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

A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project

Deep in the Arctic Circle, the USSR was drilling deeper into the Earth than anyone before. One artist has combined archaeology and invention to bring its spirit back in sound.

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018

Could you spy on someone using a microwave oven as a mic?

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2017

Enter the trippy, fanciful world of Soviet light art studio Prometheus

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2017

Duet for Singer and Jet Plane: A Soviet Airliner as Instrument

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2015

Teaser: The Joy of Music with Light, From Russia and Beyond

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2015

Go Record Digging with Nina Kraviz, Finding Emotion in DJing and Production

Peter Kirn - March 3, 2015

Discover Poland’s Electronic Music Pioneers, Modern Artists: Boiler Room and Beyond

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2015

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