Landscape’s Ferrous, an electro-mechanical resonator for strings

In collaboration with SF builder and experimental sound artist Victoria Shen, Ferrous from Landscape is a “Spinning Magnetic String Resonator.” It works by making a disc with magnets whirl around, activating strings on various instruments.

Afrorack with a DIY MIDI-CV converter on the Nile, robotic shakers and kick drum

Our friend Brian aka Afrorack has kept up his must-see series of DIY video tutorials in his home Uganda. And as ever, he’s producing brilliant instruments and fantastic music on a budget, thanks to some serious ingenuity.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2021

Mammoth Beat Organ is a giant crazy mechanical music machine

What if music were made mechanically, with giant wheels and bellows and valves? The Mammoth Beat Organ makes that happen, using parts from toilets, a hearse, and a treadmill.

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2018

Watch futuristic techno made by robots – then learn how it was made

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2018

Volnovod is a robot sculpture that uses wire to make sound visually

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2017

Watch techno made entirely with physical, mechanical objects

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2015

Watch a Mechanical Drum Machine That Uses Wheels and Magnets [Video]

Peter Kirn - March 26, 2015

Watch Mechanical Techno, Dance Music Made Organic, Physical by Graham Dunning

- May 30, 2014

Hypnotic LEGO Automata: Technic Machines Make Music

- May 26, 2014

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