On his debut solo album, 'Teleportations,' the synthesist, producer, and founding member of The Comet Is Coming turns grief and upheaval into a science-fictional voyage built entirely from analog machines.
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This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on synthesist and producer Danalogue.
Danalogue is a founding member of The Comet Is Coming and half of Soccer96, and he’s recently released his debut solo album, Teleportations. The record imagines grief and upheaval as a science-fictional voyage and was sparked by a chance encounter with the artist Moebius that grew into an imagined civilization.
We talk about recording alone, with no one else’s voice in the room; why he calls his editing process a “distilled vodka”; and why he still believes imagination is the first step toward hope.
(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Danalogue’s Teleportations)
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00:00 Introduction
01:13 Festival Sets vs. the Solo Album Launch
03:36 What Collaboration Teaches You About Working Alone
05:54 Recording First, Writing Second
11:31 Editing the Chaos: Distilling Hours Into Tracks
14:55 When the Narrative Arrives
16:01 A Train, a Paris Studio, and the Moebius Cover
18:51 Writing Science Fiction for the Sleeve
20:51 Star Trek, Cooperation, and Speculative Hope
26:02 Imagination as an Act of Hope
29:29 Creativity, Longevity, and Why Dylan Doesn't Stop
31:12 Self-Imposed Limits: Married to One Synth
37:45 Clearing the Decks to Make a Solo Record
39:36 Scoring Games and Producing Others
42:58 "Far Beyond the Sun," the Afterlife, and Grief
44:56 Robert Anton Wilson and the Power of "Maybe"
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Visit Danalogue on Bandcamp → https://danalogue.bandcamp.com
and follow on [Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/_danalogue
Purchase Danalogue's 'Teleportations' from Castles in Space → https://castlesin.space/2026/teleportations
Bandcamp → https://danalogue.bandcamp.com/album/teleportations
or Qobuz → https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/teleportations-danalogue/vjqnjtsfv6e34
and listen on your streaming platform of choice → https://album.link/i/1881959559
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