This episode of Heard Radio includes a conversation with 999adj and Onyx Ashanti. We discuss combining technology and sound to create sonic experiences that are unique to the programs used such as pure data, modular synthesizers, Arduino's and a raspberry pi - a music nerds dream. Discussing the term afro-futurist and what it means for us in the present day and the use of possibility matrixes to mind map creative processes. To conclude the talk we play a short mix from Onyx Ashanti's album Interstellar Ribshack.

With Special Guest: Onyx Ashanti is a Detroit-based artist combing frequency, sound, and spirit to create futuristic pieces and sounds. When he's not traveling the world having sonic conversations about evolution and technology, he's using a homemade 3D printer made from recycled electronics to work on wearable kinetic modular digital synthesizers. The implicit story of music on earth is that of a shared destiny, a deeply-felt common bond that transcends space, time, and tribe, and helps to define us as a species. Onyx works in evolving rituals, from the ancient to the contemporary, forging new paths and passing down timeless practices.