alka
electronic music producer / synth builder / librarian
Blending (+bending) electronic styles, alka is vast enough for wide open spaces or condensed urban settings. it is the place where lucidity and obscurity meet.
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- Reposted by alkaNews from the edge of the visible universe: JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time. (MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭 science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
- The forest is a college, each tree a university.
- Terrible musical related news (the rest has been terrible for some time, but you don’t need me to tell you) cdm.link/ni-insolvency/
- Reposted by alkaLess than a year after our last review of an album by @anewlinerelated.bsky.social , he’s back with a 4-track EP, each piece with its own distinct style, beautifully sequenced. Once again, it’s available on Sound In Silence. #electronicmusic www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...
- Synth history post of the day :: the Teleharmonium, the world’s first significant electronic musical instrument - late 1800s. Image from Simon Crab’s astounding 120years.net #synthsky @synthsky.bsky.social
- Reminds me of the early Helmholtz sound synthesizer :: 120years.net/helmholtz-so...
- Reposted by alkaJust days away from a sad demise.
- Is it even a synth if it doesn’t look like this? #synthsky @synthsky.bsky.social
- 'The Daemonus Scratchbox' My DIY synth based on a SN76477 "complex sound generator" chip produced by Texas Instruments (TI). The chip came to market in 1978 and was used in early video games such as Space Invaders.
- After many moons, I had a desire to break out and listen to some CDs - a lot of these have never been added to streaming services and probably never will. #electronicmusic #ambient #experimental #bbcradiophonicworkshop #synthsky
- @brucelevenstein.bsky.social would be proud :) - problem is I only have whatever that half broken portable player is haha
- A musician's favorite personal work will always be that they have not yet recorded.
- Reposted by alkaLast year, SomaFM played over 30,000 different artists and more than 116,000 different tracks across 45+ channels
- Another gleam in the 2025 haze was our collab with Roger @rogerodonnell.com on his brilliant 8th solo album... Certainly an expansive electronic/ambient exploration that made 2025 lighter. Thx to Rayna @raynafire.bsky.social for the Top 10 inclusion.
- Albumism’s @raynafire.bsky.social has selected Roger O'Donnell’s ‘Projections’ as one of her 10 favorite albums of 2025 | Explore the other albums featured in her Top 10 + all of our writers’ picks here: album.ink/WritersFaves25
- special thx to @xylander.bsky.social for featuring alka on his brilliant Forgotten Futures show on Audio Interface.
- I'm back with a new episode of #forgottenfutures to showcase exciting and varied electronic music. There's #ambient, #experimental, #techno and #noisemusic. If you enjoy discovering new music by unsigned and independent artists you're in for a treat. www.audiointerface.org/shows/forgot...
- ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ 2025 is over. It was indeed trying, but we are grateful for the opportunity to have released our 5th full length on the inimitable Mortality Tables @mortalitytables.bsky.social Extremely ltd copies of the physical CD are still available. #electronicmusic #ethereal #synthsky
- logging on
- In this seemingly post-reality world where many are lead to believe they can simply 'choose their own', it is wise to remember that just because we 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to believe something is true, that in itself does not necessarily make it truthful. Happy New Year
- Reposted by alkaFrom BBC Archive, Andy Batten-Foster interviews futurist Ray Hammond and PG about the impact that the synthesizer is having on popular and classical music... www.youtube.com/watch?v=91NC...
- Reposted by alkaOpen up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.
- Anyone get any fun gear for the holidays?
- Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social in his Real World Studios from a 2009 documentary. Notice the AKAI MPC and his trusty Sequential Circuits Prophet 5. Any guesses what the synth is on top of the piano?
- I'm thinking it's a Korg Wavestation perhaps... that unique slope in the front and the tapes are leaning against the joystick control.
- Reposted by alkaThe End of Evangelion Episode 26' Sincerely Yours I Need You
- Reposted by alkaTrev’s Virtual Cassette Library 151 6 December 2025 ///lands.lonely.uniform “Hello all. Episode one-five-one of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Lands Lonely Uniform. That’s the track you hear underneath, and it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—it’s up on YouTube if…
- We should all be concerned with what fills the space when science, education, and democratic processes are cast to the wayside.
- 'The ultimate emptiness of doing something that makes absolutely no sense.' big fan of Yello - such an iconic and unique sound in a world of copycat electronic music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
- Nice to have a sparkle of hope. ✨
- and for anyone keeping track - i've since returned. deceptively not as powerful as it needs to be. No EQ tonal control at all at least as of firmware 1.0.3, and i had a hard time getting the reverb and overall mix to sound decent without.
- Well, I ordered a Tonverk. After parting with my Octatrack a couple years back I've been missing the @elektron.se experience. My love for their gear started with the MachineDrum after @rogerodonnell.com convinced me I needed one sometime in the early aughts.
- As of Firmware *1.0.2 that is
- Reposted by alkaNeon Genesis Evangelion Episode 5 Rei, Beyond the Heart Rei I
- Reposted by alkaWouldn’t be the same record without Alkas beats!!!
