Main Creative Tools
06:19 - Learning From DJ Experience
06:55 - Collaborative Workflow
08:49 - Structuring Albums
09:27 - Streamlined Studio Setup
11:20 - Limitations and Finishing Tracks
13:31 - Live Performances
16:58 - 10 Records and Collaborations
21:02 - The Future Of System 7
26:18 - Mirror System for Ambient Music
#HelixLT #Logic #ProTools #Ableton #AnimoogZ
http://www.a-wave.com
https://www.facebook.com/System7page
https://www.facebook.com/Mirrorsystem

Steve Hillage Biog
Steve Hillage is an English guitarist, producer and electronic music pioneer best known for his work with the psychedelic prog band Gong, his influential solo albums of the 1970s and the electronic duo System 7. Renowned for his distinctive “glissando” guitar style, Hillage later became a key figure in ambient techno and psychedelic dance music, blending electronic production with live guitar performance alongside longtime creative partner Miquette Giraudy.
http://stevehillage.com
https://www.facebook.com/stevehillageband
https://www.instagram.com/stevehillage

Miquette Biog
Miquette is a French keyboardist, vocalist and composer known for her work with Gong, Steve Hillage and System 7. A major creative force behind System 7’s ambient and techno sound, she has collaborated with Hillage since the 1970s, contributing keyboards, vocals, programming and production across a wide range of psychedelic, ambient and electronic music projects.
https://www.instagram.com/miqui7777
https://www.facebook.com/p/Miquette-Giraudy-100063115306402
Kevin Paul Biog
Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.
 
After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s 'Felt Mountain', David Bowie’s 'Hours' and Nick Cave’s 'No More Shall We Part'. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s 'Hotel', Goldfrapp’s 'Black Cherry' and more for DVD.

In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more.

He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the International selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of Denmark’s “Dúné” with the first single premiering at the Danish Music Awards, plus the latest iTunes Music Festival.

http://www.kevin-paul.com/

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James Richmond and Julian Rodgers dive into the world of modular synthesis, explaining what it is and how it fits into both studio production and live performance. They explore the process of creating unique sounds from scratch, the challenges of patch recall and share practical advice for anyone looking to get started with modular gear.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - Modular Synth Definition
01:50 - Semi-Modular
02:59 - James' Modular Synthesis Work
04:05 - Reaktor And Max
07:32 - The Appeal Of Modular
09:54 - Generating Your Own Sounds
11:24 - Creating A System
13:11 - Software Vs Hardware Systems
14:02 - Creating Brand New Sounds
16:16 - Stochastic Modulation
21:31 - Handling Recall
22:57 - Gigging With Modular
26:42 - Preparing For Performance
28:12 - East Coast Vs West Coast
29:44 - Practical Performance Challenges
31:34 - Careful Onstage Monitoring
33:08 - Starting Out In Modular
37:08 - Affordable Synthesis

#NIreaktor #cycling74max #makenoisemaths #mutableinstrumentsrings #mutableinstrumentsclouds #doepfer #verbos

James Richmond Biog
James Richmond is a composer, producer and audio engineer working across electronic and guitar-based music. He is the guitarist and producer for Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes, has released experimental electronic work under the name Euclidean Circuits and has a solo project called The Deathbird. He also develops bespoke audio tools through EventFieldAudio and writes about music production, studio systems and monitoring from his hybrid modular and analogue studio.
https://www.jamesrichmond.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jamesrichmondaudio/
https://twitter.com/octatonic
https://www.instagram.com/jamesrichmondaudio
Julian Rodgers Biog
Julian Rodgers is a freelance writer and audio engineer with a background in live sound. After many years working in education introducing new users to Pro Tools, he now lives by the sea in West Cornwall, where he plays keyboards in a couple of bands. He also plays bass and guitar equally badly, and remains an enthusiastic collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-rodgers-04621926
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DJ and techno producer Kerrie joins Caro C to talk about her journey into DJing and production, the influences that shaped her sound and the live performance setup she now takes with her around the world.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:21 - From DJ to Producer
04:37 - Techno Influence
06:26 - Producing From A Dancefloor Perspective
09:23 - Live Performance Setup
15:56 - Transporting Gig Kit
18:27 - Combining Live And Studio
20:13 - A Workflow Without A Laptop
21:35 - Community And Shared Experiences
26:35 - Sound Choices
28:27 - Exploring Fresh Ideas

