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.

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

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

Let’s give New Year’s Day one more try. Over three hours of live-streamed pristine ambient delicacy from rising star KMRU should fit the bill. Immerse yourself, and then if you feel the need to make your own sounds, catch a workshop or other inspiration, too.

Peter Kirn - January 7, 2021

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

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2020

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

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2017

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

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2017

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

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2017

Inside Orphx’s terrific live technique, mixing modular and computer

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2017

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