Celebrate #404day with great grooves from Japan and one cute t-shirt

I expect everyone could use a breather and some grooves. Japan is there for us, flooding my algorithm with a bunch of groovy beats – and Roland has an adorable t-shirt drop again for the superfans.

KORG’s adorable Sanrio tuners and other stuff you can only get in Japan

Every so often, KORG throws a Japan exclusive at its home market. And so it is that you’ll only see these Sanrio-themed (Hello Kitty) combo tuner metronomes there. It’s time for a quick Japan update.

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025

RIP Seiki Kato, KORG President lead 80s product innovations, KORG USA

We’re all deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mr. Seiki Kato, who across multiple decades at KORG lead the teams that helped define what the modern company is today. He was 67.

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025

Here it is, a cover of Kendrick Lamar and more awesomeness for the Otamatone

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025

Throwback Thursday: Kerri Chandler DJing on reel-to-reel tape is a joy

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2024

C4NDY KeyVLM, a USB keyboard that connects to a vinyl turntable for mixing

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2023

Tuning, polyphonic expression: Black Corporation’s Roman Filippov

Roman Filippov - December 13, 2023

Maxell would like you to know that they still make audio cassette tapes

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2023

The power plant, back at full power: Berlin Atonal shows a resurgent scene

Peter Kirn - September 5, 2023

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