Wonkystuff

Wonkystuff we make electronics to make music

email: [email protected] Wonkystuff is an 'organisation' dedicated to somewhat leftfield music. john, Ash and Simon.

We sporadically release music (digitally via bandcamp as well as on physical media), and also put on events in York and Leeds. At the moment the artists on the Wonkystuff® roster are the mighty Neuschlaufen, seance sonic and trans-timebending drone/noise merchants Orlando Ferguson and minimal/ambient/polyrhythmic/neo/neu-noise tec livecoding underdog and all round dreamboat Sebastian Oldsmith. Wonkystuff® events are characterised by the minimal (DiY) presentation, and no canned music between performances (we value the time to talk to audience members, without the distraction of background music - we feel that the focus should be on the performed music)

Any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch via this page or through email ([email protected]).

Iterating the package design… I’m quite pleased with how this is working out!(Packaging is a new thing for this device –...
18/10/2026

Iterating the package design… I’m quite pleased with how this is working out!

(Packaging is a new thing for this device – the AE Modules get shipped in plain cardboard wraps!)

Playing with packaging designs… needs work 🤔
16/10/2026

Playing with packaging designs… needs work 🤔

Well, there’s a thing…Firmware created for the handheld version of fluxMEMORY — a couple of usability things to sort out...
03/10/2026

Well, there’s a thing…

Firmware created for the handheld version of fluxMEMORY — a couple of usability things to sort out (which direction do pots rotate? And why is panning the wrong way round?? Also the audio input is quiet — why?)

Anyway – next stop SYNTHFEST.

I’d like to show it to Sonic State Robin Vincent DivKid Martin Christie amongst others 😉

New firmware release for fluxMEMORY – adding panning for loops and external input, along with some usability improvement...
25/09/2026

New firmware release for fluxMEMORY – adding panning for loops and external input, along with some usability improvements…

fluxMEMORY/h – a reworking of the fluxMEMORY AE Modular module, but in handheld form. Catch it at SynthFest on October 2...
25/09/2026

fluxMEMORY/h – a reworking of the fluxMEMORY AE Modular module, but in handheld form. Catch it at SynthFest on October 24th.

It’s a tape-loop-studio emulation in a cassette-sized device – and is a LOT of fun!

More news as it develops…!

Laptop stickerage…
12/09/2026

Laptop stickerage…

Having seen Vaclav and Marek from Bastl Instruments running through the kastle2 firmware updates, I thought I’d have a p...
10/09/2026

Having seen Vaclav and Marek from Bastl Instruments running through the kastle2 firmware updates, I thought I’d have a play with one of the alternative firmwares: Oliver Torr’s GLAZMO_KASTLE2_SKRUB.

It’s great fun alongside fluxMEMORY – maybe I should do a bundle pricing??

(Check the YouTube channel!)

For anyone in the area, wonkystuff is at Green Belt this coming weekend!
23/08/2026

For anyone in the area, wonkystuff is at Green Belt this coming weekend!

wonkystuff is a York-based company run by John Tuffen which makes modules for ‘making weird noises’ – whether that’s drum voices, MIDI tools, generative controllers or programmable noise machines. John is also a musician who enjoys exploring where sound can go, any obstacles simply providing...

27/07/2026

Update on fluxMEMORY:

Audio input is now working in a fairly basic (but fun!) way. External Input is mixed alongside the 4 loops, all of which can be put through the delay line.

So I guess I’ve built an effects unit…!!

(As an aside, the k2 is enormous fun – here it’s running the Wave Bard firmware — k2 restock is happening any day now!)

I still need to implement CV and gate/trigger inputs, as well as the digital trigger outs. There are basically too many possibilities so I have to concentrate on the basics, before rolling out firmware updates!

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Glad I picked this up from the the other day; inspirational stuff from – but then I was already a fan: “You know more ...
21/06/2026

Glad I picked this up from the the other day; inspirational stuff from – but then I was already a fan: “You know more than you think you do” is hung in our hallway…

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