Motion Music
Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts
Odiv, a young composer from Ahvaz, communes in Shelâl with deeply felt darkness. It’s haunted not as a fetish, not as the pastiche musical surplus equivalent of a costume shop, as piles up in so much “dark” music. But it’s a horror that’s movingly personal. Maybe it’s time for tea and conversation with all our demons and ghosts. Out now on Zabte Sote.
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Boards of Canada played in lightbulbs: restored 1959 PDP-1 performance
This is truly haunting — the sound of a vintage machine’s lightbulbs hooked up to audio inputs, proving it can be more Boards of Canada than the actual Boards of Canada. Even the sound of loading up the punch cards and flipping the switches is oddly soothing. And more rabbit holes await.
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2025
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Tech
The Blaster Beam, a massive instrument invented by Captain Kirk’s nephew
Its size is epic, as if a sci-fi prop itself. Its otherworldly sound is chilling in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. And The Blaster Beam is the unique handiwork of Captain Kirk’s own nephew — okay, Craig Huxley, who played that character on the original series. Meet The Blaster Beam. If any of us wins the lottery, there will be signs.
Peter Kirn - September 17, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Tour Superbooth with Afrorack – featuring the show’s best instruments
Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Landscape’s Ferrous, an electro-mechanical resonator for strings
Peter Kirn - May 16, 2024
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Playing the space of Kraftwerk: Rabon Aibo’s sound art at Atonal
Peter Kirn - September 14, 2023
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Stories Tech
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