terry nation make electro punk melodies of spooky beauty.

Terry nation is Tobias Zaldua. Raised on radio 4, he had to sneak a transistor into the bedroom at night to hear anything else.

Experiments began at nine years old.

At that time he could be found piecing together samples and loops using three tape decks and a mic then overdubbing Radio 4 programmes and any electro beats that were available. Music and dialogue would be mixed and matched to eventually make such early classics as Like a virgin/Like a cow.

Tobias is also known as Toby.

Terry nation is sometimes assisted by Tobi Zundel. Tobi met Tobias Zaldua at school,
when they were six years old.
They got to know each other because they had the same names. Tobi likes to play piano in large rooms and keyboards in small clubs.

Tobi is also known as Tobias.

Terry nation is sometimes corrupted by Tim Moulder. Tim met Tobias when they were 17, Tobias played him an old copy of Like a virgin/Like a cow.
They still don’t know each other.
Tim has four simple steps to creating a musical instrument: