Music Stories
Music for orangutans, as Lyra Pramuk and Rani Jambak connect to Sumatra’s ecosystem
The music flows easily, entangled like vines, in a production constructed between Berlin and Indonesia over Zoom. But in these serene melodies, there is a plea for the ecosystem of North Sumatra.
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Escaping tuning’s restrictive default setting – a conversation with Khyam Allami
This year has kicked off with a renewed conversation about tuning in electronic music. Khyam Allami has helped ignite that interest with free online browser tools anyone can explore, plus performances showcasing them – and has been outspoken about the philosophy behind them and why they matter. Here’s a deep dive into that work.
Sonic worlds, liberated: listen to performances on the free tuning tool Apotome
Online festivals have often made us miss physical meetings even more, but Apotome at CTM Festival was a real bright spot of the past year. A long-running creation of composer/researcher Khyam Allami in collaboration with creative studio Counterpoint, it became a tool to explore and a platform for collaboration and expression.
Eerie, amazing sounds from tape loops, patches – like whales in space
Peter Kirn - November 8, 2018
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The vaporwave Windows 98 startup sound remix no one asked for
Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018
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