Music Stories
POST playlist: a mix of new music for sleepless nights
For my semi-regular program POST for Refuge Worldwide this week, I focused on new releases. This highlighted Lebanon in particular and still didn’t cover the flurry of releases there, but it covered other places, too. It’s all recommended, so here’s the full playback and track listing with links.
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Let’s all watch Piaman cover songs with a joystick and voice synthesis
Piaman, aka half of RYOKO2000, formerly Pianoid (bio: “doesn’t play piano at all”) is turning himself into a human Vocaloid, with joysticks and fast reflexes. And this is what you need right now. Linkhole trail begins now:
Peter Kirn - May 25, 2026
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MSteppySnap for Ableton Live makes modulation playable, maleable
In a way, it’s funny how complicated we make modulation. We wind up creating layers of envelopes and free-running oscillations just to get what we want. Tomavatars’ MSteppySnap, once you grok its approach, is nothing like that. This is steppy snappy whooshy glorgy modulation you can play, capture, and trigger intuitively.
Peter Kirn - April 24, 2026
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In the sound of Wukir Suryadi’s kentongan, a world warning
Peter Kirn - March 25, 2026
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