Jam, color, and geometry — discover Perplex On’s AV synesthesia bliss

Dive deep into these explosions of sound, light, and shape from Munich-based Perplex On, as the musical act pairs compact instruments with visuals made in Lottie and Imaginando’s VS – Visual Synthesizer. Dazzle at these eye-popping, brain-tickling audiovisual explorations. Warning: contains flashing lights and rapidly changing patterns. As perfectly structured as these are, they also […]

Go watch Polygonia’s videos on Ableton Operator hi-hats and more

Polygonia, aka Lindsey Wang, is expanding techno into imaginative blossoms of percussion and pattern. But she’s also doing some terrific tutorials. Where to start? A terrific breakdown of constructing high hats from scratch in Ableton’s Operator might inspire you.

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2024

Dials, punch cards, and reels: watch how electronic music was produced in 1960s Germany

Watch just how painstaking and time-consuming electronic music production was ca. mid-to-late 1960s, in this rare documentary of the German Siemens Studio (now preserved in Munich at the Deutsches Museum).

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2023

Here’s some lovely music in the woods, on monome norns arcologies and more

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2021

BomeBox Lets You Connect MIDI, and Transform It, Any Way You Want

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2015

Simulacra, a Video Installation Revealed Through Magnifying Glasses

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2014