Remembering The Residents’ Hardy Fox, enigmatic vaudeville futurist

Today saw the loss (for real this time) of Hardy Fox, the pioneering artist from The Residents. We look back on the irreverent, surrealist work the band produced and Fox as enigmatic anonymous multimedia ringleader, projecting mystery to the very end.

Minecraft music making: watch someone play music with the game

Minecraft, your latest somewhat bizarre drum machine? Believe it. Gamer meisterjaan sends us this mod of Minecraft into a music tool, and the results are kind of hilarious / terrifying.

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2018

Watch The Black Madonna DJ live from … inside a video game

Algorithmic selection, soulless streaming music, DJ players that tell you what to play next and then do it for you… let’s give you an alternative, and much more fun and futuristic future. Let’s watch The Black Madonna DJ from inside a video game.

Peter Kirn - August 16, 2018

Korg’s Monopoly board game crossover isn’t even an April Fools’ joke

Peter Kirn - April 1, 2018

Virtuoso Commodore 64 composer Martin Walker is back

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2018

With Japan’s latest Vocaloid characters, another song from the future

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2017

You can compose entire interactive game scores in Nuendo 8, more

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2017

Inside, Limbo game follow-up, music by SØS Gunver Ryberg

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2016

Your unconscious meat body plays this online drum machine

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2016

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