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A documentary on Dresden’s techno scene, now free to watch

Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne … try Dresden. Rauschen im Tal, a documentary of the emergence of Dresden electronic music, struck a nerve and sold out theaters. And now it’s free to watch (in German, with English subtitles).

Radiohead just released 1.8GB of MiniDisc demos on Bandcamp

Gen X and Y just got their Beatles Anthology, basically – and it’s fantastic. Radiohead remind us why we love them with nearly two gigs of demos ripped from (seriously) MiniDiscs.

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2019

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Ecco the Dolphin playthrough with Drexciya music is today’s perfect trip

I don’t know about you, but the next time I need to cool down, trip out, and feel good about the universe, I will turn to this epic playthrough of Ecco the Dolphin with soundtrack by Detroit’s Drexciya. Humans made this. We can follow those humans, or dolphins, or some combination to the future.

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2018

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Inside Melbourne rave history – including cyberspace, Julian Assange

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2018

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Forget vinyl: here’s a DJ rig with two Amiga 1200 PCs

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

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The vaporwave Windows 98 startup sound remix no one asked for

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018

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The 90s are alive, with a free, modern clone of FastTracker II

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

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Aphex Twin gave us a peek inside a 90s classic. Here’s what we learned.

David Abravanel - July 21, 2017

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This is what Dutch raves looked like in the 1990s

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2017