DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
In the sound of Wukir Suryadi’s kentongan, a world warning
From Indonesia to the planet, Wukir Suryadi sends a distress call in insistent strikes against his hand-built kentongan instrument. If you want an answer to what music we should be making in this moment, perhaps what you need is Titir — a warning.
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GAUNG is a power station for electronic music in Yogyakarta
Four artists/researchers, three collectives: Leilani Hermiasih, Ari Wulu, Andreas Siagian, and Wok The Rock; Gayam 16, Instrumentasia, and Yes No Klub. Starting today through August 17, they’re launching the first GAUNG electronic and experimental music festival in Yogyakarta, switching on a “power station” for the scene across Indonesia. It’s a different way to run a festival — even a different way to understand what a festival is — so let’s take a look at what they’re doing.
Peter Kirn - August 7, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music Stories Tech
Bitwig Studio and TouchDesigner can now play one another
Welp, now that we’ve been putting modular environments inside modules inside modular rigs, next we get to make TouchDesigner play Bitwig Studio and Bitwig Studio play TouchDesigner — and Bitwig’s modular The Grid and TouchDesigner’s modular UI interact. It’s all coming on the eve of the TouchDesigner Roundtable in Berlin – and it’s even part of the official Touch build. 3D and generative visuals, meet the DAW.
Peter Kirn - September 27, 2023
Motion Music tech Software Tech
Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021
Gear Music tech Tech
