Breakcore and mouneh: High Hats music supports relief kitchens in Lebanon

In the face of violence and erasure, give some attention to people who stay loud and give something back. High Hats Community’s new compilation is a guide to breaks, breakcore, and experimental underground music from Lebanon. But it’s also a window into broad community kitchen efforts in Lebanon, bringing together migrants from Sri Lanka to […]

Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine

Oh, Cache is good as a Mac/Windows/Linux effect — flip, repeat, stretch, robotize, and generally go buffer-mad. But you expected that from a Sinevibes plug-in. The joy here is that now you can really play. Connect a MIDI keyboard, and Cache is a breaks-friendly, sound transmorgrifying effect instrument.

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025

Watch this: Instant Haus + Simpler in Live 9.5 = crazy breaks

Music software can make you feel good. Music software can also make you feel almost guilty. And sometimes that makes you feel good. David Abravanel takes the updated Live 9.5 Instant Haus device (in Max Essentials) for a test drive, in combination with Simpler’s new slicer mode. Somehow, no one has done a video on […]

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2015

A Bandcamp-Only Label of the Future? Australia’s Enig’matik Records and the Art of Detail

Matt Earp - August 21, 2012