Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth

We live in a chaotic world; only Chaosbyte and – I think that might be a wind-up chicken etched into the front – can truly express the entropy.

The Insolventunclesam is a synth about printing money, by Gijs Gieskes

Enigmatic Dutch synth inventor Gijs Gieskes has a musical instrumental response to the strangeness of late capitalism – and it’s oddly poetic. And patchable. It’s a synth about finance. There’s a millennial, lost in an electronic forest – with a gender encoder you can use to set their gender. (Needs a “f*** your gender” panic […]

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2021

Senyawa to infinity: Alkisah is a 44-label release, a decentralized festival, and more

From Beirut to Berlin, Perth to Orange County, Moscow to Nanjing, 42 labels are joining the Indonesian underground in imagining a decentralized musical future. Even as DIY duo Senyawa planted the seeds, Alkisah seems a movement as much as an album release. The idea might seem crazy at first – share all the materials for […]

Peter Kirn - February 19, 2021

Erica’s modular Dada Noise System II dives into joys of joysticks, history of Dada

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2021

Welcome to Hell: the marvelous, mad musical instruments of Ewa Justka

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2020

Motor Synth is brutal, electro-mechanical synth – last days of discount

Peter Kirn - June 24, 2019

Gorgeous electro-acoustic instruments mix sculpture and noise

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2019

The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2019

Roli brings classic Indian instruments to their Noise app through a joint project with A. R. Rahman

Ashley Elsdon - May 31, 2018

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