Magical Synth Adventure on autism, music, gifts, and challenges

Paulee Aex Bow, who has lately given us tours of the Commodore Amiga and Roland V-Synth, speaks in an extensive, poignant video about their experience with autism. It’s a much-watch for neurodivergent and general audiences alike.

Dials, punch cards, and reels: watch how electronic music was produced in 1960s Germany

Watch just how painstaking and time-consuming electronic music production was ca. mid-to-late 1960s, in this rare documentary of the German Siemens Studio (now preserved in Munich at the Deutsches Museum).

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2023

Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds

Alex Ball has a new documentary out covering 60 years of Korg instruments – complete with loads of synth demos so you’re getting sounds, not just looking at gear pics. I missed this last week when of course Synthtopia was on top of it – hat tip! Even the YouTube algorithm was confused why I […]

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022

Modul8, new synth magazine from Australia, packed with interviews and features – on paper

Peter Kirn - July 28, 2022

May the 4th be with you, in a new documentary on the sounds of Skywalker

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2022

Celebrate Eliane Radigue at 90 with a free documentary and fresh, radical re-releases

Peter Kirn - January 26, 2022

Berlin techno has its own application for UNESCO status – and here’s the film

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2021

Watch the 2006 documentary 8 BIT to see chip music and art at its peak – now online

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2021

Inside a note: explore minimalism with Björk home studio visits

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2021

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