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alka

@magicksquare.bsky.social
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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. fanlink.tv/themagnitude

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Ghostly @ghostlyint.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy birthday to Haruomi Hosono, who shares a new single today "Note of Mothership," arrives as he turns 79 and enters a new chapter in his singular career. ​ Yours Sincerely, his forthcoming album out September 11th, in limited-edition dark-gold vinyl, CD, cassette, and deluxe box-set formats.
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Colin Spencer @colinspencermusic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Specific mixes for particular situations: @magicksquare.bsky.social 'Faito ( #VinceClarke Remix)', @arabstrap.scot 'You You You (Radio Edit)', @penelopetrappes.bsky.social 'Caro ( #StephenMallinder Remix)' and others featured during #ColinSpencer Programme #213 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
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Colin Spencer @colinspencermusic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
#ThreeOriginalsByEach : @possiblespace.bsky.social 's #RobertStorm championed #Laibach #ColinSpencer Programme #213 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... to #DiscoverAndRemember Are all (any?) of Robert's cherished three by Laibach the same songs/versions that you'd select? #Interview #TOBE
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Audio Obscura @audioobscura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
5 electronic albums released in 2026 that are better then the new Boards of Canada album; 1. Pan American - Fly the ocean in a Silver Plane 2. Seefeel - Sol.Hz 3. Gareth Jones - ElectroGenetic - Nos Da 4. Alka - Gravity 5. Digitonal - The Night Album
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Audio Obscura @audioobscura.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It's hard to describe how good the Alka 'Gravity' album of remixes is on @mortalitytables.bsky.social It's a fantastic piece of work, loads of amazing remixes @excited100.bsky.social @scannerdot.com @veryanmusic.bsky.social just three that stand out. mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/gravity
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gravity, by alka
16 track album
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Soft tears of rain come to the field. The ghost soil answers their call. Voices of the buried dead drift towards its edge, whispering harsh prophecies. For this is strange England and its conversation of constant augury. This is the now bullied spirits of then and tomorrow. – #DAKilroy, 1982
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Honored to appear alongside so many astounding artists on this one. Out 6.26!
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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
With the news @cherryredrecords.bsky.social will be releasing a Vince Clarke ‘Remix/Remodel’ 2CD set on 26th June 2026, a good time to revisit of the Beginner’s Guide compiled by ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK in 2015. Remix collection tracklist in comments 🎹💻🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️ www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-beginners-...
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A Beginner’s Guide To VINCE CLARKE - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK
It would be fair to say that Mute Records’ initial commercial success came on the back of Vince Clarke’s songcraft. First with DEPECHE MODE in 1981 and then YAZOO in 1982, Clarke demonstrated that Mut...
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
R.I.P Moya Brennan.
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Colin Spencer @colinspencermusic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Particular mixes suit specific situations: @darwinmcdmusic.bsky.social & #Huguenot 'Birds Away ( #Alka Remix)' and @theglidingfaces.bsky.social 'Terracotta ( @milanmusicuk.bsky.social Terracotta Paris To Versailles)' featured during #ColinSpencer Programme #202 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
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Elizabeth Joan Kelly @elizabethjelly.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Airing tomorrow at 12pm CT on @campradio.bsky.social, a brand new episode of #ElectroJunkyard. Featuring tunes by @magicksquare.bsky.social, @annacalvi.bsky.social, and more.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
MAGAZINE MONDAY | Read about the revolutionary sea floor charts of pioneering cartographer Marie Tharp in the current issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. lcm.loc.gov/issue/march-april-2026/…
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The woman who mapped the ocean
The revolutionary sea floor charts of Marie Tharp.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today we're announcing something special, GRAVITY: a collection of remixes from our 2025 release The Magnitude... provided by fellow electronic musicians across the spectrum. We are honored by names like Gareth Jones, Scanner, Vince Clarke, Mick Chillage, Stubbleman, Starkey, Textbeak, et al.
abstracted graphic of mainly blue and orange being the cover of Gravity by alka.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It’s always a lovely thing when someone understands a piece of your very personal work. Thx to Nosnibor at Aural Aggravation for the write-up of my latest piece for Mortality Tables. auralaggravation.com/2026/03/13/a...
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alka / Andrew Brenza – My Old Man (A Meditation On Impermanence)
Mortality Tables – 27th February 2026 Christopher Nosnibor Mortality Tables’ Impermanence Project continues apace, this time with a nine-minute work by alka, with spoken word by Andrew Brenza. This…
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 16/03/2026
Brooklyn yellow pages went so hard
New York Telephone Brooklyn Yellow Pages 1970-71 with an amazing psychedelic cover by Peter Max
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Had the pleasure to remix Darwinmcd @darwinmcd and Huguenot’s infectious new synth pop tune Birds Away 🐦 🎶 🔊
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Birds Away (Alka Remix)
YouTube video by Darwinmcd - Topic
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Not mentioned: E-mu Emulator boards. I had a crash course in Z80 when repairing one.
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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Beautiful use of these machines as kinetic instruments. Have you seen some of this? Probably. All of it? I think not! They've been busy...
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Endless joys of the Open Reel Ensemble and reel-to-reel performance - CDM Create Digital Music
Japan's Open Reel Ensemble has been active continuously since 2009, with collaborations from Issei Miyake to Ryuichi Sakamoto. But there's a special magic that some of their most experimental performa...
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
My latest ambient work for Mortality Tables is a long form meditation on the concept of impermanence using Mat Smith’s touching childhood recordings singing with his late father, James. 🖤
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
One of my fave albums by Synergy aka Larry Fast. Album sleeve art by Hipgnosis (I wonder if Sleazy (coil) had anything to do with this one) and track titles assisted by Peter Gabriel - looking dapper above. #electronicmusic #synthsky
Synergy Cords album sleeve by Hipgnosis feat a naked man wrapped in a golden light beam on an ominous city street backdrop at night.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A little bit on the inimitable synth legend, Vince Clarke from a 1989 Smash Hits. Moral of the story: Don't Give UP :)
A clipping from a 1989 Smash Hits magazine featuring The Vince Clarke Story, a brief article mentioning his projects with Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, and Erasure.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
RIP THX 1138
Robert Duvall headshot of his portrayal as future city resident, THX 1138.
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Leigh Wright @wyrddaze.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Point of No Return - an avant-garde mix with wonders by @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social @castlesinspace.bsky.social @thehomecurrent.bsky.social @subexotic.bsky.social @keithseatman.bsky.social wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/p...
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This was a pleasure to work on. It was made using Mat's field recordings of his personal train journeys and narrated by Nero's Tongue. The track embodies the anxious joy and later exasperation of travel - an analogy for life/death.
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
News 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 galaxy designated MoM-z14 is currently the farthest galaxy ever detected, spotted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and confirmed spectroscopically with its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument.

