Beam yourself to Iran and Georgia as curators there assemble engrossing audiovisual art and live music sets from around the world. It’s all presented in virtual form. First – to Tehran. SET SET Festival is a half decade-old platform in the Iranian capital, which has acted as a hub both for the audiovisual and experimental […]
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In Tbilisi, music is on pause because democracy is on the line
Music Stories October 25, 2024
In music video, Lebanese duo Rust captures emotions of “Diaspora”
Music October 11, 2024
Don’t miss the visceral electroacoustic performances of Rojin Sharafi
Tehran-born, Vienna-based artist Rojin Sharafi plays electroacoustic music that’s kinetic, complex, and grippingly powerful. But just watch.
Games as art, music as game medium, in free festival online: A MAZE.
You couldn’t come to Berlin for Synthposium. But in this year of the virtual, you can explore electronic media from anywhere, without a plane ticket, at A MAZE. It’s relevant to the moment – and can be relevant to music and visual performance, too.
This free 2-week audio jam packs everything you want in game audio, music, audio tool learning
Take two weeks. Make a game. Learn a tool. Find a new approach to sound and music. Do all of those. AGJam is an online, free environment for discovering new ideas in audio and games, and it looks fantastic, even for electronic musicians in general.
Daphne Oram Trust has emergency grants for UK individuals in electronic music and sound
Times are dire, and people working in the arts face real challenges just buying food, paying rent, and covering health. One UK organization has some emergency grants, and they’re looking to provide more.
Palette is the new, free, must-have oscillator for VCV Rack
Sometimes it’s the little things. Software Xenakios took the Mutable Instruments Plaits oscillator and created a free fork with new features and more front-panel accessibility.
The producer’s the one dancing, in new video for ZoĆ« Mc Pherson
Okay – are you moving around, even in the privacy of your own home/studio, as you make music? This producer is – and you can feel that commitment in the music.
Resolume 7.2.0: Your VJ tool is also the easiest way to make content and music videos
Sure, the makers of Resolume are emphasizing content creation stuff because … there are no live gigs. But that just reveals something we already knew was true.
Expression plus free patching: Sensel Morph integrates with Pure Data
DIY music instrument making with visual patching is like having a blank slate. Now there’s some blank-slate hardware to match.
Explore tuning: Bitwig, VCV Rack, reading, and why it matters
Discovering tuning outside standard piano tuning can feel like finding food with seasoning and spices for the first time. Here are some new resources – strong enough for tuning experts, easy enough for beginners (well, some of them).