Teenage Engineering OP-XY: fully rebuilt OP-Z with display, CV, more

It’s what a lot of musicians wished for – especially judging by all the renders you were making. But the reality looks and works better than what you imagined: the OP-XY is a more mature OP-Z follow-up with a rich complement of sequencing features. And it’s all in gorgeous black and monochrome.

Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware

Elektron is here with (maybe) a reason to sell old Elektron gear and buy something new with Digitone II. That news comes right on the heels of a big 1.3 firmware update, if you’d rather make existing gear better.

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2024

Peder Mannerfelt made a track where the lead is just a flip phone

This is your banger early warning system. You know how it goes – you hear a track, and you just instantly know it’s going to become USB key fodder and will magically work on dancefloors. This is that, and the star is … a flip phone?

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2024

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