A four-way, cross-genre music improv format – watch and hear the results

Electronic music – pandemic or no – can often become a solo endeavor. And people working in different genres get to interact even less frequently. A series out of Hamburg has been delightfully messing up that order.

Here’s what Polyend’s Medusa can sound like

By laying out faders, encoders, displays, and an 8×8 expressive grid, Polyend hopes you’ll play their Medusa’s synths sounds. So here’s some sound of what was going on in my studio.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2019

The great sounds you’re making remind us why we make MeeBlip

Getting in the zone is a beautiful thing – that feeling when music seems to almost play itself, when it really feels new. Just like you do a lot of preparation and practice as a musician to get there, when you make instruments, you’re endlessly learning how to make help people find that zone. And […]

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2017

Watch crazy sounds meet remote Finnish countryside

Peter Kirn - August 25, 2016

And now, some dreamy music made with tiny machines

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2016

The human voice and trance, as Lichens challenges how we listen

David Abravanel - December 31, 2015

Octave One Are Back, Improvising Grooves with Machines

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2015

Exploring the Jam, Supernatural, with Mindpirates Collective [Event Report, Videos]

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2012

Recue’s “Do Not Disturb”: Live Jam, Made in an Airport Hotel Room [Free Download]

Peter Kirn - April 23, 2012

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