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.

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?

Apple’s desire to tax and control its app ecosystem is earning outcry from developers, government, and outside observers. It’s a stand-off musicians and creators should watch closely.

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

European Space Agency just gave away a bunch of space media for use

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2017

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