Jordan Czamanski with his treasured Yamaha CS-30

Jordan GCZ, Mei Honeycomb, magic synths, and the jazz/techno divide

Timed with the release of Clairvoyant Dimensions, his new album with saxophonist Jeff Hollie, the JuJu & Jordash and Magic Mountain High mainstay talked at length about pressing record and jamming, the lesser-known synths behind the album’s shimmer, and the hilarious origin of the group’s name.

Way more than acid: pay-if-you-can Sting 2 is instant inspiration

Sting 2, Iftah’s follow-up to the acid-generating Max for Live device, is packed with new features like accessibility and Push support. But that’s not the best way to describe it. It works on acid. It works on melodies. It works on percussion. You may wind up smiling as much as its UI is. Imagine a one-click source of pure joy.

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2025

MD1: classic drum machine kits for Ableton Move, Note, and more

MD1 is the full library of famous and obscure hardware drum machines your Ableton Move needs – plus a bunch of Drift presets and tonal samples, to boot. It’s optimized for Ableton Move, and comes with well-organized sample files you can use anywhere.

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2025

Dub techno original Fluxion on atmospheres and narratives in Haze

David Abravanel - May 6, 2025

Roland is celebrating Bandcamp Friday with 3 months free Ultimate Studio

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2024

Roland unveils GAIA 2 hybrid polysynth with Model Expansion support

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2023

Intellijel Tangrams takes the dual ADSR module concept – and pluses everything

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023

Baby Audio’s new Yamaha CS01 plus FX extras is killer — shoegaze or acid

Peter Kirn - April 27, 2023

Roland SH-4d polysynth: 11 models in one knob-y box with tons of extras, drums – and motion

Peter Kirn - February 23, 2023