Music Stories
Homesickness and loss in sound, from Detroit to Beirut: Layan Srour
What does it mean to grieve home — being away from home and actually losing home? What does it mean to express that grief in sound, and to create spaces and belong through music? Detroit-based, Beirut-raised Layan Srour asks these questions in her own work, the duo Taqsim, and in an event series called Jalasat.
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Ableton has a rare flash sale with 25% off for a week, including upgrades
Ableton tends to discount its products only a couple of times a year, so this flash sale is worth noting. They’re offering 25% off Live 12 Suite and Standard, upgrades, and all Packs, now through Wednesday, April 29. So if you’ve fallen behind on Live versions, or been eyeing those Max for Live Devices I’m constantly writing up, here’s your chance. Let’s refresh our brains on what’s in the upgrades.
Peter Kirn - April 23, 2026
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Y’all want the new Boards of Canada so bad you crashed Warp’s server
May 29: that’s the date Boards of Canada is back with Inferno. And you must be excited about it, because Bleep is down. But we have a dreamy faux-VHS tape to watch and hear, anyway.
SP-404MKII side chain compression; #404day videos
Peter Kirn - April 4, 2026
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Learn spectral filters and other spectral tricks in Max (or elsewhere)
Peter Kirn - March 2, 2026
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Ukraine’s Tembra Modular continues workshops, gear despite attacks
Peter Kirn - February 2, 2026
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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2026
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