nanoloop reborn as standalone, Game Boy-inspired groovebox

nanoloop, beginning life as a Game Boy cartridge, helped ignite a craze in chip music by intuitively combining sequencing and sound. Now, its creator wants to make his own hardware.

Deep Synth combines a Game Boy and the THX sound

Do you love the THX Deep Note sound – that crazy sweep of timbres heard at the beginning of films? Do you wish you had it in a playable synth the size of a calculator? Deep Synth is for you.

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2018

Steve Reich played on Game Boys is mesmerizing

Steve Reich’s exploration of rhythm and phase take on special meaning in the age of ubiquitous electronic instruments. What started with clapping, with pianos and marimbas, and tape loops doubles now as a way of thinking about machine rhythm, too. Hearing Reich on Game Boys here isn’t just a novelty. It feels like a real […]

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2016

And now, some dreamy music made with tiny machines

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2016

Now you can sync a Game Boy to a Korg volca or monotribe

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2015

Game Boy Graphics, in Monochrome, Become The Canvas of a Music Video (Get the Tape!)

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2012

Voltage into Generative Pixels, and Other Lo-Fi, Recycled Art

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2012

Nanoloop Comes to Android, with its Lovely, Minimal Music Idea-Making Interface

- April 1, 2011

Hack by Day, Afrotronic Future Funk By Night: Handmade Music NYC Sat 4/2, Listening and More Free Now

- March 28, 2011

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