Listen to ambient sound from around the world, recorded with a 4’33” app

To anyone who says there are too many music makers in the world, maybe you aren’t aware of how much sound is in the world. Crowd-sourced iPhone recordings and the ghost of John Cage are here to set you straight.

An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines

Following nerve damage, Icelandic composer/producer/musician was unable to play the piano. With his ‘Ghost Pianos’, he gets that ability back, through intelligent custom software and mechanical pianos.

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019

For ‘Chernobyl’ score, Hildur Guðnadóttir went to a nuclear power plant

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir went the extra distance for her score for Chernobyl = taking a real power plant as inspiration for her haunting score.

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2019

Experimental Ukrainian music, through a looking glass

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2019

Take a 3D trip into experimental turntablism with V-A-C Moscow, Shiva Feshareki

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2019

Why is this Valentine’s song made by an AI app so awful?

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2019

Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018

Ethereal, enchanting Winter Solstice drone album, made in VCV Rack

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

An exploration of silence, in a new exhibition in Switzerland

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2018

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