Through Webb, we are seeing this galaxy as it appeared in the distant past, only 280 million years after the universe began in the big bang. Its light has traveled through space for more than 13 billion years to reach us.

Like some other galaxies Webb has discovered in the early universe, MoM-z14 is brighter, more compact, and more chemically enriched than astronomers expected to find in this early era. While it may pass out of record books quickly as the farthest galaxy, MoM-z14 will still play a role in helping astronomers and theorists reach new understanding of the earliest chapters in the universe’s story.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The forest is a college, each tree a university.
a very small me standing in front a large banyan tree.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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/
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Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
According to insolvency documents, Berlin-based Native Instruments GmbH (also parent to iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx) is in preliminary insolvency proceedings. This is significant news for ...
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EtherREAL Webzine @etherrealwebzine.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Less 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...
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Chronique disque - A New Line (Related) : Crewe Away EP
Lors de notre chronique d'A Quarterly Update On The Sadness, publié il y a un peu moins d'un an, nous relevions que les morceaux les plus courts (…)
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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
Picture of the teleharmonium from 1907 a large electronic musical instrument.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Reminds me of the early Helmholtz sound synthesizer :: 120years.net/helmholtz-so...
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Helmholtz Sound Synthesiser. Max Kohl. Germany, 1905
Max Kohl AG founded on 14 March 1876  was a well known company that designed and built scientific mechanical and electrical instruments and was based on Andorfer Str, Chemnitz, Germany. The company…
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Futurism @futurism.com · 19/01/2026
Just days away from a sad demise.
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Nuclear Bunker Falling Into Ocean
A nuclear bunker is hanging off the edge of a crumbling cliff face that's been eroded by the constant assault of the sea.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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
A collection of esoteric music CDs pictured with a personal Portable CD player.A collection of esoteric music CDs pictured with a personal Portable CD player.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A musician's favorite personal work will always be that they have not yet recorded.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Trenton Makes, the Universe Takes. #Trenton #NewJersey #DoctorWho #TomBaker #K9
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SomaFM @somafm.com · 03/01/2026
Last year, SomaFM played over 30,000 different artists and more than 116,000 different tracks across 45+ channels
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Currently: Sampling samplers. @synthsky.bsky.social #synthsky #akai #mpcliveiii #emax
A picture of Angels Den studio showing an Akai MPC Live III sampling an E-Mu Emax sampling keyboard.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
special thx to @xylander.bsky.social for featuring alka on his brilliant Forgotten Futures show on Audio Interface.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
☾ ⋆*・゚:⋆*・゚ 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
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the magnitude weighs heavy, by alka
13 track album
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
logging on
René Magritte. The
False Mirror. Paris 1929. Painting of a close-up eye with a blue sky in the iris.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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
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Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
From 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...
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1983: The SYNTHESIZER - a BLESSING or a CURSE? | RPM | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/12/2025
Open 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.
A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Anyone get any fun gear for the holidays?
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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?
Peter Gabriel in his Real World Studios playing on his Yamaha piano, next to a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, and an Akai MPC. On top of the piano sits another keyboard and cassette tapes and a boombox.
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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The End of Evangelion Episode 26' Sincerely Yours I Need You
Two Mass Production Evangelions floating in front of the black moon as it leaks blood in a grid
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Trevlad @trevlad.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Trev’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…
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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 you’re curious.I’m Trevor. Ninety minutes, two virtual sides, fifteen tracks each. In this episode you’ll hear awakened souls, The Green Kingdom, Slow Dancing Society, and Ogle.
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alka @magicksquare.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We should all be concerned with what fills the space when science, education, and democratic processes are cast to the wayside.
An image of Isaac Asimov and his quote appearing in Newsweek January, 1980, "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
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