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RSA April 13th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:47:00 -0400

Finally got my passport application dealt with. Let me tell you folks, losing your passport and birth certificate causes months of dealing with Provincial and Federal bureaucracy. But it looks like I'll be able to have a short summer vacation this year. One last package to get in the mail this week! If anyone is interested in buying the RSA pins, I have a few left over. Drop me an email. Lifelong Corporation - The Night Scheuber - Deja-Vu Twisted Destiny - Love At Worlds End (Remaster) Orange Sector - Volle Kraft Voraus (Emmon) Fractal - Hollow Mind Massiv In Mensch - Artificial Honey (Endanger) Accessory - Dark Gothic Queen (Edit) Aesthetic Perfection - Sorrow (Swarm) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA April 6th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 12:08:00 -0400

Its a cool, windy and rainy day in Toronto, as we slowly emerge from winter into (whats usually) 3 weeks of spring. Hopefully this year we'll get some nice weather before the AC season starts. The pins I sent out to my industry friends arrived, and I was delighted that people posted photos. Coming in the next couple of weeks will be a new worldwide premiere here on RSA. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open! Lifelong Corporation - Plastic (Modern Mix) District 13 - Decision Of Ego (Run) Parralox - I'm In Love With A German Film Star (Jva) Video L'Eclpise - Mercury Kiss (Old SChool) Klean - Immortal BlakLight - Buried Alive (Axe) Desastroes - FuxxTeufelzWild Apres La Nuit - Une Cite Sans Gaiete (Sonic Sound Factory) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA March 30th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:32:00 -0400

I beleive that all of the packages/prizes have arrived at their various destinations. If you donated to the membership drive and are still waiting, please let me know. I have about 40 or so pins left, so I'll probably sell a few shortly. Drop me a line if you're intersted. I'll mention it on the show as well. This week I get to play some more aggressive stuff, and I think we struck a nice balance this week! Echodead - Elektrolyt Die Sexual - In For The Kill Kommission Z80 - One Reasonable Conclusion (Re.Mind) Teknovore - Hamartia Stahlschlag - Nothing Left Inside Nydhog - My Cold Sun (20th Anniversary) Snowbeasts - Abuse Of Power (Hexmaschine) Analog 80 - Soleil Vert http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA March 23rd 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:12:00 -0400

This weeks show marks the end of me having to walk to the mailbox several times a week. Every prize has been mailed, and a lot have been received. I still have a fair number of pins left, so I may sell a few if people are interested. Lots of great new stuff for everyone, and no covers this week to make us all feel old! District 13 - Decision Of Ego (White Noise TV) Kant Kino - Rodney (Edit) Blue Ant - Bluecore Transmission The Elegant & Franco Colombo - Shine On (Data) The Cohrsi - Kalt Wie Eis Lifelong Corporation - No Time (Inevitable) Orange Sector - Treat Of Life (Rob Dust Extended) Beyond Border - Prayer (Mesh) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA March 16th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:05:21 -0400

The prizes from the membership drive are slowly starting to arrive in your mailboxes. Everything has been posted, so if in a few weeks you haven't received anything, let me know. I'm actually in the process of sending out pins to my industry friends, hopefully we see them too in the future! Definitely going to make different ones for the next couple of years! Extize - Techno Viking (Accessory) Starsign - Steal The Sun (Single Edit) Massiv In Mensch - Artificial Honey (Kontrast)/li> TourDeForce - Kali Yuga Feast Snowbeasts - Abuse Of Power Fragments Of Passion - Maschinen Mensch (Club 2026) Nydhog - Starsign J:Dead - Feeling Alone http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA March 9th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:04:00 -0400

I'm actually surprised how much faster it was getting the prizes in the mail by regular post. Of course I was cheating a little bit, and a couple of packages have been RTS'd with insufficient postage. So I'll wait a week or so and send them out as something oher han lettermail. But as winter slowly turns to spring, I'm going to head outside for some fresh air as we bring you... ExCubitors - Let Me Dance First Aid 4 Souls - Ace Of Cups (feat. Aleksandra Rempel) Absurd Minds - Fractured Kalte Liebe - Verbrenne Innerlich TeknoVore - Coercion Psionic Syndicate - We Turn Off Acylum - Crazy (Lucifers Aid) Beyond Border - Let Me In http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA March 2nd 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 1 Mar 2026 07:54:31 -0500

The annual membership drive is now complete, and I get to do my favourite part of this whole thing. Mailing prizes and RSA swag to everyone! Things will be going via Canada Post this year, so it may take a little longer to get to you, but I'm able to get them in the mail much quicker this year! As a celebration of your generosity heres a brand new show! DSTRTD SGNL & Drea Perlon - Eisbar (Extended) Extize - Rock All Night (Grendel) Seelennacht - April Rain (Wavescanner Old School) Good Courage - Did I Deserve This (Blood Mix) Maschinengeist - Sleep Audiocall - Retailers! (feat. Arc Morten) Dataman - Elektro FLux A Spell Inside - One More Century http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA February 23rd 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:18:00 -0500

