New Capcom videopacks turn OP-Z into a novel audiovisual gaming instrument, free

The worlds of gaming, “play,” and electronic music have always been in an extended flirtation. A deep collaboration between Capcom and Teenage Engineering brings those worlds together and lets you VJ with classic games. The download is free, pouring supersaturated pixel goodness from Capcom classics into a live 3D engine you can play in time […]

This Ableton Push cover of Ghouls ‘n Ghosts wins Halloween

The Interwebz are awash with various Halloween-themed music covers in the fight for YouTube subscribers. But let’s go to a 1988 Japanese video game classic.

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2017

Watch Adriano Make Surprising Objects, Laser Beams into Triggers for Wild Music

Now that anything can become an instrument, musicianship can become the practice of finding the spirit in the unexpected. It’s what Matt Moldover championed in the notion of controllerism, what years of DIYers have made evident. It’s not just a matter of finding a novelty or two. It’s really taking those novelties and making them […]

- September 29, 2014

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