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ENDOGEN: a deep experimental exploratorium of lowercase synthesis
Enter an organic sound machine that will take you to an imagined sound world somewhere between a temple garden and a half-awake dream. ENDOGEN is a dazzling tool, built in Max and SuperCollider, that explores notions of lowercase synthesis. There’s a lot to cover as far as what it can do — but you should also feel empowered to play and get lost.
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Get dark and strange with this free GodHatesGodRecords compilation
Out of Belgium, there’s a murky, forbidding free underground netlabel that has survived from another era. It’s aggressively anti-algorithmic, soul-chillingly dark in its aesthetics, and committed to free culture and commons like if social media and AI never happened. And it’s perfect for a frozen European night, wherever you might be.
Tweakbench plug-ins return after 20 years, from NES to ambient
Chiptune, granular, ambient pads, experimental, percussion — once upon a time, Tweakbench plug-ins were everything. And now they’re back, with full support for AU and VST3 on macOS (including Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux.
Peter Kirn - December 18, 2025
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West Coast dreaming: improvising with GForce MAP
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2025
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Inside Kyiv’s hackerspace, a growing DIY synth and experimental noise scene
Peter Kirn - October 16, 2025
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Intellijel put a MEMS mic in a 2HP Eurorack module
Peter Kirn - August 10, 2025
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