Welcome to the final episode of the annual RSA membership drive! You've got just a few days left to get in on the prizes and keep RSA going for another year! THis week we've got a really neat dancy show. There are moments when I miss DJing live, and this show is one that resembles my live sets fairly well. Oh well. One or two gigs left to go. So don't forget, hit the membership page while you're enjoying... Kant Kino - Rodney (Industrial Heads) Kontrast - Maschinestadt (Jeff Johnson) Mesh - Exile PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Lament Of The Creeping Death (Extended) A Spell Inside - City Of Reborn BlakLight - Buried Alive (Rotoskop) Lifelong Corporation - Plastic (Modern Mix) Excubitors - Ordinary Sin http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA February 16th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 09:13:03 -0500

Well, my staycation is coming to an end, so I decided I'd make sure I finished the show on Friday the 13th so that I could have a Valentines present for all of you! Welcome to the 3rd and penultimate episode of the annual RSA membership drive. Your support keeps us going for another year! This week the show leans a little lighter than usual. I figure at least on this one day we don't need all cookie monster vocals. Ankomst - We Stand Alone NightCrawler - Incubator (Feat. Newborn Ghost) Alex Braun - The Devil In The Detail WHITEWAITS - Touch And Go (BlakLight) Antigen Shift - The Fog (Feat. Encephalon) Vogon Poetry & SCALA - Starfields Desastroes - Heszschlag 2025 J:Dead - Who Knows http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA February 9th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 12:40:00 -0500

Welcome to the second week of the Annual Membership Drive. The weather outside up here in the great white north is bright and clear and -30c with the windchill. So I decided that today was a good day to finish RSA and stay inside to avoid that nastiness. We've got a great show for everyone this week including a collaboration between Massive Ego and Boy George. The 80s are leaking again! Don't forget, Please visit the membership page, check out the prizes, and consider supporting us! Beyond Border - Prayer (Modular) Miss Contruction - Hate Dawn Of Ashes - Penumbra (Feat. Suicide Commando) Mastertune - Time To Leave (DirKay) Pending Position - Sexual Destruction FrontAngel - Because You Left Lifelong Corporation - The Broken Ground Massive Ego - Broken Tomorrow (Feat. Boy George) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA February 2nd 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:03:08 -0500

Today as I finish recording and start getting this weeks show posted, I realize that today is special for two reasons! First, welcome to the first week of the Annual Membership Drive. Please visit the page, check out the prizes, and consider supporting us! http://www.synthetic.org/membership.php Secondly as of the date of "production" today RSA has officially turned 28 years old! Thank you so much for listening all these years. You are my people. AD Key - Der Bose Gott (White Noise TV) DSTRTD SGNL - Replay It! Analog 80 - The Last Age Omen Code - Atrophy Komission Z80 - If Not Now, When (Phaser One) Absurd Minds - Promised Land Ego Bliss - Afterlife Ego Salto - Stealing My Seconds http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA January 26th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:26:00 -0500

Waiting out the latest "Snowpocalypse" here in SW Ontario. We're supposed to get something like 10 inches of snow today along with arctic winds. So today will be watching the storm in between movies and junk food. The prizes for the membership drive have arrived, I urge you to check out the video I posted on the FB group as well as BlueSky. I'm really impressed with the quality, and I think you will be too! Kalte Liebe - Rausch Piston Damp - Downfall Ruined Conflict - Destructor (DSTRD SGNL) DATA - Flame Inside Sex Code - Join In The Chant Lifelong Corporation - No Time M!NC - No Excuses (DSI Morpho) BRYT - Process http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA January 19th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:18:00 -0500

Spent the week basically bedridden as I "recovered" from my flu last week, then proceeded to push myself too far. So I spent a few days taking my time and resting, and voila! I left the house and got RSA done today. It's nice to eat food. I remember that now. But it was nice to sit down and have some fun working on RSA instead of lying in bed. This week we've got a great mix of the synthie and the aggro! J:Dead - Disgusting Agnis - Vamp (Freaky Mind) Phaser One feat. Echodead - Poison Mesh - Exile (Edit) Alex Braun - Wrong Direction cut.rate.box - Reel Life (Cassandra Complex) Extize - Classic Love (Antibody) CauseNation - Nowhere To Hide (Mildreda) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA January 12th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:51:00 -0500

