This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on synthesist and producer Danalogue.

Danalogue is a founding member of The Comet Is Coming and half of Soccer96, and he’s recently released his debut solo album, Teleportations. The record imagines grief and upheaval as a science-fictional voyage and was sparked by a chance encounter with the artist Moebius that grew into an imagined civilization.

We talk about recording alone, with no one else’s voice in the room; why he calls his editing process a “distilled vodka”; and why he still believes imagination is the first step toward hope.

(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Danalogue’s Teleportations)

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Dig Deeper

Artist and Album:

Visit Danalogue on Bandcamp and follow on Instagram
Purchase Danalogue's Teleportations from Castles in Space, Bandcamp, or Qobuz, and listen on your streaming platform of choice
Watch Danalogue playing live at Total Refreshment Centre

Bands and Projects:

Label and Studio:

Castles in Space (label)
Total Refreshment Centre

Collaborators:

Instruments:

Roland Juno-60 (Vintage Synth Explorer)
Roland SH-09 (Vintage Synth Explorer)

Cultural References:

Moebius (Jean Giraud) — the comics artist behind the album's origin
Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger (Hilaritas Press)
C-Smash VRS with Ken Ishii — the VR game he scored (NME feature)

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