Future Human will be hosting an event called Sonic Boom in London this week, which aims to explore “how music technology is opening up previously untapped worlds of sound, and allowing even the completely untrained layman to create detailed and affecting music.”

Sonic Boom will take the form of a panel debate between an old hand in Matthew Herbert, a younger producer and vocalist in Subeena, and writer Adam Harper (author of forthcoming book Infinite Music, and blogger Rouge’s Foam). You’ll be able to pose questions to the three in person, or via Twitter.

Also appearing on the night are Nu Desine, a sound engineering team from Bristol who have just launched their new instrument, the AlphaSphere, a reaction to the “baffling inputs and settings of many synths and drum machines” that allows various forms of music to be composed organically with one’s hands, manipulating a series of touch-sensitive pads. They’ll be showcasing the instrument as well as composing music live with audience members.

More details and tickets available here.