Birds on guitars, in the zebra finch sound art of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Sound artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s “from hear to ear” is on view in Lisbon, Portugal at the moment. So let’s take a moment for zebra finches playing guitars and other sonic installations driven by elements from nature in the work of this artist from Nice, France (now in Sète).

Imaginando GRFX puts granular effects in sweet harmony: review

Just when you think you’ve had enough granular effects, Imaginando’s GRFX does everything right. That includes fine-tuned harmonies (including microtuning), per-grain effects, and drag-and-drop modulation from four LFOs.

Peter Kirn - April 28, 2025

Lisbon this week will be a haven for DIY sound, video synthesis, and AV

Against the unlikely backdrop of top horror film festival MOTELx, Lisbon will host a beautiful spectrum of DIY workshops, audiovisual experimentation, video art, and synth building from across Portugal and Europe this week.

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2024

Liquid Sky UFO modules: wild sounds, enough space for your fingers, plant a tree

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2022

Dozens of free sounds, plus deep compilation, by Kyoka, AGF, Matthew Herbert, more

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2022

VS Visual Synthesizer responds to your music, with shader and layer powers (Mac, Windows, iOS)

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2021

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

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2021

Give yourself an onscreen acid trip with Air Liquide

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2019

Inside the esoteric moon music of Doc Sleep, underground connector

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2019