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Livecoding glitch, eye-searing colors, AI poetry, and the knowledge to make it yourself for free
The latest absolutely eye-popping work made with free live-coding tool Hydra comes from artist Naoto Hieda, with sound by the duo Ekheo (Aude Langlois and Belinda Sykora) and some eerie AI poetry. If that didn’t melt your brain entirely, you can follow along with tutorials to harness the powers of Hydra, too.
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At Instruments series by Morphine Records, physicality and improvisation meet invention
In a world when so much seems virtual, remote, simulated, and yet oddly pre-scripted, Berlin’s Morphine Records turned in the month of October to something else. It was musical technology in raw and spontaneous form – intimate encounters, together in a room.
Peter Kirn - November 1, 2021
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Hydra is spectacular free live-coding for visuals in browser – now on iOS, too
How great is live coding on Hydra, for free? It’s great enough that you’ll do it when you’ve never used code before. It’s great enough that – now with this new build – you’ll lie in bed with your iPhone or iPad and make trippy hypnotic visuals. You’ll plug in audio and stop using cameras and just permanently replace your visage with weird analog-style color feedback. It’s that great.
Watch the 2006 documentary 8 BIT to see chip music and art at its peak – now online
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2021
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Tour Berna3, a complete 1950s electronic music studio in software – tape loops to test oscillators
Peter Kirn - October 1, 2021
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Modular synthesis gets reimagined as puzzle game with The Signal State
Peter Kirn - September 28, 2021
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Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters
Peter Kirn - September 21, 2021
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