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Free download: A 400-page guide to experimental Eastern Europe sounds
If experimental music and Europe make you think only of cities like Paris and London, you’re missing a big part of the story. Now you can grab a huge reference on fringe and weird electronic music from the east – and it’s free. (At least that would please Marx.)
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Buchla’s pioneering Thunder touch controller is back, on Sensel Morph
Software and hardware are finally becoming more responsive to expression from more than one finger at a time, via MPE. But how do you get those sounds under your hands? Sensel Morph is one answer. And now it has an appealing layout from one of the people who shaped synthesis – Don Buchla.
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2019
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This playlist is full of wonderful ARP music – some might surprise you
As we remember Alan R. Pearlman and the impact his instruments had on music, here’s a survey of the many places ARP sounds appeared in music culture. It’s a reminder of just how profound electronic music tools can be in their influence – and of the unique age in which we live.
Peter Kirn - January 9, 2019
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The Technics SL-1200 is back, and this time for DJs again
Peter Kirn - January 8, 2019
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Synth pioneer Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP, has died
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2019
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