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.

Detroit legend John Jammin Collins has passed

Few faces are as essential to Detroit music and Detroit techno as John “Jammin” Collins, an institution behind the decks, stalwart of Underground Resistance, and the literal tour guide at Submerge’s techno museum Exhibit 3000. We learned this weekend that the soul of Detroit moved onto another plane.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2026

Soroush Khazaei, audiovisual artist, killed in an airstrike in Tehran

People are not numbers, and so among the rising tide of wartime deaths around the world are some familiar faces from our communities. Soroush Khazaei was an audiovisual artist who gave generously to the Iranian scene. He was killed earlier this week in Tehran by US/Israeli airstrikes.

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2026

Éliane Radigue has died at 94; portraits – “the sound before sound”

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026

“Magic Can Be Fun”: remembering Ken Downie of The Black Dog

David Abravanel - December 23, 2025

RIP, Mark Snow: listen to the composer talk about scoring X-Files and more

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2025

Barry Vercoe, who made coding sound accessible to all, has died

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2025

Paul Schreiber (Tandy, Moog MG-1, Synthesis Technology) remembered

Peter Kirn - March 24, 2025

RIP Seiki Kato, KORG President lead 80s product innovations, KORG USA

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025