“Exist is a feeling”: Organizers talk about their festival after losing Odai Masri

Palestinian-global festival and music platform Exist reached London this month at Cafe OTO, the latest triumph of adventurous programming and acrobatic work across borders and international challenges. Exist has always been abound reaching beyond boundaries, organizers say. This year, they have some poignant messages about what music can do to reach beyond the boundary between life and death. And they’ve shared some crucial thoughts and music with us as they reflect on that mission.

Playing the space of Kraftwerk: Rabon Aibo’s sound art at Atonal

In fragmented materials and process-based performance interventions, this year’s Atonal exhibition seems to breathe life into debris, a deconstruction of ruined objects. But most striking of all is the work of sound artist Rabon Aibo. With mechanical constructions, he makes the cavernous Kraftwerk power plant into an instrument – and makes use of gas canisters that resonate with dark moments in Kurdish and European histories.

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2023

VCV Rack patches in a module? 4ms explains their Meta Module

It’s the prototype that ate Chicago’s Knobcon. 4ms showed their new “Meta Module,” which lets you put patches inside a hardware module. The new module can run compatible VCV Rack patches with full hands-on and CV control. An image went viral, but without all the details. So here’s 4ms to get meta with us and explain exactly what’s going on.

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2023

Premiere: Ireen Amnes delivers a brisk, growling cut for Keyi Magazine

Peter Kirn - June 20, 2023

Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2023

Brahmaputra to AI: debashis sinha on practice, body, humanness, and his double release

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2023

MAR10: Koji Kondo, Nintendo Mario Bros composer, talks music

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2023

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

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2023

Watch legendary Octave One live in action, with tables full of gear

Peter Kirn - March 2, 2023

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