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Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron
Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.
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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.
Ableton Live through the years, in vintage images, reviews, and even retro installs
Ableton Live turned 20 in October, and it goes without saying it’s had a profound impact on music making in intervening years. But want to really see how it’s evolved? Here are screenshots, dated reviews, and even retro installs as proof.
DIY Eurorack series kicks off with Erica Synths and Moritz Klein mki x es.EDU
Peter Kirn - January 3, 2022
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Get more doom harp in your life with this harpist’s distortion pedal reviews
Peter Kirn - August 26, 2021
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Tips for using Arturia FX Collection 2, including techno drum processing
Peter Kirn - August 16, 2021
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Robert Henke teaches you his PitchLoop89 pitch-shift delay in Synthtopia videos
Peter Kirn - August 16, 2021
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Roger Linn’s LinnStrument is back in stock, for your expressive grid needs
Peter Kirn - August 3, 2021
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