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Play together with Ableton Live: how Circle of Live sets up for improvisation
“It’s okay to not have a plan — it’s okay to just jump and see what happens”: Circle of Live is an event that brings together artists for spontaneous improvised performance. Ableton filmed Clark, Rival Consoles, Sebastian Mullaert, and the organizers at a recent event. Here’s what we can learn from how they work (plus some more Circle of Live selections).
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1010music shares live setup ideas for Bento
We’re in an unexpected golden age for compact sample, synthesis, granular, and sequence gadgets. So let’s give some extra love to 1010music’s awesome Bento — which, because it doubles as a mixer and recorder, goes well with any other bits of gear you may have collected. 1010music has this excellent video showing how you might […]
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2026
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Endless joys of the Open Reel Ensemble and reel-to-reel performance
Japan’s Open Reel Ensemble has been active continuously since 2009, with collaborations from Issei Miyake to Ryuichi Sakamoto. But there’s a special magic that some of their most experimental performances — bows flying over tape — are what has earned a fresh wave of attention.
Peter Kirn - March 2, 2026
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Dream with this: solenoids, percussion, and circuits in live Torso session
Peter Kirn - February 9, 2026
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Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025
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Vara Osiria Belich is taking Phase Plant to gestural, mangled frontiers
Peter Kirn - November 20, 2025
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Physical modeling, modular explorations with Adam Pietruszko and AAS’ CV-3
Peter Kirn - November 18, 2025
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