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.

Adam Jay on building live techno sets on Elektron gear – and why you should stay punk

The system has failed us, but not Adam Jay. He’s here to show us how he rigs up his latest live techno sets. And he can make 3 tiny waveforms on a $300 Elektron make you want to dance.

Peter Kirn - April 15, 2020

Here’s the editor-plugin the underrated Elektron Model:Samples is missing

We’ve been following Momo Müller’s software add-ons for a while. But this latest addition for Elektron’s Model:Samples is special, because it unlocks some of the power of this budget box.

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2019

Elektron’s Model:Samples just got more useful: change samples per step

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

Review: can Elektron’s Model:Samples get everyone into hardware?

Andreas Roman - March 21, 2019

Elektron’s Model:Samples is a hands-on, $449 sound box

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2019