Music Stories
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.
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In Instruments series, encounters between inventors and musicians, watchable online
Starting tonight, and continuing over nine more dates in October, the freshly-inaugurated Morphine Raum will host events exploring invention and practice of one-of-a-kind musical instruments. You can watch – and you should, with a dizzying array of utter legends who are normally never in the same room.
Peter Kirn - October 8, 2021
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8 hours of Dance with Pride radio, broadcast from an ex-prostitution window
Amsterdam collective Dance with Pride’s launched an eight hour takeover of Red Light Radio over the weekend. It’s worth a listen, covering the gamut from sex worker activists to “cheap Moroccan music”. Dance with Pride got its start as a way of bridging activism around LGBTQIA+ pride with the dance music community. Apart from taking […]
This interactive Fatima Yamaha show projects emotions into light
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2017
Motion Music Music tech
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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