#ElektronAnalogRytm #ElektronAnalogFour #ElektronDigitaktII #CycloneAnalogicTT-303BassBot #Allen&HeathXone:96 #StrymonBigSkyReverb #OtoBoumWarmingUnit #DoepferA-100 #Soundtoys

Kerrie Anderson Biog
Irish-born, Manchester-based Kerrie is a multidisciplinary artist and resident DJ at Tresor. Performing live sets, producing music and DJing worldwide, she also runs her label Dark Machine Funk, which showcases her raw, industrial-tinged techno sound.

Kerrie developed her musical foundation during an 11-year tenure at Manchester’s legendary record shop Eastern Bloc Records, where she also held a DJ residency. Her high-energy sets blend UK, Detroit and European techno with electro and broken rhythms, earning appearances at venues including Berghain and fabric, as well as festivals worldwide.

As a producer, she has released music on respected techno labels including Blueprint Records and Tresor Records, alongside her own Dark Machine Funk imprint. Now touring internationally, Kerrie continues to build a reputation for powerful productions and uncompromising techno rooted in decades of dedication to electronic music culture.
https://www.facebook.com/DJKerrie
https://www.instagram.com/kerrie_music
https://x.com/kerrie_music
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
URL: http://carocsound.com/
Twitter: @carocsound
Inst: @carocsound
FB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/
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To commemorate the centenary of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram on 31 December 2025, Caro C explores Oram’s lasting influence in a conversation with Sarah Angliss and Ian Stonehouse. The episode continues with Shiva Feshareki and James Bulley discussing their Proms performance of Still Point, Oram’s innovative orchestral work from 1948 that integrated electronic sound and live manipulation.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
Sarah Angliss & Ian Stonehouse
02:15 - Composer, Inventor and the Radiophonic Workshop
06:42 - Inspired by the sound-houses of Francis Bacon
11:34 - Working In Frequency, Not Pitch
13:01 - Tower Folly and the Oramics Machine
16:09 - Working With Post-War Equipment
22:12 - Insights and Inspiration from the Archives
26:56 - Top Musical Selections From the Archive
Shiva Feshareki & James Bulley
32:57 - A Proms Performance Of Still Point
37:55 - The Daphne Oram Archive and Goldsmiths
41:12 - Creating A Historically Accurate Performance
45:22 - Following The Written Instructions
53:27 - Creating An Updated Score
See also:
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/graham-wrench-story-daphne-orams-optical-synthesizer
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/story-bbc-radiophonic-workshop

Daphne Oram Biog
Daphne Oram (1925–2003) was a pioneering British composer and inventor, and one of the founders of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. A trailblazer in electronic music, she developed the Oramics system, a groundbreaking method of composing sound by drawing directly onto film, allowing pitch, timbre and dynamics to be controlled visually rather than through traditional notation. Her work fundamentally reshaped ideas about how music could be created, laying the foundations for electronic composition, sound synthesis and experimental music practices that continue to influence composers, producers and sound designers today.
Website: www.daphneoram.org
Sarah Angliss Biog
Sarah Angliss is an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, performer, and instrument designer working across film, theatre, and live performance in Europe and North America. Her work includes the electroacoustic score for Romola Garai’s Amulet and the opera Giant, which combines baroque instruments with electronics and DIY music machines. Drawing on European folk, cybernetics, and electroacoustic engineering, her music explores inventive sound design. Sarah has received the Visionary Award from the Ivors Academy (2021) and a Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers (2018). She’s recently joined the Augmented Instruments Lab at Imperial College, London, for researching lost alternative design strategies dormant in forgotten electronic musical instruments.
Website: www.sarahangliss.com
Instagram: @sarah_angliss

