Fragmented textures, interactive RNBO-powered video: Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh

Composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, known for her concert outings, shifts to a lushly organic electronic album in flowing, humming, fragmented electronics for her debut album as a producer. And it comes with an interactive music video powered by Max and RNBO, so if you’re in the mood to VJ yourself, flying around some Gaussian splats, here’s your chance.

Death dances and liberatory sounds of I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free 

What can music do against darkness? It may be our one fuel for emotions, a weapon against depressive inertia. Today, on Ukrainian Independence Day, it’s a perfect day to catch up with Ukrainian label Prostir/I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free — especially as these platforms have been a hub for solidarity with other resistance struggles worldwide.

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2025

Noise Surround System makes spatial audio kinetic, mechanical

To tackle the issue of noise pollution, Warszawa’s panGenerator brought immersive, spatial sound to the philharmonic. But they didn’t make that spatial audio virtual: tracks, skateboard motors, and speakers on karts put this installation into physical motion.

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025

There are some wild AI music LEGO sets – but this LEGO Neve studio is real

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2023

Here are Ukrainian artists and labels you can support and celebrate

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2022

Since it’s 22.02.2022, here are a bunch of musical palindromes

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2022

Alvin Lucier, who saw sonic poetry in pencils and soundscapes everywhere, has died

Peter Kirn - December 1, 2021

From Estonia and the Baltic, new composition and rich electronic music in a free broadcast

Peter Kirn - April 22, 2021

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