The Mid-Century Molluscs perform Unthunk’s “Return to the sea” is a tribute to Rachel Carson was born and raised in Pennsylvania, away from the ocean, but found her calling in marine biology. The song “Reverence” is the first preview for…
The Mid-Century-Molluscs perform Unthunk’s “Return to the sea” album release is scheduled for release on Bandcamp, January 11, 2026. There is one song available for preview now. Check it out at https://unthunk.bandcamp.com/album/the-mid-century-molluscs-perform-unthunk-s-return-to-the-sea
The Rachel Carson project is scheduled for release on January 11, 2026 on Bandcamp. Stay tuned, and in the meanwhile, some details are available at /projects/mcm.
For some reason, Spotify has added the Unthunk song Recruiting to one of its (generated?) playlists. The song is from the album Coin, which features a suite of pieces presented as written for a suicide cult by the resident musical…
What does Rachel Carson have to do with Brazilian samba music? The new Unthunk project is inspired by the marine biologist Rachel Carson, and for obscure reasons, it seemed that some popular mid-century music could provide some appealing relief. So…
Giovanni Grandi of Frap.tools, the Eurorack musical instrument maker, interviewed Unthunk’s Trevor Tunnacliffe for a wide-ranging discussion including how Frap.tools specifically, and the modular synthesizer generally, is used in Unthunk recordings. The podcast is part of their Let’s Talk Music…
Excerpt of Altostratus from album: Oblong. Thanks to Lauri A. Kangas for use of the video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trevor Tunnacliffe (@unthunkmusic)
Mixing is complete for the next Unthunk album. Stay tuned for further information on the release. Meanwhile, here is the track listing: 01 Galumph jr. 02 Uncoil 03 Fire bath 04 Go figure 05 Bacci 06 Awaiting her return 07…
We have completed recording for the next Unthunk project! Now we’re attending to post-production and packaging duties. By packaging, I mean coming up with an album name, cover art and notes. Most recent Unthunk releases have some sort of organizing…
The sixth Unthunk album was released today on Bandcamp. It is called Elliptic, with material relating to the celestial mechanics phenomenon of orbital resonance. Elliptic makes extensive use of the modular synthesizer, which is is a perfectly appropriate instrument to…