Remembering Kieran Foster; legendary Glitch2 effect now free

You may know Kieran Foster by his other aliases — illformed, dblue, MaDHaTTeR. That’s just how omnipresent he was as a light in electronic music communities, from the music and rave scene to software to Renoise. His sister has made his legendary Glitch2 effect free in his memory. Instead of pouring one out, you can crank up its sequenced sound-morphing powers and let his work live on.

CLÄPP II from Beardyman is the perfect Ableton Live clap — and more

Crispy claps on-demand, human and machine, meet a bunch of processing and sample Device tricks in CLÄPP II. London live-looping musician extraordinaire Beardyman had an itch and scratched it using Live and Max for Live, and the results are delightful.

Peter Kirn - April 6, 2026

Listen to 8 hours of sound dedicated to Palestine — and act

Music and sound are not action — at least, not normally. But sound can recenter you, rewire your brain, and let you catch your breath before that action. So I find myself returning to this eight-hour broadcast by London’s Sister Midnight FM, which includes Palestinian artists who have long been featured on CDM, including Muqata’a, bint mbareh, and Dakn.

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2025

Roland’s 808 Day: animated films, apparel collabs, patterns, parties, software deals

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2025

Celebrate #404day with great grooves from Japan and one cute t-shirt

Peter Kirn - April 4, 2025

SchneidersKeller brings Berlin synth landmark to London

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2025

Whatever the Weather II: Loraine James talks about the alias and the album

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2025

Premiere: aya has a blazing footwork-ish remix of Zoë Mc Pherson’s “Wait”

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2024

Eclectic new ШЩЦ03 is a wintry memorial from London to Kyiv

Peter Kirn - December 1, 2023