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With Latent Terrain, crack open AI and explore neural synthesis in Max
“I’m not particularly interested in typing prompts to make stuff, I’m interested in breaking them and dissecting them,” writes Jasper Shuoyang Zheng as he introduces Latent Terrain. Now using an intuitive, elegantly designed open-source Max external and UI, you can play the weird world of neural audio codecs like an instrument, transforming your own sounds into new textures.
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AudioWanderer noise maker is a glitchy, gorgeous, mysterious gem
You press a button to set it in motion, and from there, it’s anyone’s guess. The screen just makes glitchy patterns at you. The knobs and buttons do… something. Pressing the screen resets. But once it’s connected, the AW noise maker opens a wormhole to warped realms of sound.
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2026
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Tour Ireland’s experimental music history, handmade instruments and all
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so a good excuse to revisit this 2023 compilation of Irish experimental and electronic music back to 1960 — especially as the label has some updates from the underground scene recently. From handmade instruments to bedroom-produced tape constructions and a healthy interest in UFOs, get ready for the strange. “I wanted […]
Peter Kirn - March 17, 2026
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Endless joys of the Open Reel Ensemble and reel-to-reel performance
Peter Kirn - March 2, 2026
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Dream with this: solenoids, percussion, and circuits in live Torso session
Peter Kirn - February 9, 2026
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ENDOGEN: a deep experimental exploratorium of lowercase synthesis
Peter Kirn - January 15, 2026
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In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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