Panel: liberating music technology for Arabic music and beyond

Against the backdrop of AL.FESTIVAL, the Berlin festival centering music from the Arabic world and diasporic communities, we gathered an expert group to discuss liberating technology from some of its Western biases and exclusionary design. Now you can listen back (and read more), with artists ABADIR and Basel Naouri plus Ableton’s Dr. Laurel Pardue, as chatter ranged from critical views of futurism to ways software can mesh with Indonesian gamelan.

Trans Music Archive opens, dedicated to physical preservation

Trans communities are organizing and acting, building on an ongoing long-term struggle. And it’s time to go physical. Trans Music Archive is working on physical editions of some terrific music, and they’re asking for your support.

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2025

Today: the music scene, the future, live from Poland

Your editor-in-chief is in Warsaw today, where I’m leading a panel with Xosar, Chagall, HRTL (also from Bastl Instruments), and Nadine from Native Instruments. You can tune in and join us live. Our segment is on at 17:15 Warsaw / central European time, but there’s stuff of interest to CDM readers all day long.

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2017

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