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Music notation on a 4000-year timeline and more of music beyond Europe
There’s no need to imagine the history and conception of music as beginning and ending in western Europe. The history of music is far older, richer – and stranger than that. Here’s a glimpse of some of that and more resources to help broaden our sense of what music can be.
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Benjolin Gorga, Andreas Siagian’s Yogyakarta Eurorack edition
Rob Hordijk’s wonderful Benjolin has been recreated in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by squaresolid / instrumentasia (aka builder Andreas Siagian). Meet Benjolin – Gorga, in Eurorack – or, uh, Asiarack!
Peter Kirn - March 14, 2024
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GEMA is a delay pedal effect-synth that rumbles like an earthquake, by Senyawa x Squaresolid
From Yogyakarta, Indonesia comes a glitchy, powerful delay effect unlike any other. It’s a stompbox with an earthquake setting. And it’s a special collaboration – between Yogya’s engineer of sound and mayhem Andreas Siagian aka squaresolid and instrument builder and musician Wukir Suryadi of the band Senyawa.
Peter Kirn - May 25, 2022
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Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021
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