Apologies, you'll find in this weeks show that I was planning on posting the show earlier on Saturday, but before I could hit "publish" I got taken down with the flu. After a couple of days bedridden, I'm up and shakey today, but capable to posting this weeks show! So before I go back to recuperating, lets see what I have in store for you... Deadly Injection - Religion (Destroy Me Again) Soman - Interstellaris Kontrast feat. thefrolix - Maschinenstadt (Club) A Spell Inside - City Of Reborn Parralox - Atmosphere II X Marks The Pedwalk - Another Love Lifelong Corporation - No TIme (Inevitable) evo-lution - Du Bist Ein Kampfer http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA January 5th 2026

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 3 Jan 2026 11:18:00 -0500

And we're back with the first show of 2026! For once when I started going through my inbox for material to play this week, there wasn't a huge bunch of discs from like August that I still have to go through. Maybe after 28 years(!) of doing this show I've managed to learn a bit. Or get organized. I'm sure it's just a coincidence. So let's enjoy a new episode of RSA before we all have to go back to work/school/etc! Dark Minimal Project - Schlafen! (People Theatre) BlakLight - Blind Vision Monochrome - Unbound Ego Salto - Take Me Up Spektralized - Run and Hide (EP) Projekt-A 'The Dark' - Tanz Der Schatten (Phaser One) Soman - To the Rhythm Mareux - The Perfect Girl (Kontravoid) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA December 29th 2025 - Best of 2025 Show!

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:21:17 -0500

Welcome to the annual best of show! This year we go back through everything we've played over the course of 2025, condense the year into 16 tracks, and voila! I got some great suggestions from people, and had a few "obvious" ones written down for months. But it was worth it to listen to everything, a few gems always pop up that I've forgotten. So enjoy this slightly early show as my Christmas gift for you all to listen to on new devices and toys! DSTRTD SGNL - The Fool Elektrostaub - Too Far From The Pack Zanias - Human Exsequor - The Fallen Core In Motion - Lost (Sonic Sound Factory) Echodead - I Don't Like Humans Aiboforcen - Executions (feat. Noemi Aurora) Vogon Poetry & SCALA - Immortals (Oren Amram) Ankomst - Dancing In Warsaw (Colony 5) Devoid - Memories Alex Braun - Zeitfresser (Ruined Conflict) Fictional - Embrace The Silence (Club) Volkoff - Awaiting Phaser One - God Is Poison Destroy Me Again - Unhappiness (Trance Mix) Massive Ego - In Your Own Darkness http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA December 22nd 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:36:00 -0500

Last week of the "normal" year as we present to you the penultimate episode of RSA for 2025. For those keeping track, this is episode #1367! The holiday obligations are plentiful, but I've budgeted enough time to get the show finished next week. I was actually surprised by a few tracks that I would have glanced over if I was choosing tracks visually. But listening to every show seems to always strike gold! Elektrostaub - Too Far From The Pack (diarBlack) cut.rate.box - Fireshine (Extended) DSTRTD SGNL & Talla 2XLC - Dreams (Dark Club) Dawn Of Ashes - Faith Desecration (Frontal Boundary) Pending Position - Immer Wenn Es Dunkel Ist Kartagon - Space (Future Lied To Us) Assemblage 23 - Last Zanias - Happy Endings http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA December 15th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:11:00 -0500

I've gotten some good suggestions for the best of 2025 emailed to me! Only 2 more weeks until CHristmas is over and I give you my gift, an extra long show. I've begun ordering prizes for the 2026 membership drive. The theme is going to be "flat" to get around the craziness that is trying to mail anything to the USA. This week we've got a great mix of the synth and the agression along with my usual comical attempts at pronouncing words I haven't encountered before! Asphodel Ivory - Eclipse (Teknovore) Evo-Lution - Dein Takt Beyond Border - Machines (Eisfabrik) X Marks The Pedwalk - Automatic Hero Kommision Z80 - Deny, Defend, Dispose! (Stahlschlag) Starsign - Steal The Sun (Single Edit) Outsized - Komet (VDOC Club) Lights Of Euphoria - Crystal Cave http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA December 8th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 7 Dec 2025 09:12:00 -0500

After a week from hell, I did manage to spend most of my Friday night blissed out and listening to music for RSA. There's some really neat stuff in here this week, including an interesting cover. All tracks now are eligible for the best of 2026 next year. But I think I have about half of the anual year end show picked. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to email me! Spektralized - Strange Reactions Soman - The Killer DSTRTD SGNL & Talla 2XLC - Dreams (Club) Faderhead - We All Smile Here (Nothing's Fine) Assemblage 23 - Lunatics Pending Position - Starsign FragileChild - Another You SCALA - Den Sista Dansen (Peters Version) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA December 1st 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:45:00 -0500

