Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular

NYC-based Purplish Records releases music on cassette in batches, and this double release is a serious gem. Ipek Eginli creates a magical cloud world of prepared piano interconnected with modular synths, as Jad Atoui transforms discarded hard drives into mechanical compositional machines.

Three years of solar flares transformed into music: ESA x Maple Pools

See and hear what our nearest star and mass nuclear fusion reactor has been up to in the past three years. The solar show is captured by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission and new UV images and musical sonification.

Peter Kirn - January 15, 2025

Landscape’s Ferrous, an electro-mechanical resonator for strings

In collaboration with SF builder and experimental sound artist Victoria Shen, Ferrous from Landscape is a “Spinning Magnetic String Resonator.” It works by making a disc with magnets whirl around, activating strings on various instruments.

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2024

Playtronica’s Orbita explores sequences on physical, kinetic turntable, launching soon

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2021

Instrumental inventions, from LEGO microtonal guitar to deconstructed tuba, at Guthman prize

Peter Kirn - March 16, 2021

Motor Synth is brutal, electro-mechanical synth – last days of discount

Peter Kirn - June 24, 2019

SOMA’s Ether is a high-sensitivity ear for your electromagnetic world

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2019

Listen to space’s spookiest sounds with this NASA playlist

Peter Kirn - October 30, 2017

KOMA’s Field Kit, connecting contacts pickups, and motors, is now reality

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2017

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