Spinning Optical Drum Buddy and the Wild DIY Punk World of Quintron and Miss Pussycat

Deep in the Ninth Word of New Orleans lies the workbench and studio of one Mr. Quintron, the inventor-organist who has applied his DIY mad-scientist sonic production to a unique flavor of insistent punk. Mr. Quintron was this week in my home neighborhood in Berlin, accompanied by his wife Miss Pussycat – maraca player (maracaist?), […]

Pinball Pianola: Pinball Game Meets a Piano in a Wild Constructed Instrument

Pinball Pianola from Lucas Abela on Vimeo. The mechanical and kinetic collide – literally – with the sonic, in a devilishly-inventive hybrid instrument that cross-breeds a pinball table with a piano. Australian artist Lucas Abela is joining us next month as part of CTM Festival: The Golden Age. In the meantime, he shares this work. […]

- December 21, 2012

At MusicMakers, Experiencing Music Through Design, As Community of Doers Collaborates [Listen, Watch]

Making connections with people – creators and audience alike – sometimes means going beyond the virtual, and actually getting people together in the same room. For MusicMakers, Create Digital Music teamed up with curators and artists in Berlin to make some of those connections across disciplines, to get closer to the processes of design and […]

- October 11, 2012

Credit Cards, Turned Into Musical Instruments, Sound Pretty Freaking Amazing [Video]

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2012

Crazy Musical Machines: Musical Inventions at STEIM + Handmade Music [Video]

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2012

Richard Lainhart, Prolific Composer and Artist, Dies at 58; Links to His Work

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2012

Handmade ‘Smomid’ Touch Guitar, in BOMB Video, Extends Expression and Samples Monks

Peter Kirn - December 7, 2011

A Handmade Children’s Book, a 7″ Vinyl Record, and Tangible, Handmade Music

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2011

Preview: NYC’s In/Out Festival, in Videos, Embraces Eclectic Lineup and Music DIY

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2011

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