Download a book on Dutch electronic music history, Philips and beyond, free

Kees Tazelaar’s On the Threshold of Beauty is a wonderful plunge into the history of electronic music in the Netherlands, 1925-1965, including the Philips Pavilion and the World’s Fair, but a whole lot more. It’s free to download now — the perfect beach book if you’re a total nerd. (Welcome home.)

Bleep it out with Fenix, the Dutch modular you’ve probably never heard of

The Synton Fenix has been used by the likes of Martin Gore and has a story interwoven with decades of Dutch synth history. Here’s your chance to discover this little-known gem – and learn some synth technique you can apply to your own software/hardware modulars!

Peter Kirn - May 18, 2021

Noir is part bass, part drum synth – a must-have iOS drum machine

Dark, crunchy, synthetic sounds, grooves that morph somewhere in the shadows between bass line and percussion pattern – Ruismaker Noir is exactly the sort of drum machine you’d want with you at all times. And as it’s an iOS app, you can take it with you.

Peter Kirn - November 12, 2018

This is what Dutch raves looked like in the 1990s

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2017

Wave Your Hands or Draw to Make Sounds, with OWOW – Kickstarter Deadline Approaches

Arvid Jense - July 3, 2015

A Solar-Powered, Outdoor DJ Booth and Interactive Dance Floor for Public Playgrounds

- July 28, 2014

Art From Trash, as ReFunct Media Makes a Symphony from Obsolete Gear [Videos]

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2012

Playing the City: An Eindhoven Pianola Makes Urban Landscape into Music

- June 15, 2011