Music
Senyawa to infinity: Alkisah is a 44-label release, a decentralized festival, and more
From Beirut to Berlin, Perth to Orange County, Moscow to Nanjing, 42 labels are joining the Indonesian underground in imagining a decentralized musical future. Even as DIY duo Senyawa planted the seeds, Alkisah seems a movement as much as an album release. The idea might seem crazy at first – share all the materials for […]
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Watch a hacked DJ technique made with karaoke tapes, by Ōedo Technica
Vinyl? CDJ? Meh. Hand-mixing and “scratching” karaoke cassette tapes on hacked machines as a new form of strange pop music DJing? Now we’re talking. Behold the YouTube channel of 大江戸テクニカ (Ōedo tekunika).
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2021
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Watch Afrorack play his modular and home-built instruments live
Raw, fierce electric sounds emanate from this more abstract set by Afrorack, aka Brian Bamanya, of Uganda. Now you get a rich video from Berlin’s CTM Festival earlier this year.
Afrorack and Africa’s first DIY modular synth make some wild, delicious grooves
Peter Kirn - January 30, 2020
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music Tech
New KORG kits with tubes: Nu:Tekt headphone amp, valve overdrive
Peter Kirn - January 11, 2020
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Some brutal handmade electronic sounds live, from Balfa
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2019
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
Make an ultra-simple DIY oscillator, inspired by vintage Heathkit
Peter Kirn - October 3, 2019
DIY + Unusual Music tech Tech
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