> View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by George Clinton (@casio.cat.georgie) A soothing ambient track by George on his trusty Casio keyboard. Check out his Instagram for more performances. He seems to really be relaxed and enjoying himself, too.

> View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by Nimbus the Cat (@nimbustonk) Nimbus plays us a little tune on the piano. And he is dressed for his performance, too! Nimbus lives with our friend and local artist, Sandy Yagi, here in San Francisco. Find out more about Nimbus and his many talents at his website.

Chichiro inspects a Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1 synthesizer. Submitted by our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram). The Doepfer Dark Energy was built around the Curtis CEM3394 “synth on a chip”. Curtis filter chips are well known and prolific in analog synthesizers, but this chip also includes a VCO and VCA – in short, a full synthesizer voice. It would definitely be fun to get hold of one of these, either packaged like the Dark Energy or on its own to experiment with.