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

Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth is a devastating industrial machine – with actual motors driving the sounds, all built in Latvia. Here’s everything you need to know about it, as this week is the end of its steep crowd funding discount.

Gorgeous electro-acoustic instruments mix sculpture and noise

Forget analog pedals or digital boxes – 10cars have made a series of electro-acoustic inventions covered in wires and springs. And they sound wild and strange.

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2019

The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Why should a synth be a metal box with some wooden endcaps? Why shouldn’t be a severed baby doll head with glowing red eyes and buttons in its skull? Moon Armada helps the forward evolution of synth form factors, and the results are … uh … adorable is the word?

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

Roli’s NOISE continues to get better and better with performance effects and more

Ashley Elsdon - April 30, 2018

Oi, Kant! is a raunchy, glitchy, out-of-control patchable groove machine

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2018

Noise generator: a chat with Uchi, as LA celebrates electronic sound

Peter Kirn - January 26, 2018

Roli’s NOISE update brings the feature I’ve been wanting all along

Ashley Elsdon - December 18, 2017

easyJet have made an album of jet engine noise, so kids can sleep

Peter Kirn - August 23, 2017

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