Music Reviews Stories
OHYUNG’s IOWA on Trans Music Archive is as powerful as a glacier
Take a moment for the arresting stillness of “all dolls go to heaven.” IOWA, the full-length opus by film composer Lia Ouyang Rusli (“OHYUNG”), hits you deep in the gut. The first 2026 release by must-follow label Trans Music Archive is both an essential meditation and a call to arms.
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Terje Isungset makes musical instruments out of carved Arctic ice
Acoustic instruments we think of largely in wood, string, gut, metal. Terje Isungset has spent decades making music out of ice.
Peter Kirn - June 27, 2022
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
3D Printed Records: We Talk to the Creator About Her Work, 3D Printing Potential
3D printing is transforming digital information into objects in ways we haven’t seen before. However, a project has been making the rounds through online media partly because it recalls a familiar object: the musical record. Amanda Ghassaei’s 3D-printed record sounds crude, but it makes clear the connection of data to printed, physical form: take a […]