Temp-Illusion’s video for “Sketchy” captures senseless cacophony

The news can be numbing in all its violence and mindlessness, compounded by a chorus of shills across media and social media. Temp-Illusion, the duo formed in Tehran by Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi, cuts through those feelings like a knife. Then stick around for the deeply meditative Bayal بیل (Shanin + Adel Poursamadi).

Pi Day: Chino Yoshio and Sine Wave Marimbas and Cherry Blossoms

“Chino Yoshio, a composer based quietly in Kyotanabe, Kyoto” has been working with sine waves in poetic, beautifully reflective ways. I’m going to run today with the idea that sine waves need not be just neutral, the absence of harmonics — not just a technical description, like an oscillator. (There’s academic research expanding this definition.) […]

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2026

Here’s half an hour of string-reed Werner Durand and John Krausbauer drones

Do you love drones? I mean, like you’re craving nothing more than aggressive drones coming right into your ears from violin and self-made reed instruments for 27 minutes, 28 seconds straight? The legendary Werner Durand and John Krausbauer have you covered on label-for-the-heads Moving Furniture Records out of Amsterdam.  And then we take a side trip to time crystals, images, and sounds to discover from La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi.

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2026

Drew Daniel, aka The Soft Pink Truth, hits home talking strings and survival

Peter Kirn - November 19, 2025

MPE meets modular, strings: AAS Multiphonics CV-3, Osmose, Soliste

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2025

Alif Hilal on Hymnal, invention, and the spontaneity of slime mold

Peter Kirn - August 18, 2025

Arturia V-Collection 9, feature by feature: a dreamy, futuristic update, new and old

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2022

LABS is a free series of sound tools for everyone, and you’ll want it now

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2018

Analog Strings from Output melds string orchestras, string synths

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2017