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Tuning into Arabic music: electronic-vocal duo Rust and Hany Manja (with Bitwig Studio download)

Making instruments work in tune with musicians and singers means making them work with more than 12-tone equal temperament alone. So it’s great to see this profile of Hany Manja and his duo Rust with Petra Hawi. Plus Bitwig Studio users can get your hands (and ears) into the action – with a Micropitch download.

Get lost in magical 1983 footage of Brilliant Trees, delicate IBM Dictaphone looping

Whatever you’re doing now, if you want to calm yourself and rediscover the love of slow production, watch this transcendent footage of David Sylvian with Ronny Drayton, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell, and Steve Nye.

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2022

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Watch a hacked DJ technique made with karaoke tapes, by Ōedo Technica

Vinyl? CDJ? Meh. Hand-mixing and “scratching” karaoke cassette tapes on hacked machines as a new form of strange pop music DJing? Now we’re talking. Behold the YouTube channel of 大江戸テクニカ (Ōedo tekunika).

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2021

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Take in an ultra-chilled live ambient set by Nairobi’s KMRU, and learn technique, too

Peter Kirn - January 7, 2021

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Deep dive: Modulation and technique, patch notes with Moog Matriarch

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2020

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Learn how Tennyson translate between Ableton and percussion on kits

Presented with Ableton - April 6, 2018

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Inside the transformational AV duo of Paula Temple and Jem the Misfit

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2017

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Watch Octave One demonstrate their elaborate, hands-on live rig

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2017

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Inside Skinnerbox’s live sets, including a song they play backwards

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2017