Unsettling experimental sounds as Ukrainian artists go full hacklab

Young, restless, unruly hearts from deep in Ukraine arrive with two recent releases. The results are unsettling in the best possible way as we trip into space – and learn that baby kangaroos are seriously punk.

Roaches, mealworms, shrieking bubbles, and more in free Richard Devine sound samples

The chalk is underwater, screaming like a chattering alien. Or that’s how it sounds through a hydrophone. Enter the weird world of some of Richard Devine’s field recordings – then grab the sounds for your own Creative Commons-licensed creations.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2021

Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments

A violin can be totally transformed – and the performance with it – from ice skates to neon instruments to ventriloquists’ dummies. Laurie Anderson in this film talks about her many ingenious instrumental inventions.

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

NVIDIA’s SIGGRAPH brag: more real-time realism and lighting, more AI, more Omniverse

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2021

The newest sound-making device is the trampoline – and here’s a synth made for bouncing on it

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2020

Australia is using sound to monitor its wildlife and ecosystem

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2019

This radio station broadcasts sounds of rats – and it sounds amazing

Peter Kirn - April 8, 2019

Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

Animals and Synthesizers is reason to love the Internet again

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2018