Massive power, every format: the BB-777 brings back a boombox icon

It was arguably the moment the boombox peaked: the GF-909/GF-777 from Sharp boasted dual cassettes, radio, and massive sound. Now, Bumpboxx has decided to reboot that boom box for 2026, with a modern machine that can do everything — CDs, tapes, radio, USB, Bluetooth connectivity, the works. It could be a holy grail across every generation burned out on soulless streaming and ready to love music all over again.

Pi Day: Hear and see approximations for Pi — and learn about shaders, too

Rebel against the anti-intellectual world around us! Forget the traumas of math classes past! Instead, enter a hypnotic trance as your screen vibrates and headphones ring with the sight and sound of Pi’s approximations. Our friends over at VDMX would like to introduce you to the wonders of … bad Pi.

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2026

Making music on the TI graphing calculator — and a TI-inspired plug-in synth

Time to dust off that TI-82, TI-83, or TI-84. The graphic calculators that a lot of us used in school can become ingenious chip synths and even run trackers. And that translates to a surprisingly powerful graphing calculator-inspired synth — one that instantly became one of my favorite plug-ins.

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2026

In her own words: watch a free documentary on Éliane Radigue

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2026

Éliane Radigue has died at 94; portraits – “the sound before sound”

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026

Here’s half an hour of string-reed Werner Durand and John Krausbauer drones

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2026

Laurie Spiegel’s Music Mouse is available now from Eventide

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2026

Breaking: cave-like reflections in Robert Henke’s free Lanzarote Verb

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026

Here’s Laurie Spiegel introducing Music Mouse in the 1980s

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026