https://cornish-semiconductor.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Old_news Old news - Revision history 2026-07-17T02:49:49Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://cornish-semiconductor.com/index.php?title=Old_news&diff=381&oldid=prev Cornish semiconductor at 17:25, 26 June 2026 2026-06-26T17:25:06Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:25, 26 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== 10/05/2026: Release: Arsenic Labyrinth &amp; Live at Stones Drones &amp; Noise ==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Limited Edition Cassette &amp; MP3 [https://cornish-semiconductor.bandcamp.com/album/arsenic-labyrinth release on bandcamp]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Title2.jpg|500px|right]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Tapes.jpg|500px|right]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Side A: arsenic labyrinth: arsenopyrite semiconductor square waves resonant filtered using chalcocite crystals, both fossicked from mine waste dumps at Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall. Sequencing, modulation and rhythm sounds using a pair of second hand volca modulars. Circuits adapted for natural semiconductor use from Roland TB-303 style ladder design.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wheal Prosper was originally part of Marazion Mines, and later (after 1860) Prosper United. From 1832-49 14,600 tons of copper ore were sold, worth £60,000. Minor sales of tin, arsenic and lead ore are also reported. Today (2026) the site is accessible via a public footpath and consists of many overgrown dumps, crisscrossed by tracks with one large area of exposed mine waste. Melanterite is abundant here, and blows about in the wind when you disturb the surface rock.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Side B: live at Stones Drones and Noise Club at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, 28th Febuary 2026. During the performance the following Cornish semiconducting minerals were switched between: Square wave voice: ◇ chalcopyrite and galena from Ale &amp; Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ◇ chalcocite from Penstruthal mine, Lanner, ◇ cassiterite from Unity Wood Mine, Gwennap. Triangle wave voice ◇ chalcocite from Penstruthal mine, Lanner, ◇ arsenopyrite from Penlee beach, Newlyn. Noise voice: ◇ pyrite from Nangiles Mine. Distortion (see circuit diagram) on 4 track ambience: paired chalcopyrite crystals from Ale &amp; Cakes Mine. Includes field recording fragments from Wheal Busy, Chacewater.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Thank you to Jessica Beechey and Steve Patterson for giving the world stones drones and noise, and recording and kindly providing the cassette of this performance.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The circuit board on front cover is the experimental natural semiconductor diode ladder filter used extensively on side a of the recording.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Recorded in Cornwall in 2026 by Dave Griffiths </del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; 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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== 28/02/2026 Stones Drones Noise at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, Cornwall ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== 28/02/2026 Stones Drones Noise at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, Cornwall ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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Sequencing, modulation..." 2026-06-26T17:24:27Z <p>Created page with &quot;== 10/05/2026: Release: Arsenic Labyrinth &amp; Live at Stones Drones &amp; Noise == Limited Edition Cassette &amp; MP3 [https://cornish-semiconductor.bandcamp.com/album/arsenic-labyrinth release on bandcamp] <a href="/index.php/File:Title2.jpg" title="File:Title2.jpg">500px|right</a> <a href="/index.php/File:Tapes.jpg" title="File:Tapes.jpg">500px|right</a> Side A: arsenic labyrinth: arsenopyrite semiconductor square waves resonant filtered using chalcocite crystals, both fossicked from mine waste dumps at Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall. Sequencing, modulation...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== 10/05/2026: Release: Arsenic Labyrinth &amp; Live at Stones Drones &amp; Noise ==<br /> <br /> Limited Edition Cassette &amp; MP3 [https://cornish-semiconductor.bandcamp.com/album/arsenic-labyrinth release on bandcamp]<br /> <br /> [[File:Title2.jpg|500px|right]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Tapes.jpg|500px|right]]<br /> <br /> Side A: arsenic labyrinth: arsenopyrite semiconductor square waves resonant filtered using chalcocite crystals, both fossicked from mine waste dumps at Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall. Sequencing, modulation and rhythm sounds using a pair of second hand volca modulars. Circuits adapted for natural semiconductor use from Roland TB-303 style ladder design.<br /> <br /> Wheal Prosper was originally part of Marazion Mines, and later (after 1860) Prosper United. From 1832-49 14,600 tons of copper ore were sold, worth £60,000. Minor sales of tin, arsenic and lead ore are also reported. Today (2026) the site is accessible via a public footpath and consists of many overgrown dumps, crisscrossed by tracks with one large area of exposed mine waste. Melanterite is abundant here, and blows about in the wind when you disturb the surface rock.