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The Insolventunclesam is a synth about printing money, by Gijs Gieskes
Enigmatic Dutch synth inventor Gijs Gieskes has a musical instrumental response to the strangeness of late capitalism – and it’s oddly poetic. And patchable. It’s a synth about finance. There’s a millennial, lost in an electronic forest – with a gender encoder you can use to set their gender. (Needs a “f*** your gender” panic […]
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Make a DIY velocity-sensitive e-drum kit with Brian Bamanya aka Afrorack
No budget for an electronic drum kit? No problem. Brian Bamanya reports from Uganda on how to DIY the whole kit with readily sourced parts – and even adds velocity.
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021
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Xanadu is a meta-metaverse DIY show hosted by a blue alien made in Unreal Engine
What happens when you cross 3D tutorial, machinima animation, and Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator human capture tools? Well, a bunch of stuff, but maybe the most promising is a how-to show hosted in the tools.
Peter Kirn - July 9, 2021
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One artist is making insane, impossible, hilarious KORG volca mock-ups
Peter Kirn - June 15, 2021
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Here’s some lovely music in the woods, on monome norns arcologies and more
Peter Kirn - June 14, 2021
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Canilla’s love ballads sing from code and dismantled accordions; LP first listen here
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2021
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The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021
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