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1982’s PPG Wave 2 arrives in reimagined Eurorack form
It’s been a long time since the PPG name graced hardware. That brand and its founder, Wolfgang Palm, laid the foundation for decades of wavetable synthesis. Now the PPG name is back via an officially authorized collaboration with Liquid Sky d-vices and Cornel Hecht (Hell Modular) – and authentic Wave 2 sounds are arriving in Eurorack.
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Start your Black History Month in music by traveling back to the 6th century
Black History Month may be a creation of the USA, but why not go further out and further back – much further back? Jon Silpayamanant takes us back to Saint Yared in Ethiopia in the 6th century for a ride through the centuries that could transform some of your ideas about music history and provide some alternative starting points.
Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like
Need to chill out? How about two-plus hours of Brian Eno music generated in 1996, running on Windows 3.11?
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025
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Go watch this video on Buchla, Spectraphon, and spectral animation
Peter Kirn - January 3, 2025
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Minimoog’s missing link: how an icon was born in summer of 1970
Peter Kirn - December 20, 2024
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Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype
Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024
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Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls
Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024
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