You can make music with test equipment – Hainbach explains

Before modulars became a product, some of the first electronic synthesis experiments made use of test equipment – gear intended to make sound, but not necessarily musically. And now that approach is making a comeback.

An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines

Following nerve damage, Icelandic composer/producer/musician was unable to play the piano. With his ‘Ghost Pianos’, he gets that ability back, through intelligent custom software and mechanical pianos.

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019

In Adversarial Feelings, Lorem explores AI’s emotional undercurrents

In glitching collisions of faces, percussive bolts of lightning, Lorem has ripped open machine learning’s generative powers in a new audiovisual work. Here’s the artist on what he’s doing, as he’s about to join a new inquisitive club series in Berlin.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2019

Someone built a strangely accurate Berghain in Minecraft

Peter Kirn - June 4, 2019

Playdate is an indie game handheld with a crank from Teenage Engineering, Panic

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2019

Gorgeous electro-acoustic instruments mix sculpture and noise

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2019

KORG’s nutekt NTS-1 is a fun, little kit – and open to ‘logue developers

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2019

One big, open standalone grid for playing everything: dadamachines composer pro

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2019

Glitchy art pours out of vintage video gear, at new FRGTWN shop

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2019

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