Emotional electronics, from Mexicali’s underground beacon: four essential releases

We live in dissonant, uncertain times, and maybe our consciousness struggles if we try to make it fit square corners and easy forms. So now is a perfect time to feature long-time favorite label Facade Electronics out of northern Mexico. Their opening releases of the year, from artists dotting different parts of the world, flow into a narrative — one uncomfortable, sublime, beautiful.

Jaymie Silk song results, showing over a dozen tracks.

Music in training sets is the new Spotify Wrapped: how genAI uses your music

This has to be peak 2026 music tech. Across every feed, producers I follow are posting the same revelation: they’re finding their own music in training sets used by AI. Investigations by Alex Reisner at The Atlantic are making this more visible — and visceral. And the findings are actually much worse than I think […]

Peter Kirn - June 22, 2026

Juneteenth lineup round-up and Black Techno Matters scorchers

Juneteenth is about emancipation, and it’s expressed in musical joy across the USA today. Here are our friends from Black Techno Matters with their community calendar of events today — one might be near you — plus two recent releases you should hear wherever you are.

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2026

AudioWanderer noise maker is a glitchy, gorgeous, mysterious gem

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2026

Abadir’s The Primitivist is a high-energy rhythmic tour of Arabic sound

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2026

Kaximia on channeling aggression, soldering into survival; VCF giveaway

Kaximia - June 1, 2026

Microtonality is the big trend of the 16th century — ask Nicolà Vicentino

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2026

jumango made a synth you can tuck in so it goes to sleep

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2026

Maggi Payne, photographing crystals, composing for Moog modular III, more

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2026