SPICE is a one-stop modular distortion box – and it needs support

Saturation, distortion, warmth, fuzz – it’s what keeps a lot of us coming back to machines. SPICE is a modular distortion on Kickstarter, suitable for Eurorack or desktop use alike – and it’s getting reader attention partly because it isn’t over the funding line quite yet.

What makes music and creativity? A talk with Susan Rogers

What makes creativity work in music? What happens in the brain? Susan Rogers has uniquely contemplated those questions both alongside artists like Prince and in research into the mind.

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2018

Watch five hours of one of SONAR’s best stages in video

Got some festival envy? Relax, sit back – one of the best stages from SONAR Festival in Barcelona last week is now online.

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2018

Venezuela to Berlin, Hyperaktivist on MESS, love, and music community

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2018

Tinami’s MIDI controllers look like Moogerfoogers, built to order

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2017

This music video generates landscapes from a wild alien duo’s music

Peter Kirn - May 2, 2017

What if you could touch and feel a score?

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2017

Dreamy music videos take you under the sea, light painting in air

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2015

female pressure’s techno compilation is heavy, required listening

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2015

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