Music Stories
Detroit techno, the 90s comic book – and epic new DJ T-1000 techno
In 1992, Alan Oldham aka DJ T-1000 imagined the epic saga of techno and Detroit as a trippy futuristic comic – and it’s prescient today. Plus, Alan’s got a banging new EP that you shouldn’t miss.
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A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project
Deep in the Arctic Circle, the USSR was drilling deeper into the Earth than anyone before. One artist has combined archaeology and invention to bring its spirit back in sound.
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018
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This light sculpture plays like an instrument, escaped from Tron
Espills is a “solid light dynamic sculpture,” made of laser beams, laser scanners, and robotic mirrors. And it makes a real-life effect that would make Tron proud.
The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Richard Devine
Peter Kirn - September 20, 2018
Music tech Stories
Hacking and 3D printing the future of violins, in a growing community
Peter Kirn - August 29, 2018
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What culture, ritual will be like in the age of AI, as imagined by a Hacklab
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018
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This free B-side from Machinedrum is the perfect thing for the solstice
Peter Kirn - June 21, 2017
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