Thee Colour of Terrible Crystal

Our new album is released onto the unwitting world on this day, Friday the 13th in the Gregorian calendar cycle of 2017 years. Featuring loads of analog and digital synthesizers, additional programming from thee Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure), ethereal vocals, and a spectral array of emotions.

“… and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. They move through the firmament which is the colour of a ‘terrible crystal’, and around a throne like sapphire, on which sits Metatron, suffused in the radiance of the rainbow.” - Peter Lamborn Wilson, Angels (1980)/Ezekiel's Vision.

Preview snippets of the entire album:

Buy/Stream in full:

Limited Edition CD - www.veryrecords.com/shop

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The Colour of Terrible Crystal :: 13.10.17

New full-length release :: The Colour of Terrible Crystal

out Friday the 13th, October 2017 on Vince Clarke's VeryRecords

"Here you will find the same melodic sensibilities that coloured the two earlier Alka albums, but you’ll also hear the sound of a restless, mercurial musician unafraid of crashing together diffuse elements – faltering stop-start rhythms, glitches, drifting ambience, near-pop and crisp beats inflected with the boldness of early electro...

‘The Colour Of Terrible Crystal’ is an exercise in electronic eclecticism; dark and moody, at times broodingly cinematic, at times carrying subtle layers of delicate optimism alongside edgier, experimental moments. Few can make albums where so many apparently incompatible stylistic switches appear so coherent, or make music whose clashing juxtapositions continually reveal themselves with successive listens." - Mat Smith

“... and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. They move through the  firmament which is the colour of a ‘terrible crystal’, and around a throne like sapphire, on which sits Metatron, suffused in the radiance of the rainbow.” – Peter Lamborn Wilson

Three Won't Lock

Choreography: Hannah Naiman Dancers: Once Removed; Katie Major, Skye Nicolson, Penny Chivas Music: Alka This piece is called "Three Won't Lock", and it is part of a suite of dances inspired by english traditional rapper sword dancing. The suite of dances is called "Numerology". The 13th Hour Où le Fringe va faire la fête, où la débauche et les partys dansants se réunissent.

The Hermetic Library Anthology Album – Magic, Music and Ritual 12

Magick, Music and Ritual 12, the one and only album in 2016, from the Hermetic Library Anthology project is now released for immediate digital download.

Includes new track :: Multiple :: Multi-faceted as crystal. We saw this day come and go, like shards of colored light. The planets rise and fall, to nothing... to darkness. The stars glow in sync; appearing multiple | singular | modular | linear.

"They move through the firmament which is the colour of a ‘terrible crystal’, and around a throne like sapphire, on which sits Metatron, suffused in the radiance of the rainbow.” – Peter Lamborn Wilson

Produced and programmed by bryan.alka, additional programming Todd Steponick, lyrics and vocal elements by erika tele & todd steponick. additional primal outcries: matthew kirscht & micha'el horrible

Inside the Rift: Session 35:Ruxpin

New deep electronica mix from Ruxpin for Inside the Rift..

Tracklist:

Buspin Jieber – We Came As We Left
Ruxpin – Poly Polly
Ametsub – SkyDroppin
Kelpe – Eye Candy Bath
Christ – Toynbee
Gunnar Jónsson Collider – Transikh
Daveeth – Go Figure
Pastacas – Erikool
AFX – Diskhat
Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Karsten Pflum – Com Sa Faerring
Generate – Lander
Alka – Twilight
Skurken - Hólmur

End of Years

2015, what's in a number...? This year saw continued production on an upcoming alka release: The Colour of Terrible Crystal, but nearly as important, 2015 (and let's throw in 2014 because it's all a blur) saw the completion of many DIY analog synth projects and the restoration of old favorites at the alka studio: Angels' Den which has become the Analog Hospital as of late:

• MicroMoog restoration - a trash-picked classic, cleaned up and calibrated
• SN76477 restoration project: an old copper faced wooden-boxed 70's arcade chip synth was brought back to life.
• Buchla 258r build - for Electric Music Box project
• Buchla 208r rev1 build
• Buchla 208r rev2 build - for Electric Music Box project
• Alka my glitch card design and prototyping for 208 edge connector interface
• Moog/Realistic MG-1 restoration/rebuild
• Bleep Labs - Bleep Drum build
• SN76477 build from vintage Complex Sound Generator schematic :: Daemonous Scratch Box
• Korg Poly-61 restoration/rebuild
• Gieskes 3trinsrgb+1c analog audio/video synthesizer build
• Gieskes Analog HD2, hard drive instrument build
• Casio CZ-5000 restoration
• White Noise Generator breakout board for Buchla DIY Electric Music Box

Korg Poly61: Before

Korg Poly61: During repair

Korg Poly61: After

New MultiTracks App

Mate, Roger O'Donnell (The Cure, Thompson Twins, Psychedelic Furs, 99x/10) is featured in a new app, MultiTracks. If you listen closely you can hear a bit of my synth and drum programming in there as well!

Roger O'Donnell's MultiTracks releases from "The Truth In Me" and "Songs From The Silver Box", each song delivered as eight synchronized stereo tracks in a mixer format. You can solo, mute, and adjust the volume on every instrument and vocal track! Only with the MultiTracks App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

MultiTracks App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for FREE here: http://bit.ly/1kbjGYW

MultiTracks App: http://multitracksapp.com/

Artist Portal: http://multitracksmusic.com/

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