The homelab is all nice and fixed, but I never did get an offer for a stack of Hard Drives. :) Stuff like that is getting ridiculously expensive because of all of the Goddamned AI data centers which create nothing but heat. We've got a great show for everyone this week, as the first track I picked had a very fast tempo, and as I've said, that tends to spread to the rest of the show. Also, I begin picking tracks for the best of 2025. Good lord, how is it only 4 weeks until I have to get the show ready! Neuroklast - Succubus (feat. Cassiopeja) Deadly Injection - Religion (Destroy Me Again) Vexillary - Kill Shot EgoAmp - Insanity (Rob Dust feat. Scheuber) Audiocall - Sparks (Steril feat. Arc Morten) Dawn Of Ashes - Throne of Misanthropy (C-Lekktor) Dunkelsucht - Escalate Crushing State - Inner Anarchy (Solar Fake) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA November 24th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:11:08 -0500

This weekend I get to play SysAdmin as my homelab (which stores all of my RSA material) had a disk failure in one of my servers. It's all parity protected, but I'm spending a good 20 hours moving data off another disk that I'm kinda suspicious of. If anyone wants to donate a stack of 16TB SATA drives to me, I wouldn't say no at this point. But because I have lost data in the distant past, I've already learned my lesson. But this doesn't directly affect RSA at all, as we've got a great show for everyone. A higher tempo than usual, but the first track I selected was 150 bpm(!), that sets the tone for the rest of the show! Zanias - Human Prometheus Flame - March On Blaze Vexillary - Kill Shot Seelennacht - Grey Apartment Show Faderhead - Cold Chrome Exsequor - Asymmetric War Phaser One - Rise From Within (Larcon) DSTRTD_SGNL - Zick Zack http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA November 17th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:24:00 -0500

Things are more or less back to normal around here, as we prepare for the onset of Winter in Canada. This week I do put some emphasis on what the heck we're going to do about next years membership drive. I'm really looking for your feedback on what you'd like to receive in return for donations. I'm looking at Enamel pins (much like the Sanctuary pins that are on my "battle jacket"). Sadly the patches we did prior to the pandemic are insanely expensive now. If you have one, it's a collectiors item! THis wek we also expanded to 9 songs instead of the usual 8. In the new world of more singles than full length albums, we'll have to adapt and try to keep the quantity as high as the quality. :) XPQ-21 - Dance With The Devil Elektrostaub - Too Far From The Pack (Salva Maine) Aesthetic Perfection - We Bring The Beat Absurd Minds - Fractured (Autodafeh) Data Kino - Rock It Again Komission Z80 - Choose (Ruined Conflict) Destroy Me Again - The Shards Extize - Cyberghost Audiocall - Retailers! (Single) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA November 10th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 8 Nov 2025 12:53:35 -0500

I apologize for missing last week, but apparently if you're unable to eat solid food for several days the pounds just melt away! I have some work to do on my health, but the work will be done. One thing that I forgot to mention in this weeks show is that this week we have Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans day in the USA. Having stood on Tower bridge in London, and the docks in Hamburg I'm just glad that the idea of bombing either city now is such an inconceivable thing. Hamburg was also a significant visit for me because my Grandfather was a part of Operation Gomorrah. The first track is also dedicated to the people at ICE. Front Line Assembly - Vigilante Project Pitchfork - Memento Mori Dead Lights - Killing Time DSTRTD_SGNL - The Fool I Ya Toyah - Denial (Aesthetic Perfection) Causenation - Hearts Beat Strong (Novakill) Zanias - Naiad All The Ashes - Orbit http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA October 25th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:46:00 -0400

My favourite time of the year. When the leaves are changing, the temperature drops a bit so we need a light jacket. Might be time to pull out my 90s battle jacket. Maybe on Saturday Nov 1 when I DJ at Ground Control. Maybe. This week we only make a passing mention of AI. I swear. But we did get a response from Bandcamp, so the gears are moving. Remember folks, Bandcamp > Spotify. Fractions - Unchained Miss Construction - Spiel Mit Mir FragileChild - Escape '21 (Legacy Edit) Kartagon - Space (Frozen Plasma) Analog 80 - The Trap Fictional - Dreaming (Nicky Schulschenk) Echoberyl - Twilight Zone (Alter) Massiv In Mensch - Offensivschock (Live 2005) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

RSA October 20th 2025

todd@synthetic.org (DJ Todd) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:39:00 -0400

So all of the Yanks are out protesting today (NO MORE KINGS), Europe is pre-drinking, and the west coast is just getting through brunch. Sounds like a perfect time to drop this weeks RSA! We delve ever so slighly into the ethics of using AI and what its place might be in music production. This also includes a snippet of an AI song that one of our long term listeners has been noodling with. Its quite eye opening. But the most important part of all is getting some great new music out to everyone! DSTRTD_SGNL - Android Teknovore x Grabyourface - Autonomy LPV - Nukleus Lights Of Euphoria - Darkest Addiction BlakLight - Leave A Light On (Axe) TOY - To The Stars With Me Apres la Nuit - Save Your Soul (Club Mix) Happy707 - Your Body Black (Black Light Smoke) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio