Sequencing with light on an alien-looking instrument by Kacper Ziemianin

DIY and instrument-making can be about tinkering and inventing. But it can also be about finding one instrument for your performance and iterating over the long term. That’s what Kacper Ziemianin, aka Ctrl Freq, has done with this “Light-Sequencer” instrument (LSe) – and it’s just reached a breakthrough third hardware version with an accompanying live show.

Tour Superbooth with Afrorack – featuring the show’s best instruments

In the deluge of videos from Berlin’s Superbooth synth show, don’t miss the walkthrough by Brian Bamanya (Afrorack). The Ugandan artist finds some of the most unique instruments and gives them the time they deserve.

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024

Suzuki is re-releasing the electronic autoharp Omnichord to celebrate its 70th anniversary

Here’s an unexpected reissue: Japanese music maker Suzuki is celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary by bringing back the Omnichord, a unique 1981 electronic answer to the autoharp.

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2023

Khabat Abas of Kurdistan-Iraq talking about cellos, bombshells, silenced stories of women

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2023

“Singing Daxophone” makes incredible eerie quasi-vocals out of an experimental instrument

Peter Kirn - July 8, 2022

Terje Isungset makes musical instruments out of carved Arctic ice

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2022

At Instruments series by Morphine Records, physicality and improvisation meet invention

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2021

Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

Instrumental inventions, from LEGO microtonal guitar to deconstructed tuba, at Guthman prize

Peter Kirn - March 16, 2021

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