On the sublime BETHLEHEM بيت لحم, walls in time and space fall

The exquisite collaboration of Lawrence Sammour, Sary Moussa, and Abed Kobeissy, Bethlehem, is released this month. And it has become a rich sanctuary, a shared space that refuses erasure or fragmentation. It also refuses to obey the boundaries of colonialism and occupation, weaving together what was pulled apart, as taut and resonant as the strings of the buzuq.

Noiseferatu: open-source, 45 algorithms, like a KAOSS Pad from Hell

Sleepwalking? Unexplained seizures? Neighbors have a rodent and plague problem? Don’t worry, and don’t be spooked by what some nuns told you! You just need the handheld, open-source Scaepe – Noiseferatu DIY kit!

Peter Kirn - June 23, 2026

Here’s half an hour of string-reed Werner Durand and John Krausbauer drones

Do you love drones? I mean, like you’re craving nothing more than aggressive drones coming right into your ears from violin and self-made reed instruments for 27 minutes, 28 seconds straight? The legendary Werner Durand and John Krausbauer have you covered on label-for-the-heads Moving Furniture Records out of Amsterdam.  And then we take a side trip to time crystals, images, and sounds to discover from La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi.

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2026

Ahmed Muin, Palestinian music teacher who turned drones into an anthem

Peter Kirn - December 31, 2025

Free Sosir plug-in, experimental bowing effect, is a deep drone machine

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2024

Sonic Beds is a fuzzy ambient Ableton Live pack that doubles as stress relief

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2023

Mille is a 1000-oscillator swarming droning synth to delight your ears and hurt your eyes

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2023

Roland made an egg-shaped alien piano with flying drone speakers for its 50th anniversary

Peter Kirn - January 4, 2023

Bentō is an alive, unstable Japanese noise box by Giorgio Sancristoforo

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2022