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Loraine James has a new LP, it’s a free download, and it’s raw brilliance
“U Get Me”? Yes. Out today, Friday, Loraine James’ newest LP It’s Nothing Personal. is the kind of massive, glitchy percussive syncopation I would want to use to break in an excellent, brand new pair of trainers. Then comes deep bass, explosive rhythm, and heart-skipping vocals. (“Oi!”)
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Free BEAST Repeat for Ableton Live is so good, you’ll switch genres to IDM
Dillon Bastan, prolific Max for Live patch stylist to the stars, is at it again. BEAST Repeat takes the fun glitchiness of Ableton’s stock Beat Repeat and adds extensive new ways to re-pitch, fade, stretch, twist, gate, pan, filter, and generally mangle per-pattern and per-beat. And it’s free?!
Peter Kirn - July 22, 2026
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Y’all want the new Boards of Canada so bad you crashed Warp’s server
May 29: that’s the date Boards of Canada is back with Inferno. And you must be excited about it, because Bleep is down. But we have a dreamy faux-VHS tape to watch and hear, anyway.
Tweakbench plug-ins return after 20 years, from NES to ambient
Peter Kirn - December 18, 2025
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Check out this exquisite new single by Loraine James, a chilled 12 degrees
Peter Kirn - January 17, 2025
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