Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free

In 1976, Suzanne Ciani reported back to the USA’s National Endowment for the Arts with a report on her compositions, in the form of a modular cookbook. Now you can read her notes and follow along using entirely free software, complete with sound examples. I love overusing the cookbook metaphor, maybe just because food is […]

Playing KORG’s phase8, acoustic synth, with videos (mine and others)

KORG’s phase8, engineered by the skunkworks office in Berlin, has found some visibility. But what does it mean as an actual electroacoustic instrument? What’s it like to play? My Lemonade Stand video from Superbooth is out, along with others, so I thought I’d do some reflection

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2026

Homesickness and loss in sound, from Detroit to Beirut: Layan Srour

What does it mean to grieve home — being away from home and actually losing home? What does it mean to express that grief in sound, and to create spaces and belong through music? Detroit-based, Beirut-raised Layan Srour asks these questions in her own work, the duo Taqsim, and in an event series called Jalasat.

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2026

Turn up Jaymie Silk’s 2-volume Reclaim the Music and Transform Ur Mind

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2026

Let’s enjoy some Square Enix game soundtracks in acoustic covers

Peter Kirn - July 21, 2026

Sinevibes Quarta: 10 FX, 4 zones on the pocket-sized NTS-3 kaoss pad

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2026

Juneteenth lineup round-up and Black Techno Matters scorchers

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2026

Let’s all watch Piaman cover songs with a joystick and voice synthesis

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2026

Expressive E Osmose meets Elastic OSC; playing with MPE

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2026