From collaborative threads, a futuristic AV exquisite corpse and Beirut benefit

Xquisite Force began as what happens when an audiovisual thread is woven from collaborator to collaborator, exquisite corpse style. The resulting images and music have produced a stunning, futuristic compilation – and a benefit for Beirut.

Support the people of Beirut: music to discover, ways to give to vulnerable communities

This week saw a catastrophic explosion atop layers of existing crises in Beirut. From Lebanese artists – and their extended family of music makers around the world – comes an answer in sound, and a call for help.

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2020

Don’t miss the visceral electroacoustic performances of Rojin Sharafi

Tehran-born, Vienna-based artist Rojin Sharafi plays electroacoustic music that’s kinetic, complex, and grippingly powerful. But just watch.

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2020

Transfiguración: decolonizing AI, in Hexorcismos’ shamanistic music and art

Peter Kirn - July 6, 2020

Time travel through polyrhythms: King Britt’s Back 2 Black, on repeat

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2020

From the far edges of experimental electronic compositions, inside Elli Records’ In the Room

David Abravanel - June 9, 2020

Electronic virtuoso Thomas Piper’s insistent voice delivers in honest, powerful “Permission to Live”

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2020

Real relief: Music releases to go discover now, in days of pleas for equality

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2020

Music lovers are sharing black artists, labels, and causes today on Bandcamp

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2020

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