Music
Nazar’s “Demilitarize” sees the artist channeling Ghost in the Shell
Nazar’s Demilitarize, out this month on Hyperdub, is essential listening – reimagined Angolan kuduro DNA woven into a sound world inspired by processing trauma and absorbing the ethos of anime classic Ghost in the Shell. It follows two releases that responded to the civil war with an imaginative, intimate coda.
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Free NAP Framework gets gorgeous rendering, non-profit organization
NAP Framework, the free and open-source, lightweight, open-source framework for artists and designers now looks and runs better than before. And keeping it free, there’s now a non-profit NAP Labs organization – while the creators merge with partners Studio DRIFT.
Exist weaves ethereal new sounds from Ramallah Palestine to the world
There is a scene that now, more than ever, is decentralized. But that doesn’t mean simply “out of major hubs.” It can be people getting closer together over further distances. And so witness the new chapter of Exist, from Ramallah festival to events and connections elsewhere and this transcendental premiere release.
In Instruments series, encounters between inventors and musicians, watchable online
Peter Kirn - October 8, 2021
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This interactive Fatima Yamaha show projects emotions into light
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2017
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Sound check: here’s TM404’s hybrid hardware set from Loveland at ADE
Peter Kirn - October 25, 2016
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Here are 3 epic performances on modular that aren’t noodling
Peter Kirn - April 25, 2016
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