DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Oldest recorded voices, haunted dolls, and more from Tempest Instruments
New sound technologies? Sure, okay, I guess. But haunted dolls of the 1890s as made by Thomas Edison? Oh, now you’ve got my attention. So in case you haven’t discovered this before, Tempest Instruments, a “small team” led by TV/film and video game composer Alex Davis, has been collected strange sound ephemera of the 19th […]
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Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free
In 1976, Suzanne Ciani reported back to the USA’s National Endowment for the Arts with a report on her compositions, in the form of a modular cookbook. Now you can read her notes and follow along using entirely free software, complete with sound examples. I love overusing the cookbook metaphor, maybe just because food is […]
Peter Kirn - September 21, 2026
Modular-Analog Music Music tech Software Tech
Adam Wiltzie talks about his posthumous collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson
On Friendship Survival Guide, constructed from an archive of loops and sound exchanges, it’s as if Jóhann Jóhannsson is alive again. Adam Wiltzie, co-founder of Stars of the Lid and part of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, talks to us about the process, and about the perfect and fleeting personal and creative connection the two artist shared.
Kevin Saunderson teaches a free 909 workshop, online and in Detroit
Peter Kirn - September 10, 2026
Gear Music Music tech Tech
Listen to three hours of “Mad” Mike Banks, plus a chat with Waajeed
Peter Kirn - September 1, 2026
Music Music tech Tech
