Cornish semiconductor corporation
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Making techno using naturally grown semiconductors fossicked from mine waste around Cornwall. Also providing workshops for kids (called Organised Atoms). We live in an age of absurd mythical technology - these sounds are about connecting it back to the earth.
This site documents research with natural semiconductors and new synth designs, circuits and sounds. The technology used (tickling the surface of crystals with thin 'cat's whisker' wires to create point contacts) comes from the early days of radio, when the newly discovered (and not really understood) properties of certain minerals to have a asymmetric response to electricity (now known as semiconductors) was used to convert radio signals into sound.
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14/12/2025: 220 below adit (album)
All proceeds will go to the 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.