Music Stories
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.
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MPC standalone updates look tasty: retro and vinyl FX and amps, probability, ratcheting, workflow
You’re spoiled for choice in standalone drum machines. But Akai is leaning heavily on frequent updates – and there’s plenty in the latest MPC 2.11 release for all their standalone devices.
Peter Kirn - June 13, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Underground Resistance is back with new EPs, reissue, mix, and Detroit – Tijuana hookup
With electronic sounds like no others, Detroit legends Underground Resistance are treating us to a massive lineup of news. While this likely got drowned out by war, it’s worth visiting, as UR dropped the news at Black-organized festival Dweller last week in New York.
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
Music Music tech Tech Web
A new hope to reissue lost Discogs records on vinyl
Peter Kirn - August 18, 2016
Music Music tech
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