MTV just turned 40; rewatch the opening videos as they predict 2020-2021 streams

MTV turned 40 years of age this week. Its contents live on for viewing now, and their blend of optimism and awkwardness feels familiar.

Watch as GLASYS uses a MIDI keyboard to paint pixel art live

Draw a synthesizer with another synthesizer with MIDI by playing a keyboard and… well, GLASYS surely just won the music nerd Internet for the summer, no?

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2021

Watch a mesmerizing, delicate Matmos improv, with nurdles

Let’s kick off the weekend with some inspiration – all the possibilities that can abound in the physical stuff around us, as well as the imagined virtual sources of electricity and digits.

Peter Kirn - July 30, 2021

Weekend mood – Gabber Modus Operandi

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2021

Step back in time and watch a full Coil live set from 2002 at the Barbican

Peter Kirn - July 21, 2021

Escape to an abandoned Atlantic island sanatorium with the grooves of SønDER x Szlag

Peter Kirn - July 16, 2021

COVID speed limits arrive, as S. Korea bans workout music above 120 bpm

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2021

Roland x0x fun – a free 707, a master class in 606 from Shawn Rudiman

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2021

Beirut 20/21 presents a music production scene in its own image, with Khyam Allami

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2021

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