Playing KORG’s phase8, acoustic synth, with videos (mine and others)

KORG’s phase8, engineered by the skunkworks office in Berlin, has found some visibility. But what does it mean as an actual electroacoustic instrument? What’s it like to play? My Lemonade Stand video from Superbooth is out, along with others, so I thought I’d do some reflection

The delicate, tiny sound machines in the world of Kuro Kasetto

From Mexico, Kuro Kasetto produces music with solenoids and machines that quivers and rustles as if it’s more flora than machine. It’s a world of “tiny sounds” and a source of exquisite escape.

Peter Kirn - July 24, 2026

Lorenzo Colombo in live session, framed by speaker stacks, equipment from Torso and Soma on the table and metal percussive plates suspended behind him and on tables, as he strikes one plate with a hammer.

Dream with this: solenoids, percussion, and circuits in live Torso session

Here’s a perfect way to treat your ears at the start of the week. Sound artist and percussionist Lorenzo Colombo recorded this ethereal, cosmic live set at Torso Electronics in Copenhagen. The dadamachines automat toolkit and its mechanical possibilities get woven together with Torso’s T1 and S4 hardware, and the results are pure magic.

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2026

Rock, electroacoustic, and traditional Iranian mix in Behrouz Pashaei LP

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2024

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

Polystepper, a gorgeous electroacoustic synth made with stepper motors, and more wonders

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2023

Sri Lanka – ශ්‍රී ලංකාව – benefit compilation in eerie, delicate drones and ambient sounds

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2022

At Instruments series by Morphine Records, physicality and improvisation meet invention

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2021

In Instruments series, encounters between inventors and musicians, watchable online

Peter Kirn - October 8, 2021