Music or weapon: artists inside and outside Ukraine reflect on creativity in times of war

As our Ukrainian friends and family have endured a year of full-scale war, here are some of their voices. For them and to all those resisting violence and occupation, here’s some space for them to be musicians and artists, even in the face of terror.

NASA’s Webb telescope could transform how we imagine digital art, along with our cosmos

Amidst meaningful and justified disenchantment with digital media, NASA’s Webb offers a different course for understanding our relationship with technology. It offers a chance to peer into our existence with greater understanding. It could be this generation’s “Blue Marble” – looking instead outward and deep into time. And it promises to be more than one image – way more than just one.

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2022

Premiere: Dark Forces by The Allegorist plunges us into a gorgeously surreal, shamanistic future

It’s the ultimate neo-futuristic concept album, complete with invented language for the lyrics (“Mondoneoh”) and a protagonist known as Dragon Rider. But the music is exquisitely composed 21st-century cinematic electronics. Anna Jordan’s The Allegorist has produced a fanciful opus for total immersion.

Peter Kirn - April 9, 2021

Apple’s platform squeeze holds back music and creativity, too – so will there be consequences?

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2020

UK’s 2021 work visa for European DJs, musicians poses challenge to cultural exchange

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2020

Techno: The Gathering, scene satire fantasy game, keeps getting better

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2018

Eurorack’s prices are dropping, as Herr Schneider laments

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2018

BBC gives away 16k WAV sound effects, but disallows some uses

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

In Czech, instruments and music releases are all about extended family

Peter Kirn - April 1, 2017

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