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).
In an age of harmful technological myths detached from the earth - these sounds are an attempt to reconnect with the dirt.
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.
Live
28/02/2026 Stones Drones Noise at Gwithti an Pystri, Falmouth, Cornwall
06/03/2025 Live at 0v ⏚ zero volts Constant in Brussels
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. "Two days of return to ground, research of electronic legacies, recognition of mineral ancestors, dissolution of black boxes."
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.
Releases
14/12/2025: 220 below adit (techno from mine waste) - album on bandcamp
Tracks made entirely with material (mostly chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena) from Ale & Cakes mine, Gwennap, Cornwall (now United Downs Raceway).
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.
Soundcloud tracks
Test tones and beats, a progression of experiments on soundcloud