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At Instruments series by Morphine Records, physicality and improvisation meet invention
In a world when so much seems virtual, remote, simulated, and yet oddly pre-scripted, Berlin’s Morphine Records turned in the month of October to something else. It was musical technology in raw and spontaneous form – intimate encounters, together in a room.
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The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]
Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021
DIY + Unusual Tech
The dorky recorder you had in school just got a futuristic remake
The recorder’s simplicity has made it ubiquitous in music education. Digital builders want to refresh it and make it cool – and no, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke.
An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019
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Tested: Chromaphone 2 has kinder, gentler acoustic modeling
Peter Kirn - April 10, 2016
Music tech Reviews
Watch Una Corda, a software piano with a difference
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2016
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