Author: catsynth

  • Wordless Wednesday: Cubist Lamp Post

    Wordless Wednesday: Cubist Lamp Post

    Looking upwards near the base of the zig-zagging structure of the cubist lamp post in Prague.  We see a blue sky with wispy clouds and older buildings above and to the sides, respectively.

    The Cubist Lamp Post in Prague, Czech Republic. The only one of its kind and an example of Czech Cubism in design and architecture.

  • Asparagus and Oxygen 61 Keyboard

    Asparagus and Oxygen 61 Keyboard

    A fluffy tabby cat named Asparagus next to an Oxygen 61 MIDI keyboard

    Asparagus poses beautifully next to an M-AUDIO Oxygen 61 MIDI keyboard. Submitted by relativity_cadenza via Threads.

    Asparagus is ready to bite some keys!

  • Inara, Akai MPC Live III, Moog, Modular

    Inara, Akai MPC Live III, Moog, Modular

    Inara performs for us on the Akai MPC Live III, along with a modular system and various Moog tabletop synths.

    From Harem of nuns (@harem_of_nuns on Instagram).

  • Gracie and Guitar Pedals

    Gracie and Guitar Pedals

    Tuxedo cat sitting in front of a pedalboard with several guitar pedals, and next to a rack of electric guitars.

    Gracie shows off her pedalboard, which includes a Tech21 SansAmp, an Electro-Harmonix Pitchfork, several offerings from MXR, Mooer, and more.

    Submitted by Ron Sotelo (@roomfullofbasses on Threads).

    Posing elegantly with a bass and amp.

    And here is Gracie’s room full of bass guitars (and a few regular guitars, too).

  • Graham, Behringer MS-5, microKorg

    Graham, Behringer MS-5, microKorg

    Graham (@grahamandchopper on Instagram) plays us a drone on the Behringer MS-5 along with a microKorg.

  • Doris: A kitten on a Kitten

    Doris: A kitten on a Kitten

    Orange tabby kitten on an Octave KItten synthesizer.

    Meet Doris, an adorable kitten who has found the purrfect synthesizer to scamper upon: the Octave Kitten!

    Submitted by Edda Jayne via our Facebook page.

  • Monday Comics: Psychic TV

    Monday Comics: Psychic TV

    Resident cartoonist and CatSynth TV co-host J.B. shares his 1992 “special guest appearance” with the band Psychic TV.

    The text from the story in the comics:


    CIrca 1994, Psychic TV were one of my tavorile bands. was really Inspired by The lechno-Acid-Trance-Rock Thing They were doing at The time. As fate would have it, the band had moved their base of operations from London to the San Francisco Bay Area (long story…), and were playing around town a lot.


    On 29 May, 1992, Psychic TV played at 177 Townsend in San Francisco. Surprisingly, They then had a saxophonisi, Gamall Awad, playing some Free Jazz improvised lines over their thundering electro beats.


    This was a revelation. I had a cassette That I would listen To over and over – It had the Pat Metheny /Ornette Coleman album Song X on one side, and PTY’s Towards Thee Infinite Beat on The other. I daydreamed about what it would sound like to weave those two threads together. And here it was!

    Jus over Iwo months laler, on Augus 5th, Psychic TV played at The Edge In Palo Allo.

    Once again, Gamall was playing with the band. During the performance, Genesis P-Orridge spotled someone in The audience holding up a sitar.

    Genesis signalled to this person to join the band onstage.
    The sitarist, Chandra Shukla, joined the band onstage for an improvisation.


    A few thoughts came to mind. It seemed like audience parlicipation was an option here. And, since the band now had this saxophonist doing some Ornette-flavored alto lines, why not add some Eric Dolphy-type bass clarinet?

    decided That I was going to play with The band.

    My bass clarinel was in my Truck; I had gone siraighi lo The gig from a Vacuum Tree Head recording session.

    I went and grabbed The insirument.

    I Told the bouncers,

    “The band said that I could play with them”.

    Unbelievably, they let me back in.

    Chulzpah? Definitely!

    When the moment felt right, I “invited myself” onstage, went up To a mic, and look a brief solo.

    The band seemed alternately confused and amused by this.

    I finished up and jumped off.

    Later, Genesis waved both Chandra and I back onslage. There was an Improvisalion wilh myself on bass clarinet, Genesis on shehnai, and Chandra on sitar over one of Fred’s programmed beats.

    There is a recordng of all of his out there.

  • Sirius and SOMA Laboratory instruments

    Sirius and SOMA Laboratory instruments

    Sirius wanders among the various instruments from SOMA Laboratory, including the Lyra and Pulsar, in this captivating drone video by Anri Kiria.

  • Milo On Milton

    Milo On Milton

    Older tuxedo cat sitting on a blanket next to an analog step sequencer module.

    The venerable Milo relaxes next to a Milton Sequencer.

    Submitted by Keith Winstanley via our Facebook page.

    You can see Milo’s previous appearances here.