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Eden Grey – Timewarp (Triplicate Records)

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Modular synth expert and creative force behind the CV-Freqs modular community Eden Grey returns to Triplicate Records with her fourth release entitled “Timewarp”. 10 certified bangers. Cool & slick with classic electronic grit.

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INTERVIEW
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George Ernst (Triplicate Records): It’s been a while, so I’ll simply ask, how are you and what have you been up to?

Dr. Chelsea Bruno (Eden Grey): Been pretty good, thanks.. working on a lot of projects, the CV FREQS events, teaching, writing articles, modular synth workshops and composing. I released my last album in August of 2025 called “In the Forest of Fangorn” with EC Underground. I’ve also been working on my doll project quite a bit, making and showing my handmade dolls, and some of them have found new homes. I love the doll project because it is another place where I find peace in their stillness and silence, where I find a different kind of sound meditation in exploring sounds I create with my modular synth.

GE: How did the Nomadic collaborations come about? They’re excellent! I hope you two can work together again!

CB: Nomadic is an old friend who played one of the first electro shows I ever booked, and he resurfaced again in my sphere after more than a decade. I suggested he should send some drums, which he did with a few synth sounds mixed in and I just spent a lot of time adding to them and making a nice arrangement for both of the tracks that he is featured on. It gives another personality to my work to collab, to see what comes out, collabs often work out really nicely, so I am sure we will be working together again.

GE: Seeing Space in the Finite is a real trippy and heavy title. Can you talk about what that sentence entails to you, and the broader musical themes of Timewarp?

CB: This track I made with the intention for it to represent a Boards of Canada style beat. I made the beat very much inspired by their tracks and then I wanted it to sound like the other synth themes were also familiar too. Coincidentally they have resurfaced this year, when I made this track in the holiday season to also give it some of that nostalgic feel. Space is forever, and what is finite, is not forever. Phosphorescent also reminds me of my early inspiration from Boards of Canada. I am interested in the ways we experience time differently as individuals in our environments. It is a somewhat mysterious concept.

GE: Do you think an elephant would stand and politely sway their trunk to Timewarp? I reckon they would.

CB: Yes, I do think, and a manatee would swim with it underwater too…

GE: Night Tripper is one of my favorite things I’ve heard you make, or heard in general in fact. Can you talk about that one and the effort that went into making it? I’m being selfish I realize but whatever, I like this song a lot and I wanna hear more about it!

CB: I’m so glad you like it.. yes, it is a special song, its evolution, I like the way it changes but keeps you in the same space. Also, sometimes, oftentimes I stay up late at night working on music to get the vibe I am after. And then it has a whole new type of magic when you hear it during the day. To me, it has an equal mixture of dark and light. 

Written & Produced by Dr. Chelsea Bruno
Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Ned Rush

SANFORD – Wave Frequency (Self-Released)

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Wave Frequency is a collection of songs written across 2023 and 2024 that attempt to capture a variety of moods that shift seasonally throughout the year. An Energetic summer leading to an Indulgent fall harvest season, then into the Anxieties of the winter months and finally into a Regenerative spring, and repeating all over again. This is the first release as SANFORD that Daniel Sanford has made, though you might be familiar with his older work as Douibyorthst.

Written, performed, and produced by SANFORD
Cover art by SANFORD

gribbles – githerments #02 (Self-Released)

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Another collection of orphaned tunes lurking in the nether regions of my laptop.

These are tracks that were lined up for a bit more polish and probable release – but since then my attention has moved elsewhere as I got all excited about new shiny projects and these tracks got left at the ‘nearly there’ stage. So they’re a little rough around the edges in places, but I’m claiming that as part of their charm.

That said, when I played a couple of these to people they got broadly appreciative nods – so I thought another githerments release may be in order.

It’s a bit of a mixed bag.

ether is so old, all I have is the audio file. Which is a shame ‘cos there was a lovely long reverb tail on the end and it’s cut off in the version I found sat in a random folder.

There’s upbeat electro in Storm, Noir-esque noodling with some spoken word in Thomas, and even some guitar on Tom Five.

Streets and Blue Hills are pseudo-themes for some never made US cop dramas.

Of course there’s a tune or two with stuff from my much raided US evangelists sample folder. Will I ever grow out of that?

There’s some sort of poppy songs, some sub Daft-Punk vocoder work courtesy of a Arturia pssst I found that I meant to replace the sample in. And some things I’m not sure how to describe.

All in all – something for everyone or maybe everything for someone.

Line up, baby!

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July ’25

Chris Alexander – Body Double (Library Of The Occult)

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Celebrated Canadian filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander joins Library of the Occult records with his album ‘Body Double’

A sinister fusion of 80s horror aesthetics and cinematic electronic soundscapes, Body Double throws listeners into a shadowy world of pulsating synths, eerie melodies, and haunting atmospheres. Alexander’s signature approach to sound design captures the spirit of classic genre film scores while pushing into uncharted sonic territory.

In the words of Shawn Macomber from Decibel: “Chris Alexander is easily one of the most fearless, imaginative, and iconoclastic world-builders currently operating in the worlds of cinema, and music. And when it comes to conjuring the magic and menace just beyond the veil, the man is damn near peerless.”

With Body Double, Alexander channels the sonic legacy of icons like John Carpenter and Goblin, weaving a tapestry of sound that feels both familiar and otherworldly.

Dream Division & The Library Of The Occult Electronic Orchestra – A Rose In The Garden Of Winter (Library Of The Occult)

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This album marks a significant evolution for Dream Division, evolving from a solo project into a full band experience. Blending the rich sounds of Italian soundtracks with psychedelic rock, Tom McDowell, the band’s core member and founder of Library of the Occult Records, has assembled an all-star lineup for this collaborative record. Featuring members of The Hologram People, Garden Gate, The Psychic Circle, Miles Brown and Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the album navigates through genres while maintaining a cinematic essence. From the sinister melancholy tones of ‘Black Rose’ to the Giorgio Moroder-esque Giallo disco of ‘Technicolor Terror,’ ‘A Rose in the Garden of Winter’ unfolds like a lost soundtrack to a classic ’70s Giallo film.

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released August 23, 2024

Tom Mcdowell – Synths / Vocoder / Production
Jonathan Parkes – Drums / percussion
Jack Harris – Guitar / Bass
Timmi Meskers – Synths
Miles Brown – Theremin / Synth
Mario Janser – Organ / Synths / Bass
Felipe Boyd – Drums (October Moon)
Churro Green – Sitar
A. Barda – Vocals

Mastered by Darren Page

Artwork – Samuel Tomso