Music
Fresh picks to dowload from Bandcamp – essentials of experimentalism and groove
Forget what platform it’s on for a moment – a Friday is a perfect time to support independent DIY music production, by directly supporting the artist and downloading something that you can come back to again and again.
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Watch a hacked DJ technique made with karaoke tapes, by Ōedo Technica
Vinyl? CDJ? Meh. Hand-mixing and “scratching” karaoke cassette tapes on hacked machines as a new form of strange pop music DJing? Now we’re talking. Behold the YouTube channel of 大江戸テクニカ (Ōedo tekunika).
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2021
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
New KORG volca sample adds USB file loading, per-part groove, pattern chaining, more
The KORG volca sample was always a compact, hands-on, grungy little wonder box. Now a major revision solves its biggest problem – sample loading – and adds a ton of new features.
Peter Kirn - August 19, 2020
Gear Music tech Tech
SEGA, Taito arcade come to KORG Gadget on Nintendo Switch
Peter Kirn - July 4, 2019
Apps Music tech Pocket gaming Tech
Celebrate 303 day by finding old classics, fresh inspiration
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2019
Gear Music Music tech Tech
Roland has registered the 303, 808 designs as trademarks
Peter Kirn - February 6, 2019
Gear Music tech Tech
The Technics SL-1200 is back, and this time for DJs again
Peter Kirn - January 8, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
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