Funk music history and Black liberation in a full-length documentary, online

Hip hop, new wave, techno, and house are inseparable from funk history – and any discussion of funk in the 1970s demands a conversation about Black liberation. Emmy winner and MacArthur Fellow Stanley Nelson and Grammy-nominated producer Nicole London have produced a full-length history.

Laurie Spiegel interview offers a way of thinking about community, imagination

What could community and imagination in music making look like? Laurie Spiegel’s reflections on the 70s and earlier decades, recorded in 2014, offer some clues, even for a very different time today.

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2025

Paul Schreiber (Tandy, Moog MG-1, Synthesis Technology) remembered

The synthesis community is sharing an outpouring of remembrances following the loss of Paul Schreiber, creator of the MOTM synthesizer, Synthesis Technology, co-designer of the Realistic Concertmate MG-1, and more. He was not just an inspiration but a friend to many in the synth world.

Peter Kirn - March 24, 2025

RIP Seiki Kato, KORG President lead 80s product innovations, KORG USA

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025

Moog just posted an all-star art and tech panel; all that and an Oberheim

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025

1982’s PPG Wave 2 arrives in reimagined Eurorack form

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2025

Start your Black History Month in music by traveling back to the 6th century

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2025

Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025

Go watch this video on Buchla, Spectraphon, and spectral animation

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2025

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