Celebrate Eliane Radigue at 90 with a free documentary and fresh, radical re-releases

“I prefer to leave complete freedom to the listener … letting them find their own music within themselves from the sounds I offer.” Happy birthday to legendary composer Eliane Radigue – and now is the perfect time to discover yourself in her sounds, if you haven’t already.

Berghain is open again as a cute, cartoony animated AR app

Techno palace Berghain has never been so adorable as in the work of illustrator Virginie Kypriotis. And now you can load it on your iOS device – perfect for anyone deep in third-wave pandemic techno withdrawal.

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2021

Touché now puts expressive control at hand for $229

“Expressive control” has largely translated to “wiggly keyboards” and “squishy grids,” with one notable exception – the unique, paddle-like Touché from Expressive E. And while keeping essentially the same design, they’ve gotten the price down to just US$/EUR229, making this potentially a no-brainer.

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2018

Premiere: Spell Drops music video is flowing, organic electronic poetry

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2018

With Autist and Rainbow Arabia, pop retro futurism meets the club

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2017

Watch a talk explain perfectly why humans make music with technology

Peter Kirn - February 23, 2017

Idyllic nature meets heavy beats on an emerging Paris label

Zuzana Friday Prikrylova - September 30, 2015

Dreamy music videos take you under the sea, light painting in air

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2015

Drum machines in your browser, and more places to find Web Audio and MIDI

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015

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