Knot makes USB host pocket-sized, now on preorder

The need for USB host is simple – ditch the computer but connect all those handy USB MIDI controllers to the rest of your gear. Knot’s edge – a cute compact size and USB-C.

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.)

Peter Kirn - January 29, 2019

Glitchy pop and psycho-surreal videos from Hungary’s RUMEX

So, now that summer is over (northern hemisphere), was yours, well, f***ed up? RUMEX understands. Don’t miss the surreal, now award-winning video from this young, now-as-yet-unknown Hungarian artist.

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2015

Vezer, Envelope and Time Tool, Adds Elegant Music, Audio, Sync Connections

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2013

touch.gl Makes Finger-Painting Glitch Art; at Paris’ Pompidou [Android, Art]

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2013

touch.gl Makes Finger-Painting Glitch Art; at Paris' Pompidou [Android, Art]

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2013

Dark Shadows: A Selection of Sounds and Images from Berlin’s Atonal

- July 25, 2013

CoGe Roundup: New Features, Tutorials, Artist Work in Semi-Modular VJ Mac App

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2012

Frag’mnts – An Enig’matik Records CDM Sampler, Ethno-step Diversity to Hear [Free Listening]

Matt Earp - September 17, 2012

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