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Andy.digitonal

@digitonal.bsky.social
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Electronica with notes since 1997. Recording as Digitonal, Alphabox, Of the Night Sky. Also, creative technologist, digital artist and designer of theme parks. Suffolk, England.

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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 20h
Having a Plaid day. Starting with Feorm Falorx which is really nice to come back to fresh after a bit of a break from their work.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Really special weekend at the Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival with my old mate Myogenic and me playing to a packed yet silent room, performing a deconstruction of The Night Album. Even if I only do one gig a year, it's got to be like this or nothing. Vids coming soon.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child: Landslides (thank you The Railway Children) Inanimate objects moving (thank you Children of Green Knowe) Most dogs and especially Boxers Safeway supermarket The terrace at Temple Newsam
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tonight's reading accompaniment. Underrated.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was the first in my London office to hear about 9/11 due to spending all day on an IDM message board which had a lot of Americans on it. Was the first major thing I can remember unfolding over the internet in that way. Also the crazy rumours about hundreds of planes in the air etc.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's time for my annual "let's get out the Subharmonicon to test it before selling it, oh actually that's really quite unique isn't it" day.
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BUNKR @bunkr303.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Shouts to my friends at @vlsi.bsky.social this Bandcamp Friday. They’ve steadily built up an enviable catalogue of releases over time that’s well worth checking out if you’re looking for electronica, electro, ambient and generally alternative electronic music. vlsirecords.bandcamp.com
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VLSI Records
Electronic music record label
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Coquelicot Bejam
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Once again obsessed with the shifting internal harmony of the tenor and alto parts in this Gibbons arrangement by Alexander L'Estrange. Masterclass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=89bu...
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No. 5. The Lamentation of David: Thy beauty, Israel, is gone
YouTube video by Alexander L'Estrange - Topic
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly. One of very few artists that genuinely deserve the title 'legend', in both life and art. and further proof that if you live your life not being a thundering *phobic dickweasel, you'll find it celebrated at it's end.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I have now been listening to the same granular reverby rhodes loop in the background for about 2 hours. But I am getting a LOT of work done. God I love music.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
JOHN ALLAN GARRITY ... Just me then?
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"I won't be humiliated by nobodies". But, reader, he was.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Shout out to the general behaviour of the sky today and tonight. No notes.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Having a total perspective vortex crisis...
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Bob and Englebert in a rare moment of treat based brotherhood.
Kitkats
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
youtu.be/l3Vxd3L-gqE Really into looping at the moment. No messing about with arrangements and mixing, just playing.
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Constellation 5: An Improvisation for looped Rhodes, Clarinet and fx.
YouTube video by Digitonal
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Was the year 2000 the single worst year for pop music in history? #totp
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2_... Overshadowed by the Barber remix, but this was a huge influence on me.
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William Orbit - Ogive Number 1 (Erik Satie)
YouTube video by Edensounds - Music For Plants
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I've known a handful of musicians in my time who are genuine polymaths, turning any approach to music making into gold. Polypores is one of them. This is insanely good and really makes me want to make an 'acoustic' album next.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh man, what a shocker. I had given Strange Cargo III a deep listen on the train just three weeks ago for the first time in a long time. A forever classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLBd... RIP.
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Water From A Vine Leaf
YouTube video by William Orbit - Topic
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy #BandcampFriday. Nothing more joyous than refreshing your life with new music. Anyway, as you're likely well aware by now (although I've been trying to limit over-promo), The Night Album is, clearly, out. digitonal.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And massive thanks to the Graphical Fuzzbull himself for the welcome last minute help on the graphic design, typography and production prep for the Vinyl artwork. Strong recommendation when you need solid prep on your artwork: graphicalfuzzball.co.uk
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Graphical Fuzzball
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lots of great stuff here.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Night Album originally had an extra 9min long track. mastered and all. I made a conscious decision to remove it from all versions of the album so that I could keep the sound quality high on a single vinyl record. It's not compromise, it's curation. Made for a better listening experience.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This review from a young lad that caught my set in Chelmsford last month and evidently made an impression. Most thoughtful writeup of the album yet I feel. nothing like a truly organic discovery is there? evenbutterfliesmakeasound.com/2026/08/03/d...
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Digitonal’s journey to the end of the night LP - Even Butterflies Make A Sound
Digitonal recently released a new LP The Night Album. Reuben McCulloch reports from a live show and reviews the new LP.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Michael Nyman is the best of the minimalists.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Always thought this nails it.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
First pasta sauce made with home garden grown tomatoes and it honestly tasted like the finest food you could possibly imagine. Still savoring it half an hour later. We are sold such a lie aren't we.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Beyond distraught at the Dunwich Heath fire. It's one of my most important mental health reset places. I go to that stretch of coast two or three times a month on average and it has some of the richest biodiversity in the region.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Enjoying this young fella's tunes a lot. Getting Lewis Taylor vibes which is a button I really need pushing every now and then. One cannot live on bleepy bloops alone. music.apple.com/gb/album/rec...
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reckless and arranged - day 56 by Ethan French on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 1:17
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Massive thank you to my favourite radio show for playing this album cut. What a privilege to have two radio 3 plays from this record on two completely different genre shows. I'm never completely sure what I am, but that's the charm I hope.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I've been talking a bit about using generative techniques in my album. By which I mean Turing machines and randomisation etc. And have now had two messages accusing me of using AI. This is the most tedious technology since nfts.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I have reached the "wood cheeks" phase of studio based midlife crisis consumerism. Next step, deck savers.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lovely review that. Interesting note on the name: really tried to shed it post pandemic. Did an ep as Alphabox and another as Of the Night Sky. But it just would not let go. If I was starting tomorrow I wouldn't choose it, but it's so tied into the identity of this music that it just can't not be.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is there a word to describe the feeling of hearing a preset you've used in the background music of location location location?
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is not the right LFO
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Have had a fairly robust message via facebook accusing me of using AI on the last album because I said I used 'generative techniques'. Which of course means turing machines, probability trigs and controlled random modulation. But it seems like 'generative' is about to be a dirty word too.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Any excuse to repost this tbh.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Oh this had passed me by, amazing. Love Floex. He was quite instrumental in pushing me more into using the clarinet as a texture as much as a melody line.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The amount of times I've tried to get somewhere close to the bass sound in Massive Attack's Angel. They're not even playing the same sport.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A good 70% of what's in the lead photo on this article on Juno Daily was bought at Juno, so it was a pleasure to talk with them a bit about the album process, my musical background and where I'm at in 2026: www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/20...
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
now available at my favourite record store!
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Also, this by André Masson.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Agnes Martin's Tate retrospective was life-saving at the time.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🙏
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Is that two CS80s on stage with Shakatak? #totp ? Mad that they go for £40k a piece now.
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Night Album is out now! And this is the last video from it for the closing track. This study of generative process and my own musicianship runs throughout the record, so it's been nice to finally do a performance based vid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce8O...
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Digitonal - Moon Sequence (Official Video)
YouTube video by JustMusicTV
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Night Album is released tomorrow! I've done a new performance based video for the last track on the album which I"ll pop up in the morning and then the digital will be out at the same time. digitonal.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni... (vinyl shipping on the 10th due to production delays btw).
The Night Album cover art
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Andy.digitonal @digitonal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There are many things I love about living in Ipswich, but being able to be in the sea within 25 mins on a day like this is right up there.
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