Music Stories
Ruptured’s Postcards from Lebanon, telling the world’s story in sound
“Chaos and resiliance” – the words become cruel cliché when applied on repeat to Beirut’s music scene. But the three latest releases from the Ruptured label tell a sonic story that’s not from some periphery, but the center of our world. They do so in collage — like film fragments (one from a filmmaker). That include’s today’s debut of Ripe from Postcards and in the recent sound narratives of Nour Sokhon, Stefan Christoff, and Camille Cabbabe.
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Poly_Chain’s bumpy electro mix for Mixmag Ukraine slaps hard
When reality slaps you, slap back. Poly_Chain, aka Kyiv-born multi-talent Sasha Zakrevska, has a pure-fire mix of “bumpy electro” and adrenaline-driving broken beats, a lot of it unreleased (though some of it you can and should buy.) The Choreography and Merriment departments say you’re welcome.
SchneidersKeller brings Berlin synth landmark to London
The new Berlin is… London? Today is the opening of SchneidersKeller, the new Denmark Street outpost of the legendary SchneidersLaden, appropriately situated in the basement of Rough Trade. (It broke my hipster dosimeter!) And you’ll like the shopkeepers: the store is opened by our friends Edd Butterworth (London Modular, Sonic State) and Jean-Marcel Fricke (son of Manfred, MFB Berlin).
Peter Kirn - March 21, 2025
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Free Mintropolis EP Kirn & Meindl this weekend; modular and techno
Peter Kirn - August 25, 2024
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Xaoc Devices Berlin: new compact VCO with Leibniz Binary interfacing
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2024
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