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Atari, at 50, leaves a legacy of electronic imagination in visuals and sound
It’s official: video games, or certainly their leading icon Atari, have crossed the half-century landmark. But maybe that’s why the aesthetics of some of Atari’s earliest greats now sound newly fresh – not only retro, but as something elemental no deep in music, art, and culture.
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Check this fanciful “old-school” retro tracker hardware and a cute groove
“Picked up this machine at a local garage sale. The owner said he picked up in the 90s and it was not working. Poking around and fixing the power board, it fired up and it turned out to be a tracker sampler. Looks very similar to a modern tracker?”
Terje Isungset makes musical instruments out of carved Arctic ice
Acoustic instruments we think of largely in wood, string, gut, metal. Terje Isungset has spent decades making music out of ice.
Peter Kirn - June 27, 2022
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Dreadbox’s new 200€ Dysmetria kit is an insane amount of analog groove fun
Peter Kirn - May 16, 2022
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Psychedelic Soldier: a burnt-out Russian tank headlight made into a synthesizer
Peter Kirn - April 28, 2022
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420 Hz is ultra-chilled music generated from cannabis plants
Peter Kirn - April 20, 2022
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Dart, a line of open source MIDI and DMX controllers, in wonderfully wacky variations
Peter Kirn - April 6, 2022
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