Alison Wilder

I recently felt a sudden deep desire to try my hand at some west coast-style/experimental synthesis. After looking at a number of possibilities over a few weeks, I decided to try out the fully modular Pittsburgh Modular Voltage Lab 2. I’ve never had a true modular system before, so this is my first time doing from-scratch patching. Before today, I’ve spent about 4 hours with the system trying to understand how things work. Given this and the fact that I saw the #WeekOfPatching tag on Mastodon…

I’m super excited to be starting a new series with Greg Wilder called The Clearing: The Clearing is a monthly secular sound environment held in downtown Keene, NH. We present 90 minutes of live, slow-moving, beautiful music, composed and improvised in the room for deep listening, rest, and enjoying one another’s company. This sort of community-oriented, secular + spiritual music event is something I’ve had in the back of my mind for a long time, and I’m super excited to bring it to life. The…

I’ve been focusing lately on playing instruments, especially guitar. This is something I’ve done a lot of in my life, but I’ve spent most of my time the last few years focusing more on the production/electronic side of things, and less on the “play an entire piece of music with your hands” side of things. I’ve missed it! Not to mention my abilities have suffered, and I’m not happy about that. Mostly, this has meant playing my acoustic. It’s a low-end Taylor that I bought when I was 18. It’s the…

I was recently asked to participate in a super-cool livestream series being put on by the Spirit of Gravity collective out of Brighton, UK. They’re hosting streams every third Wednesday “to experience new sounds from performers across the world.” That’s me! I’m across the world! I’m working on new album material at the moment, so ... Read more