Music
UR soul: John Jammin Collins’ story, Detroit’s story, as a call to action
Digging into the history of John “Jammin'” Collins, you hear a history of Detroit and the potential of music to give back. The techno and progressive soul legend’s journey is also intertwined with health. It all lands as a challenge to do something meaningful with our sounds and to care for the people around us.
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Vintage Max patches revived: free downloads, Leafcutter John and Suren
Suren Seneviratne (My Panda Shall Fly) has been painstakingly cataloging lost software, oldschool patches, and retro musical practices, reviving old machines and software and breathing new life into them. But now, we get some classic Max patches, remade for the current era of Max patches. Download them for free, and listen in as Suren interviews Leafcutter John and John interviews Suren.
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2026
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Software Stories Tech
Gigi Masin on Movement, the age of sampling, and thinking analog
Forty years on from Wind, the Venetian ambient original makes his Sacred Bones debut with the surprisingly rhythmic Movement. In a written exchange, Masin talked about keeping ambient music from staring at itself in the mirror, being heavily sampled, the reel-to-reel he calls an old brother, and why human thought is analog.
Play together with Ableton Live: how Circle of Live sets up for improvisation
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2026
Gear Music Music tech Software Tech
From sushi pianos to Yoko Shimomura, Square Enix Music TV is the best TV
Peter Kirn - April 27, 2026
Gaming Motion Music Music tech Tech
Find whole worlds inside samples: Baby Audio Grainferno deep dive
Peter Kirn - March 11, 2026
Music tech Promoted Software Special Tech
