Music
From Mexicali to your ears, FAX in steps, stumbles, and séance
Connecting with a musical voice isn’t always about hearing something glossy and finished. Sometimes, with the chaos and horrors around us, that perfectly-ordered kind of music can even cease to make sense. These electronic emanations from FAX, the Baja California, Mexico-based producer, are like a salve, like cool water for the soul.
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Laurie Spiegel interview offers a way of thinking about community, imagination
What could community and imagination in music making look like? Laurie Spiegel’s reflections on the 70s and earlier decades, recorded in 2014, offer some clues, even for a very different time today.
Trump’s tariffs could be costly for made-in-the-USA music gear
Industries like automative (and motorcycles) may be getting the attention, but music gear and even Eurorack could feel the impact of trade restrictions in the United States.
Peter Kirn - June 26, 2018
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An Entire Airport with Working Planes, in Miniature, is a Triumph of Real-for-Real
Peter Kirn - September 22, 2011
Archive Motion Music tech
H.264 Advocates Get Out Their Tinfoil Hats in Wake of Chrome Decision
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2011
Archive Motion Music tech
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