Music Stories
Watch enchanting experimental live acts from Atonal’s control room
Berlin Atonal Festival wrapped up last week, and for all of the breathtaking impact of the power plant’s cavernous main room, as per usual, the sleeper hits came from the more intimate control room tucked next to the mainstage.
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Watch a live looper performance troll itself
YouTube is a mystery – completely arbitrary videos getting down votes for no reason, arbitrarily angry comments, spam, conspiracy theories… well, one artist has decided, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Artist Arkaei has made a very respectable live looper performance using Ableton Live and Push 2. And rather than wait, he’s delivered it […]
Peter Kirn - June 1, 2016
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Conversations in live techno from the Polish underground
Techno is a thread in Europe that can bring people together, and be a lingua franca. That phenomenon can earn detractors and champions alike; the common currency threatens to devolve into sameness. But one thing I’ve found looking beyond centers like Berlin: there’s extraordinary talent on the horizon, answering to the beacon capital techno cities. […]
Peter Kirn - March 22, 2016
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Sail a Sea of Sound, in Beautiful World of Max Cooper and Tom Hodge
Peter Kirn - July 22, 2015
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Watch Holly Herndon Talk About Giving Laptops a Voice
- November 6, 2014
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