Music Stories
Clark on friendly parasites and why music needs friction
On the heels of Steep Stims, Clark’s latest full-length, we spoke at length about piano delusions, seriousness and play, film scoring, repetition, hardware, live performance, and the strange necessity of cultivating “friendly parasites” in the creative process.
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Boxing Day: get those xmas freebies and be serenaded by an Atari ST
Food comas. Empty wrapping paper. Or whatever you’re celebrating, hopefully you’ve got some time off to grab a slew of free synth-y gifts available to download right now. Need a soundtrack? 1987 and Atari ST have you covered.
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2025
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Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken
It has a “broken” button and an eyelid that you can blink on and off. It lets you record or set feedback to 150%. It overdubs, it loops, it — does it in opposing directions. No, it’s not another tape delay/looper. Every single setting in TapeLeap from Mudjaq, for Max for Live, is bonkers and fantastic.
Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025
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A new free Live tool from Robert Henke lets you grab short sounds easily
Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025
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Black Friday: pimp my Live with the best add-ons
Peter Kirn - November 28, 2025
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3D visuals arrive in Ableton Live, easy as synths, with Unreal-powered SenSei
Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025
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Live 12.3 final is here: what’s new that isn’t Splice or stems
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025
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Make doodles in Ableton Live, then animate them, with Klottra
Peter Kirn - November 21, 2025
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