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Let’s all watch Piaman cover songs with a joystick and voice synthesis
Piaman, aka half of RYOKO2000, formerly Pianoid (bio: “doesn’t play piano at all”) is turning himself into a human Vocaloid, with joysticks and fast reflexes. And this is what you need right now. Linkhole trail begins now:
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From Éliane Radigue to West Coast, Homework is a patchable wonder
It’s a modular week, yes, but here are things you can never have too much of: great food, open beaches, modular environments, and Giorgio Sancristoforo sound playgrounds. So here’s Homework, a 4-track cassette recorder, retro effects including granular processor and tape echo, and modular synths inspired by Buchla and ARP. It’s all you need to recreate some Éliane Radigue-inspired drones and float away on a sea of noise.
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2026
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Tim Exile built an experimental modular system, all about playability
“Music production feels pointless now,” says Tim — but years after walking away from DAWs, he’s embraced instrument building. New Modular System is a patchable environment, constructed in Reaktor, that’s truly Exile-ish in philosophy. It’s not about a bunch of wire connections. You drop in colored modules and get straight to tweaking, generating, and playing — with wild, massively diverse results.
Peter Kirn - April 28, 2026
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Incline, “toposonic corpus explorer,” transforms granular synthesis
Peter Kirn - March 30, 2026
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Stillness and radical presence: Mercurial Cycles mix from Hüma Utku
Peter Kirn - March 20, 2026
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