Music Stories
An evocative album draws from Ukrainian sci-fi, in Cluster Lizard’s “Star Corsair”
Truly imaginative electronic music can let you screen science fiction in your mind’s eye. Dive into Cluster Lizard’s LP, close your eyes, and let their sounds be a score to legendary Ukrainian author, philosopher, and dissident Oles’ Berdnyk.
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1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration
It’s synthesis from paper – sounds crafted quite literally by hand, using drawn animation, then optically synthesized. But after this 4K restoration, it’s clear how much these 1930s inventors were ahead of their time.
Peter Kirn - January 13, 2021
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Tech
Jam like you’re in a Tarkovsky film with this major app update
Virtual ANS from prolific omni-platform developer Alexander Zolotov brings back spectral synthesis like it’s the mid-century USSR. But it also future-proofs that tech – full Android and iOS (plus desktop) support, and now a version that’s polyphonic and MIDI playable.
A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Stories Tech
Peter Theremin’s haunting music, on his great-grandfather’s invention
Peter Kirn - September 10, 2018
Modular-Analog Music Music tech Stories Tech
Balalaikas to synths, the Russians at Musikmesse cover the gamut
Peter Kirn - April 11, 2018
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