Sunday afternoon Frequency Modulations from the Sublime Wavelengths artists
Australian electronic music collective Clan Analogue head east for Feb FM. Enjoy an afternoon of shimmering tones, intricate modulations and futuristic soundscapes, performed using the mysterious techniques of FM synthesis, live at Odeon Richmond on Sunday the 22nd of February.
Clan Analogue’s compilation Sublime Wavelengths: The Cosmic Bliss of FM Synthesis, released late in 2025, explores the art of frequency modulation in all its phases and manifestations. To celebrate the acclaim that the album has attracted so far, a selection of the compilation’s artists have joined the lineup of Feb FM, including Infinity Deck, Boris Divjak, BluNjin and Reductionist, with live sets happening from 3pm onwards into the early evening at Odeon Richmond, 367 Swan St.
Taking a break from synthgazer duo Darrow, and following award-nominated sets at Abbotsford Convent in the Melbourne Fringe, Reductionist explores the wavefolding of time and space using battery-powered technologies and microvirtuosic technique, previewing the new release Energy Field.
BluNjin generates his ambient spacious grooves from a secretive studio in the Yarra Valley, protected from prying eyes by a pack of trained alpacas. At Feb FM we will hear BluNjin present a set of cosmic post rave funky techno, with a chilled late-afternoon sensibility.
Infinity Deck journey from Western Victoria for a rare Melbourne set. Taking a break from their busy rehearsal schedule as members of the MESS Orchestra prepping the live Terminator 2 soundtrack, this is a rare opportunity to hear their post-new age, krautrock-influenced sound.
Feb FM will culminate in a synthwave and electro house set from Boris Divjak, back from Eastern Europe to preview tracks from his forthcoming album, combining FM technology and cyberpunk attitude, augmented with live projections from VJ wow_elec_tron.
So what is FM synthesis? In the late 1960s electronic music composer John Chowning experimented at Stanford University with the sonic possibilities of cross-modulating the frequencies of sine waves configured in carrier and modulator relationships. This technique was adopted by Yamaha in the 1980s as the sound design principle for their new DX7 synthesizer, which became one of the best-selling hardware synthesizers of all-time. Still confused? Think of a violinist wiggling their finger on the strings faster than the eye can see for the most cosmic vibrato you’ve ever heard.
Hear manifestations of FM synthesis in all their transcendent sonic glory at Odeon Richmond, 267 Swan St, on Sunday the 22nd of February with Feb FM, featuring Infinity Deck, BluNjin, Boris Divjak and Reductionist, from 3pm onwards.
Sublime Wavelengths: The Cosmic Bliss of FM Synthesis is out now on all streaming and download platforms.