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Psychedelic Soldier: a burnt-out Russian tank headlight made into a synthesizer
Swords into plowshares … invading Russian tanks burnt up and made into synths. Sherman Drozd did just that, salvaging a destroyed part from near Kyiv. He shares the full story, and how the instrument was made. Well… Слава Україні! Музикантам слава!
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An evocative album draws from Ukrainian sci-fi, in Cluster Lizard’s “Star Corsair”
Truly imaginative electronic music can let you screen science fiction in your mind’s eye. Dive into Cluster Lizard’s LP, close your eyes, and let their sounds be a score to legendary Ukrainian author, philosopher, and dissident Oles’ Berdnyk.
1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration
It’s synthesis from paper – sounds crafted quite literally by hand, using drawn animation, then optically synthesized. But after this 4K restoration, it’s clear how much these 1930s inventors were ahead of their time.
Peter Kirn - January 13, 2021
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A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018
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Duet for Singer and Jet Plane: A Soviet Airliner as Instrument
Peter Kirn - June 11, 2015
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Go Record Digging with Nina Kraviz, Finding Emotion in DJing and Production
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2015
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