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.

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

Inside Melbourne rave history – including cyberspace, Julian Assange

Okay, fine, Detroit, Berlin. But don’t forget Melbourne raves: home of the Melbourne shuffle, Internet-loving cyberdelica, and apparently, Julian Assange raving hard back in the 90s.

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2018

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

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

The vaporwave Windows 98 startup sound remix no one asked for

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018

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

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

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

David Abravanel - July 21, 2017

This is what Dutch raves looked like in the 1990s

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2017

Enter the surreal 1995 world of Laurie Anderson multimedia

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2017

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