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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🎛️ First solo show in NYC in a while! Stoked to share some new sounds and developments. Hope to see some folks out. 🎛️ Striped Light Mon, May 11 Doors 7:30 Show 8:00 Long Island City 5min walk from Queens Plaza DM for address Tickets at door or online - withfriends.events/event/i50RiG...

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Chris Ingalls @ingalls1969.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I absolutely love “Exalge,” the beautiful, wild, weird new experimental album from @matthewryals.bsky.social - a live improvisational recording featuring effe effe. Here’s my review

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ridiculous Airbnb situation while on tour in London. We asked for an extra blanket & the host wouldn’t provide it. I sent a screenshot of the listing which says extra blankets are provided. Then, they told us to vacant the apt within 30m! It took 5hrs, but we got it sorted via customer service.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

New video in my Patch Programmability series is now up on YouTube – “5 Levels of Feedback Patching Using Joranalogue Modules” In this one, I explore some possible sounds and strategies for working with feedback with @joranalogue.bsky.social eurorack modules. youtu.be/nRqemavo_4Q?...

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5 Levels of Feedback Patching Using Joranalogue Modules

YouTube video by Matthew Ryals

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

That’s a wrap! The latest edition of Patching With Modular Synthesizers finished up last month, and it was an absolute blast to work with everyone! If you’d like to join a future edition of PWMS, please sign up to the PWMS waiting list.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Really enjoying the textures and environmental sounds I can get with the @joranalogue Walk 4 routed to various places.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Thru-zero cross / circular FM with 2 @joranalogue Generate 3 oscillators. I find myself always coming back to FM, reviewing the concept, experimenting…This morning, I was studying thru-zero FM & reviewing how the carrier & modulator relationship gets swapped. #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesizer

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

For the first time ever, I tried to arrange my patch cables in a way that left most knobs & switches physically accessible & visually clear. This took way too much time, so I’ll prob only do this for tours such as the upcoming UK +EU tour with Zevra (4tet w/ Niloufar Shiri, Jonas Engel, Fan-Qi Wu).

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Ecstatic to announce our new quartet, ZEVRA. Formed at Art Omi: Music 2025 residency in New York, the group consists of Niloufar Shiri (kamancheh), Fan-Qi Wu (pipa), Jonas Engel (saxophone), and Matthew Ryals (modular synthesizer). This April, we're embarking on our first tour across the UK and EU.

Tour flyer with concert dates and locations for the quartet, Zevra.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Developing a new video on feedback patching using @joranalogue.bsky.social modules for my Patch Programmability series on YouTube. Here I’m adding the Serge Res EQ for some additional timbral shaping.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Time to share some patches made by students currently enrolled in Patching With Modular Synthesizers! 🎛️🎚️💥 PWMS is only offered 1-2x a year. If you’d like to join the next edition, please join the PWMS waitlist: tinyurl.com/PWMSList

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

“Knots” is out now! It’s the second single from my and effe effe’s new album, Exalge, out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams. 🔗 Stream the singles & preorder vinyl via the link in my profile.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Announcing EXALGE, my new album with effe effe out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams. EXALGE is a fully improvised performance for modular synth + viola, recorded live in concert at ExAlge in Milan in 2023. Preorders for vinyl + digital are open now, & the first single “Limb-loosener” is out today!

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this. What a signal that would send to the country and to the world. If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

👋🏻 My first YouTube tutorial is now up on my channel! It’s all about using Joranalogue’s Contour 1 eurorack module as a classic Sample & Hold. If you’ve ever been curious about how to make that Hold function behave like a classic S&H, this one’s for you. Full video is up on my YouTube channel now.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

April tour dates! Next month, I’ll be unfurling sound solo and in various groups across the West Coast, Midwest, and Ontario. Stoked for my first shows in Los Angeles, Tucson, and Milwaukee. Flyer by @joycenho.bsky.social

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

When you step on the L train anytime after 8pm, it always smells like a fart. Why?

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Generative Etudes Vol. 3.1 is out now! 🎛️✨It’s Bandcamp Friday and all purchases go directly toward my April tour, which will take me to the West Coast, Midwest, and Canada. shorturl.at/HzXJ6

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I hit the ground running upon returning home and started working on a new dance commission today✨

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

While on the road, I was staying at someone’s place & fainted in their restroom falling through a glass shower door. It was a traumatic experience. I got seen by the Dr today & everything seems fine, more tests to come. Just a case of the old Vasovagal syncope. On the + side, I had this for lunch:

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Back from tour, which was one of my favs so far!

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is out now on 3OP including a 💿 edition! This marks the final vol. in my Generative Etudes series, exploring generative composition using the mdlr synth. Each track is a fully autonomous patch, evolving from start to finish without human intervention. shorturl.at/CMT6t

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Nil Hartman @nilhartman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

PREORDER Matthew Ryals - Generative Etudes 3.0 (CD/Digital) via 3OP matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...

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Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0, by Matthew Ryals

5 track album

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is now available for pre-order on 3OP! It’s part of a larger series exploring generative modular synthesis. Vol. 3 will eventually include three separate EPs, but this special 💿 edition includes all the tracks across the volume. matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...

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Lord Chief Justice @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I will miss my beautiful snark-tastic genius of a friend. Life is real, it doesnt go on forever. Love each other.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I have an idea for a new trio–does anyone know someone who plays twigs and leaves, maybe the occasional pile of rocks? 🍂🪨

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I find it unfortunate that so many folks are fearful of really high frequencies, even when not super loud. As soon as people hear them they’ll duck down, grimace, sound engineers will start attenuating via an EQ, etc. I really love working up there, and find it ripe for exploration.

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

bought this great record on Confront Recordings yesterday that is in the microsound, lowercase free improv realm and loving it confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/foldings

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Foldings, by Akiyama / Nakamura / Sugimoto / Wastell

2 track album

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I read all my admin emails aloud to Sunny prior to sending. He’s a great listener, but zero feedback. Still helpful tho!

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⌇⌇matthew ryals⌇⌇ @matthewryals.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

First post! Ecstatic to hit the road this February with shows across the South and Midwest, including many cities I’ve never played before! Huge gratitude to all the incredible folks making these performances possible. Flyer art by the brilliant Joyce N. Ho

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