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Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron
Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.
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Bespoke visual noise is the next domain for Robert Henke – so let’s revisit Perlin, anyway
For the year 2022, it’s remarkable how much visual generation is still based on decades-old algorithms. But here’s one to watch – voraciously experimental media artist Robert Henke is into noise as his next jam. That makes it a perfect time to revisit some of the ubiquitous stuff that came before.
Peter Kirn - January 10, 2022
DIY + Unusual Motion Tech
Ableton Live through the years, in vintage images, reviews, and even retro installs
Ableton Live turned 20 in October, and it goes without saying it’s had a profound impact on music making in intervening years. But want to really see how it’s evolved? Here are screenshots, dated reviews, and even retro installs as proof.
Gong Amp by AudioThing and Hainbach simulates metallic resonator, chains, pillow
Peter Kirn - December 10, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk
Peter Kirn - November 30, 2021
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Dave Smith himself tours the Prophet-5 in a six-part series, one year later
Peter Kirn - November 16, 2021
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