It’s official: new Aphex Twin is inbound on September 14

Experimental legend Richard D. James isn’t just giving us more microtonal synthesizers – he’s giving us new music, too. And now we know some details, after the Aphex Twin logo showing up everywhere.

Take a tour of the dreamy ACL modular synthesizer system

Part of the appeal of modular systems is there in the name – modularity. But as the modular market grows, there’s increasing demand for modulars that are again designed as coherent systems. The ACL System 1 is ready to serve as a synth on its own, or the centerpiece of a larger modular rig.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

What culture, ritual will be like in the age of AI, as imagined by a Hacklab

Machine learning is presented variously as nightmare and panacea, gold rush and dystopia. But a group of artists hacking away at CTM Festival earlier this year did something else with it: they humanized it.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

Modular for dancing: Florian Meindl and Leonard de Leonard

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2018

Eurorack’s prices are dropping, as Herr Schneider laments

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2018

Go inside Berlin’s synth heaven – and one of its top modular makers

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2018

Pulsating colors and geometries animate Barker’s latest: interview

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2018

Minds, machines, and centralization: AI and music

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2018

A look at AI’s strange and dystopian future for art, music, and society

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2018

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