Faster than usual, and more melodic with it. Fourteen minutes of modular techno at Factory Setting, on a bill headlined by @Saytek_live.
Recorded at Venue MOT in south London. Factory Setting is one of the best nights in London for this — everything played live on hardware, nothing DJed. @xeenu_live, @simonmos3013 and @DJCOUNSELLINGUK played too, and plenty of people brought their own machines and played sets through the night.
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Live improvised modular techno — solo, London.
All I need is a table, two 13A sockets and a stereo line input.
No monitoring: I'm on my own in-ears.
Set up in 20, or 10 if the changeover is tight.
Rider, dates and past shows → https://www.mentataudio.com/live
Enquiries → mentat@mentataudio.com
Gear used:
Torso T1 Sequencer - All sequencing
Eurorack Modular:
BitBox Micro Sampler - Drums, percussion loops, some synth parts
Mutable Instruments Plaits - Melodies and effect
Doepfer Wasp filter - Filter on the Plaits
Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas - Melodies
Doepfer A-111-6 - Bass
Knobula Poly Cinematic - Chords and melodies
Make Noise Mimeophon - Delay and effects
Jakkplug Monsoon (Mutable Instruments Clouds Clone) - Granular effects
Bastl Pizza Crust - Percussion and occasional synth
Blue Lantern Stereo Sir Mix Alot - Mixing
Happy Nerding FX-Aid x2 - Reverb on everything and multi effects on the Poly Cinematic
Forge tme Vhikk X - Synth textures
Mod Dwarf - Effects pedal used for mastering and end of chain
Enjoyed the video? Buy me a coffee / leave a tip at: https://ko-fi.com/mentataudio
You can find all my music at https://mentataudio.com/music
Audio downloads of all the live sets are on Bandcamp: https://mentataudio.bandcamp.com
26 Aug 2026
2026-04-20 75 Minute full live set at Waxless Club
A full 75 minute set of live improvised modular techno from Waxless Club at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch in April 2026. Had a blast playing this set. I've been to several of the Waxless events (a club night where it's all live music on machines rather than DJs) and they have always been great. I really enjoyed Sugoo's opening set of wonky melodic tracks, and Reuben's controlled chaos of really funky noise shaped grooves. I got to headline the event and played a full set.
Apart from a few riffs I had saved at the start to get me going it was all improvised on the modular and the Torso T1 sequencer, with a little bit of Roland S1 for some synth lines. It was really fun having a full 75 mins to build and drop things, moving through melodies, more percussive stuff and between techno and progressive sounds. A great crowd, if you were there thanks so much for coming down!
Annoyingly my video cut out about 4 mins in... but it was a dark room with some flashing lights and mainly about the music so posting the video anyway!
Enjoyed the video? Buy my a coffee / leave a tip at: https://ko-fi.com/mentataudio
You can find all my music at http://mentataudio.com/music
Audio downloads of all the live sets are on Bandcamp: http://mentataudio.bandcamp.com
Gear used:
Torso T1 Sequencer - All sequencing
Eurorack Modular:
BitBox Micro Sampler - Drums, percussion loops, some synth parts
Mutable Instruments Plaits - Melodies and effect
Doepfer Wasp filter - Filter on the Plaits
Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas - Melodies
Dopefer A-111-6 - Bass
Knobula Poly Cinematic - Chords and melodies
Make Noise Mimeophon - Delay and effects
Jakkplug Monsoon (Mutable Instruments Clouds Clone) - Granular effects
Bastl Pizza Crust - Percussion and occasional synth
Blue Lantern Stereo Sir Mix Alot - Mixing
Happy Nerding FX-Aid x2 - Reverb on everything and multi effects on the Poly Cinematic
Forge tme Vhikk X - Synth textures
Roland S1 - Chords and synths
Custom Raspberry Pi mastering module running Patchbox and MODEP
If you're interested, my ModularGrid is here: https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2884273
Shop for gear I recommend on Reverb: https://tidd.ly/4dDHSsd (affiliate link)
26 Aug 2026
2026-08-20 Live at SpaceWreck - Fire
Here's my set from the SpaceWreck: Fire event in Walthamstow, London. There's a great grassroots electronic music scene that has grown up around the Trades Hall in Walthamstow. Synth club every few months is a chance to geek out over synths and gear and a mix of talks and live performances. Tones and Drones are doing regular immersive ambient events with curated musicians and amazing visuals. And the band SpaceWreck are running eclectic curated events of a range of electronic music. I was invited to play at their 'Fire' themed event, with a fun setup of flames and projections around the multiple stages set up. Really enjoyed the event and all the other artists' sets.
Enjoyed the video? Buy my a coffee / leave a tip at: https://ko-fi.com/mentataudio
You can find all my music at http://mentataudio.com/music
Audio downloads of all the live sets are on Bandcamp: http://mentataudio.bandcamp.com
Gear used:
Torso T1 Sequencer - All sequencing
Eurorack Modular:
BitBox Micro Sampler - Drums, percussion loops, some synth parts
Mutable Instruments Plaits - Melodies and effect
Doepfer Wasp filter - Filter on the Plaits
Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas - Melodies
Dopefer A-111-6 - Bass
Knobula Poly Cinematic - Chords and melodies
Make Noise Mimeophon - Delay and effects
Jakkplug Monsoon (Mutable Instruments Clouds Clone) - Granular effects
Bastl Pizza Crust - Percussion and occasional synth
Blue Lantern Stereo Sir Mix Alot - Mixing
Happy Nerding FX-Aid x2 - Reverb on everything and multi effects on the Poly Cinematic
Forge tme Vhikk X - Synth textures
Mod Dwarf - Effects pedal used for mastering and end of chain
If you're interested, my ModularGrid is here: https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2884273
Shop for gear I recommend on Reverb: https://tidd.ly/4dDHSsd (affiliate link)
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