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Mood Machine, Liz Pelly’s book on Spotify, will be a must-read
We know that Big Tech and Spotify have reshaped music listening – and at a cost. But that impact is often hidden inside a black box, closely guarded by its masters’ secrecy and mythmaking. Liz Pelly is one of the few people who managed to get inside that black box, meaning her upcoming book will be essential.
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AbuQadim Haqq’s 33 Years of Techno Art and Afrofuturism, book and music
Detroit native AbuQadim Haqq, the artist who gave form to the Drexciyan Empire and helped craft the visual identity of Transmat, Planet E, and Underground Resistance, has put 33 years of that imagination into an art book and compilation project.
Tour Beirut’s music underground in a free PDF, from the inside out
Crises are a given; resilience is a given – to slightly bastardize the author’s words on Beirut’s Underground Scene, Hajar Ibrahim’s portrait of a musical world. But in this book, released this summer, what you get is more personal. It’s the underground telling its own story, rather than having one framed for it.
Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds
Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022
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Free download: A 400-page guide to experimental Eastern Europe sounds
Peter Kirn - January 29, 2019
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Here’s what to learn to get a jump start on the new monome thing
Peter Kirn - April 30, 2018
Make Noise are turning a classic 1972 synthesis book into a video series
Peter Kirn - March 21, 2018
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