The 90s are alive, with a free, modern clone of FastTracker II

It ran natively in MS-DOS, then died by the end of the 90s. But now it’s back: one of the greatest chip music trackers of all time has been cloned to run on modern machines.

Twerk like a Spectre with Ghostwerk’s Shadow Culture

Brainy beats and hyperactive microedits are back, with a new, digital-native ease. Meet the North Hollywood-born kid who’s making trackers fresh again.

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2017

Going deep in techno technique and technology with Denmark’s CTRLS

Keep techno nerdy? We go in the studio to find out how Copenhagen’s CTRLS [Token] has developed his own sound, and how it relates to the tech he uses.

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2017

Aphex Twin gave us a peek inside a 90s classic. Here’s what we learned.

David Abravanel - July 21, 2017

The music software that’s everywhere is now in the browser too: SunVox Web

Peter Kirn - March 30, 2017

A free app makes a TI graphing calculator make music

Peter Kirn - October 7, 2015

Windows 93 OS in Your Browser Comes with LSDJ, Pd, Nanoloop Music Apps

- October 28, 2014

Renoise Community Already Have Their Own Tool for CDP; Free, Easy Sound Mangling Results

- May 22, 2014

Renoise 3 Beta Quick Tour: Patterns, Instruments, Chains, Macros for More Musical Creativity

- December 23, 2013

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