<br /> <br /> Side B: live at Stones Drones and Noise Club at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, 28th Febuary 2026. During the performance the following Cornish semiconducting minerals were switched between: Square wave voice: ◇ chalcopyrite and galena from Ale &amp; Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ◇ chalcocite from Penstruthal mine, Lanner, ◇ cassiterite from Unity Wood Mine, Gwennap. Triangle wave voice ◇ chalcocite from Penstruthal mine, Lanner, ◇ arsenopyrite from Penlee beach, Newlyn. Noise voice: ◇ pyrite from Nangiles Mine. Distortion (see circuit diagram) on 4 track ambience: paired chalcopyrite crystals from Ale &amp; Cakes Mine. Includes field recording fragments from Wheal Busy, Chacewater.<br /> <br /> Thank you to Jessica Beechey and Steve Patterson for giving the world stones drones and noise, and recording and kindly providing the cassette of this performance.<br /> <br /> The circuit board on front cover is the experimental natural semiconductor diode ladder filter used extensively on side a of the recording.<br /> <br /> Recorded in Cornwall in 2026 by Dave Griffiths <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;iframe style=&quot;border: 0; width: 400px; height: 120px;&quot; src=&quot;https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=344039370/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/&quot; seamless&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cornish-semiconductor.bandcamp.com/album/arsenic-labyrinth&quot;&gt;Arsenic Labyrinth by cornish semiconductor corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 28/02/2026 Stones Drones Noise at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, Cornwall ==<br /> <br /> Performance using the [[Crystal Log Synth]] at [https://www.instagram.com/stonesdronesnoiseclub/ Stones Drones Noise Club], see also [https://boulderdashzine.bandcamp.com Boulderdash Zine]<br /> <br /> [[File:SDNCGig.png|500px|center]]<br /> <br /> [[Stones Drones Noise thoughts]]<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 14/12/2025: 220 below adit (techno from mine waste) - album on bandcamp ==<br /> <br /> Tracks made entirely with material (mostly chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena) from Ale &amp; Cakes mine, Gwennap, Cornwall (now United Downs Raceway).<br /> <br /> All proceeds will go to the [https://panzifoundation.org Panzi Foundation], supporting victims of sexual violence in conflict mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an illegal exploitation that ends in our laptops and mobile phones.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;iframe style=&quot;border: 0; width: 600px; height: 406px;&quot; src=&quot;https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2105542465/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/artwork=small/transparent=true/&quot; seamless&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cornish-semiconductor.bandcamp.com/album/220-below-adit-techno-from-mine-waste&quot;&gt;220 below adit (techno from mine waste) by cornish semiconductor corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 2025- Soundcloud tracks ==<br /> <br /> Test tones and beats, [https://soundcloud.com/cornish_semiconductor a progression of experiments on soundcloud] <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;iframe width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;no&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay&quot; src=&quot;https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2191968347&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://soundcloud.com/cornish_semiconductor&quot; title=&quot;cornish semiconductor corporation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; style=&quot;color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cornish semiconductor corporation&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;https://soundcloud.com/cornish_semiconductor/dance-of-the-arsenides-lollingite-squarewaves&quot; title=&quot;dance of the arsenides (penlee löllingite squarewaves)&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; style=&quot;color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dance of the arsenides (penlee löllingite squarewaves)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> === 06/03/2025 Live at 0v ⏚ zero volts Constant in Brussels ===<br /> <br /> [https://soundcloud.com/cornish_semiconductor/live-at-0v-at-constant-in-brussels-060325 Recording on soundcloud] 4 cardboard boxes, an echo pedal, streaming artefacts and the funniest end of performance accidental comedy moment. Part of 0v ⏚ zero volts at Constant, Chaussée de Jette 388 Jetsesteenweg, Brussels. &quot;Two days of return to ground, research of electronic legacies, recognition of mineral ancestors, dissolution of black boxes.&quot;<br /> <br /> This short streamed performance highlighting the rawest sounds based on the organised atoms circuits was followed by a microscope tour of crystals from various mines around Cornwall. It was a while before I started this project, but doing it made me realise that this whole thing would be worth looking into a bit more.<br /> <br /> [[ File:Galenatitle.jpg|500px|center]]</div> Cornish semiconductor