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Digital sound, but physical: Roger Linn’s LinnStrument in action, 10% off
No, we do not all want to be reduced to brains in a jar. Music has always been about gesture, whether embodied in the breath or touch. So now is the perfect time for the LinnStrument, the human-scaled expressive grid from Roger Linn. Roger writes to point us to some of the latest musical examples […]
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Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines
If you feel at sea in a starless night, Ancient Future might summon charts from the ancestors, fragmented through samples and voltages, a hauntology of modular deconstruction. Bana Haffar, co-founder of Modular on the Spot in LA and Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, has an essential offering out this month.
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2026
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Interview: 33EMYBW on Amalgamate, metamorphosis, and insect philosophy
The patterning on butterfly wings is constructed of tiny blade-like scales (lamellar), with color structured into complex messaging and variation. That’s precisely the sonic feeling of Amalgamate, the latest from Shanghai-based artist 33EMYBW. We got to talk to 33 about alienation, metamorphosis, and the meaning of some of those lyrics. Photos by Di Wei Aamalgamte […]
Agitate Ableton Live tempos, chop up YouTube slop, more with Oliver Torr
Peter Kirn - September 28, 2026
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