Music Reviews
Productions gone live, as Jlin joins Third Coast Percussion on “Vernacular”
If today is a day to celebrate good things happening in the USA, you better also be listening to the epic collaboration between Jlin and Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion. That puts the Gary, Indiana-born Jerrilynn Patton (Jlin) right up alongside Philip Glass and David Longstreth, where frankly, she totally belongs. And it’s touring.
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Adam Wiltzie talks about his posthumous collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson
On Friendship Survival Guide, constructed from an archive of loops and sound exchanges, it’s as if Jóhann Jóhannsson is alive again. Adam Wiltzie, co-founder of Stars of the Lid and part of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, talks to us about the process, and about the perfect and fleeting personal and creative connection the two artist shared.
808 Day: free Roland e-Bjook, NTS Radio jams, animation
We could all use an 808 kick in our soul about now, so let’s get straight to the 808 Day goodness. Today’s a day to browse through Roland history with Bjooks, turn up NTS Radio, and immerse ourselves in a new animation featuring Mannie Fresh.
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2026
Gear Music Music tech Tech
Juneteenth lineup round-up and Black Techno Matters scorchers
Peter Kirn - June 19, 2026
Music
Listen: Falyakon, between Berlin and Ramallah, with an urgent music mix
Peter Kirn - February 29, 2024
Music
Mixing, FX, recording, USB in a module: 1010music bluebox goes Eurorack
Peter Kirn - September 9, 2023
Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Techno meets graphic novel: Alan Oldham’s Johnny Gambit is back to the future
Peter Kirn - September 5, 2022
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