Music Reviews
22 epic, unreleased tracks from Kenya’s SLIKBACK, digital and vinyl
Speaking of Kenya and things happening this week, yesterday Kenya’s fiercely creative producer SLIKBACK dropped some 22 new tracks. Vinyl just arrived, but you can also soak in these in digital – either way, you have to hear them.
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Sarah Sommers’ debut is a deep journey through live sets, all in custom pink
Behind all the meticulous electric-pink customization, the debut full-length from self-identified “bimbo princess” Sarah Sommers is a return to deep, smart techno, made live the old-school way. Glammed-up synths meets stripped-down production.
Peter Kirn - March 9, 2024
DIY + Unusual Gear Music Music tech Tech
Hard as queer: Brutal Gegen releases and videos capture a party that’s defiant as ever
Forget for a second industrial and techno and “queerness” as social media fashion and commodity. Don’t even worry if you particularly like the music on this EP. Berlin’s Gegen remains a bastion of opposition to norms – and in spite of that, perhaps its greatest feat has managed to be successful anyway.
MPC standalone updates look tasty: retro and vinyl FX and amps, probability, ratcheting, workflow
Peter Kirn - June 13, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Polyend Tracker Artist Editions are full musical releases, not just pretty faces [Gallery]
Peter Kirn - April 6, 2021
Gear Music tech Tech
The words most used to describe releases at Hard Wax
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2019
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