Ian Stonehouse Biog
Ian Stonehouse is an archivist, researcher and performer working in the Electronic Music Studios and Special Collections at Goldsmiths, University of London, with the archives of composers Daphne Oram, Lily Greenham and Hugh Davies. He has lectured in Sonic Art for over 30 years and was Head of the Electronic Music Studios at Goldsmiths from 2004-2019. Most recently he's been a research consultant and instrument maker for projects including Lily Greenham: An Art of Living at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe, Germany (2024), the Science Museum's Time Loops concert series with composer Gavin Bryars and the group Icebreaker (2024-25), Ensemble Contrechamps' Daphne Oram: An Individual Note concert at the Auditorium Ansermet in Geneva (2025), Nonclassical's Vari/ations: An Ode to Oram event at the Barbican in London (2025) and as part of an ensemble celebrating the legacy of experimental group Gentle Fire at Cafe Oto in London (2026).
Bandcamp: ianstonehouse.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @soonheisatune
Shiva Feshareki Biog
A doctoral composition graduate from the Royal College of Music, Shiva Feshareki is an Ivor Novello award-winning British-Iranian composer and turntablist, working at the intersection of contemporary-classical and electronic music. She has performed internationally in concert halls, galleries, and raves, including the BBC Proms, Southbank Centre, Barbican, Konzerthaus Berlin, Mutek Montreal, and Amsterdam Dance Event, collaborating with ensembles such as the BBC Singers, London Contemporary Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Website: studiofeshareki.com
Instagram: @shivafeshareki
X - @shivafeshareki
James Bulley Biog
James Bulley is an artist and musician working with sound across installation, performance, immersive audio, film, theatre, and public art. His work has been presented internationally in galleries, concert halls, and public spaces. Projects include the world-premiere performance of Daphne Oram’s Still Point at the BBC Proms, alongside collaborations with artists, filmmakers, and institutions including Marshmallow Laser Feast, the National Trust, Opera North, and the BBC.
Website: jamesbulley.com
Instagram: @jjbulley
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
Website: carocsound.com
X: @carocsound
Instagram: @carocsound
Facebook: www.facebook.com/carocsound
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Vicky Clarke joins Caro C to explore her experimental approach to sound, from field recording and neural synthesis to AI technologies and spatial audio. She also discusses immersive installations, open-source tools and the unconventional inspirations that drive her work.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
02:06 - Field Recording, Musique Concrète and DIY Electronics
05:34 - Residency In Russia
06:27 - Neural Synthesis And Machine Learning
10:53 - Working On Aura Machine
14:16 - Working With AI Technologies
16:35 - Open Source Software
18:30 - Developing An Immersive Sound Installation
20:41 - Fear Around Technology
22:23 - Spatial Audio Using Spat
25:28 - Routing Ableton For Spatial Audio
27:53 - Sculptures As Sound Sources
30:32 - Adopting Emergent Technology
33:53 - Geology As A Source Of Inspiration
#ableton #spat

Vicky Clarke Biog
Vicky Clarke is a sound and electronic media artist from Manchester, whose work explores materiality, electrical phenomena and ritual. Working with sound sculpture, DIY electronics and human-machine systems, she explores our relationship to technology considering themes of human agency in autonomous systems, post-industrialisation and techno-emotional states. Her work takes the form of composition, installation and live AV performance. She produces music as SONAMB and her debut album, SLEEPSTATES, a ‘glitchy experimental techno jerker’ (Boomkat) was released in 2022, accompanied by net-art piece ‘SLEEPSTATES.NET'.

‘Latent Spaces’, her 2025 spatial sound installation, was created as a selected ‘In Motion’ composer with Sound & Music UK. Inviting audiences to step inside a computational model, the piece draws on her research into machine learning and musique concréte, working with early neural synthesis models and custom industrial datasets. This research practice developed through artistic residencies and commissions with NOVARS electroacoustic department at the University of Manchester, UK-Russia year of music, British Council, and Cyborg Soloists at the University of Holloway, resulting in her works ‘Aura Machine’ and ‘Neural Materials.’

Vicky won an Oram Award in 2020 from the New BBC Radiophonic Workshop & PRS Foundation. As a solo artist and previously with DIY electronics project Noise Orchestra, she has performed and exhibited at CTM, ICA, MUTEK, National Science & Media Museum, QO2 and STEIM amongst others. Her latest EP AURA MACHINE is out now on LOL Editions.

https://vickyclarke.org/
https://www.instagram.com/sonamb__/
https://linktr.ee/sonamb__
http://sleepstates.net/
https://loleditions.bandcamp.com/album/aura-machine
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
URL: http://carocsound.com/
Twitter: @carocsound
Inst: @carocsound
FB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/
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