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Incline, “toposonic corpus explorer,” transforms granular synthesis

Imagine granular synthesis, taken in entirely different dimensions. That’s Incline — Cristian Vogel’s cross-bred mixture of microsound and machine learning segmentation. It explodes sounds into a highly configurable topography, then applies precise envelopes, with unique rhythmic and textural results. Here’s how to explore those strange new worlds.

Breakcore and mouneh: High Hats music supports relief kitchens in Lebanon

In the face of violence and erasure, give some attention to people who stay loud and give something back. High Hats Community’s new compilation is a guide to breaks, breakcore, and experimental underground music from Lebanon. But it’s also a window into broad community kitchen efforts in Lebanon, bringing together migrants from Sri Lanka to […]

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2026

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Stillness and radical presence: Mercurial Cycles mix from Hüma Utku

Hüma Utku’s mixes and productions both delve into marginalia and mysteries of the unknown, the fragile gestures in the shadows. And it seems that’s what we need right now.