Electronic virtuoso Thomas Piper’s insistent voice delivers in honest, powerful “Permission to Live”

Thomas Piper’s Permission to Live is a powerful, personal statement. It comes from one of the few people who plays Ableton Push like his main instrument, from an artist who draws from a hundred skills.

Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion

Accessibility in music can mean expanding expression beyond what is normally physically possible. For one artist, that means jacking a prosthesis as CV – for another, overcoming paralysis to make music with eyes alone. Bertolt Meyer was already producing and DJing, even with a birth condition that left him without the lower portion of one […]

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2020

The E-mu SP-1200 sampler is getting a reboot: SP 2400

It’s meant as a “spiritual successor,” say the creators – with both emulation of the classic E-mu sound and new features. But the SP 2400 in preorder still hope to bank off the renown of one of the most popular samplers ever, the genre-defining E-mu SP-1200.

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2019

Get inspired by how Che Pope tracks live – and manages time

Peter Kirn - July 10, 2018

Maschine with audio arrives; here’s how to get the most of it

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2017

Watch this to learn how to create hip-hop 808 bass lines easily

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2017

Meet the guy you can blame for all those air horn sounds everywhere

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2017

808 documentary gets release as Apple exclusive in December

Peter Kirn - November 15, 2016

In memory of Jean-Jacques Perrey

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2016

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