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KMRU on spaces, Nairobi, and turning off Ableton Live’s grid
It’s a film about tuning into the spaces around you, but KMRU makes an argument for being more than where you’re from. And to open up possibilities, he also does the thing I expect a lot of you know you want to do but might be afraid to do – turn off the grid now and then. Even in the software known for it.
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Looking for a future for techno? Jlin’s “Embryo” is pure fire
How much percussion and rhythmic thought can fit in under four minutes? A lot, when it’s in the hands of Gary, Indiana’s own Jlin. It’s soon to be in some human percussionist hands, too.
Inside the livecoding algorave movement, and what it says about music
Using code for live music has gone from geeky fringe to underground revolution, offering a fresh approach to music and pattern, even for first-time coders. Alex McLean is one of the people at the center of this medium’s growth.
Peter Kirn - May 29, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Software Stories Tech
Watch an Ableton Loop talk that connects polyrhythms, synesthesia
Presented with Ableton - March 27, 2018
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Leave this free software running, and it’ll come up with rhythms for you
Peter Kirn - October 27, 2017
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Stories Tech
Download Radiohead’s grooves for use in Ableton, for free
Peter Kirn - March 7, 2017
Music Music tech
Patterning on iPad is a circular, sample-savvy drum machine
Peter Kirn - August 20, 2015
Music tech Stories
Free Clapping Music App Teaches You Steve Reich – And Rhythm
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2015
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