Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular

NYC-based Purplish Records releases music on cassette in batches, and this double release is a serious gem. Ipek Eginli creates a magical cloud world of prepared piano interconnected with modular synths, as Jad Atoui transforms discarded hard drives into mechanical compositional machines.

“All rivers lead to the same ocean”: UbuWeb, pirate shadow library, is back

The underground treasure trove of “avant-garde artifacts” is back on the Internet, a source of light even in days of darkness.

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2025

Start your Black History Month in music by traveling back to the 6th century

Black History Month may be a creation of the USA, but why not go further out and further back – much further back? Jon Silpayamanant takes us back to Saint Yared in Ethiopia in the 6th century for a ride through the centuries that could transform some of your ideas about music history and provide some alternative starting points.

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2025

Chappell Roan used the Grammys to call out industry, demand a living wage

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2025

That time Jem and The Holograms went synthesizer shopping

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2025

Natalie Beridze weaves sounds of Tbilisi street protests into an album

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2025

In Kreuzberg, artists from communities in exile present their own vision

Peter Kirn - January 24, 2025

Readings on Martin Luther King, Jr., music, and radical action

Peter Kirn - January 20, 2025

Three years of solar flares transformed into music: ESA x Maple Pools

Peter Kirn - January 15, 2025

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