
A moody picture of Enid the cat posing with an Octave CAT synthesizer. Cat and CAT!
From suzieassaultrifle via Instagram.

A moody picture of Enid the cat posing with an Octave CAT synthesizer. Cat and CAT!
From suzieassaultrifle via Instagram.

Cat cruising on a Moog Sub Phatty in Durham, North Carolina. From Moog Music, Inc, and Moogfest via Twitter.
I have been thinking about a Carolina tour for a while (both North and South) and welcome suggestions.

Last weekend Polly Moller and I joined the hosts at UBRadio Salon for two hours of live experimental electronic improvisation. UBRadio Salon is a project by the folks who brought us Big City Orchestra UBIUBI and we excited to have the opportunity to play on their 399th consecutive weekly show.

We began with a version of our improv piece Ode to Steengo, with Polly on voice, bass flute and guitar, and I performed on modular synth and Moog Theremini. It became a quartet with electronics, and DIY sonic objects. Overall it was one of the best versions of this piece we have done! We immediately sequed into an extended coda with abstract improvisation. The second set was open improvisation as well, with Polly providing vocals and narratives throughout. In between were clips from National Lampoon radio broadcasts as well as bits of the original Stainless Steel Rats series, on which the spam text of Ode to Steengo is based.
You can hear the show in its entirely via this archive.
Thanks to our hosts Ninah Pixie and DAs for having us on the show. I look forward to their upcoming 400th episode, and we certainly hope to come back and play again.

Please meet Mr. Spock, a synth cat. Submitted via Twitter by iceman bob, who suggests that he “let mr. spock adjust oscillators and see what happens.” We at CatSynth look forward to hearing the results 🙂

A sweet picture from Merce the cat with an interesting DIY synth on Twitter in support of Luna.
“@catsynth thanks for the updates. Glad to hear Luna is in good spirits!”
From Brandon Turner on YouTube, via matrixsynth.
“I made a purring patch that my otherwise rambunctious cat rather enjoyed.”
The sound from the Sub Phatty is a machine-like but timbrally reasonable approximation of purrs, and the cat seems to really enjoy it.

No this is not Luna. But it is another gorgeous black cat in a studio, with a classic Roland Juno 60 synth. From wakeupdreamland on Instagram.

From Steven Franks via our Facebook page.
I added another Eurorack case to my rig and one of my cats has found a new favorite spot, right up by her new ceiling heat lamp.

Spike poses handsomely and confidently with his Spectralis synthesizer from Radikal Technologies. Submitted by DJ Lahbug via Twitter.