Strange Moog history: a telephone, a table hockey game, more

You know the Minimoog and the modular. But do you know The Operator – a business telephone? Or the Moog table hockey game? The Moog name wound up in some strange places in the 80s.

Here’s an Electro-Harmonix pedal in concrete, for some reason

So many questions. Someone decided to encase their Electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion / Sustainer in concrete, and now wants to/is forced to get rid of it.

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018

A haunting ambient sci-fi album about a message from Neptune

Latlaus Sky’s Pythian Drift is a gorgeous ambient concept album, the kind that’s easy to get lost in. The set-up: a probe discovered on Neptune in the 26th Century will communicate with just one woman back on Earth.

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018

This hidden gem adds a sub bass to anything, because you want that

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2018

Balalaikas to synths, the Russians at Musikmesse cover the gamut

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2018

Finally, a new controller for your feet, for software or hardware

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2018

KORG just released a bunch of new stuff – here’s what’s what

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2018

Gibson just killed Cakewalk, because Philips?!

Peter Kirn - November 21, 2017

The KellyCaster reveals what accessibility means for instruments

Ashley Elsdon - September 20, 2017

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