Deep musical compilations persist in pleas for Beirut
Beirut remains a city in pain following the August explosion in its port. A new crop of music compilations has...
Peter Kirn
Here’s a listening and buying guide for electronic music on another Bandcamp Friday
This year is a constant reminder that even in dark times, there are musical messages to hear. Bandcamp has extended...
Spend an hour with Leon Theremin and all-star composers in Moscow, 1991
In a rare 1991 film, Lev Sergeyevich Termen joined an all-star assemblage of composers from Russia and the US in...
Watch these makers of hybrid physical-digital music instruments – a talk from Ableton Loop
Imagining a future of instruments now can involve combinations of electronics, voltage, computation, and the physical. Grab a virtual seat...
The Guthman competition is looking for futuristic instruments – and you can apply
It's what The Guardian called the "Pulitzer of the new instrument world." There are paid commissions and star judges. And...
Zoom added a music friendly high-fidelity audio mode – here’s how to find it
An update to Zoom today helps address its woefully low-quality audio - essential, as classes, music rehearsals, and even conferences...
Eventide is giving away a Buchla-inspired chaos synth for free, and it doesn’t use iLok
Experimental, "chaos"-driven, West Coast synthesis is now delightfully popular. And the creative folks at Newfangled Audio have developed a monosynth...
Go read (and listen to) Ash Lauryn – from Atlanta to the world, Black and underground
Ash Lauryn, Detroit-born journalist, DJ, and creator now based in Atlanta, helms Beatportal this month and champions "Black and underground"...
arcologies is wonderfully archaic music art for monome norns
What if Conway's Game of Life, a Tamigotchi, a Turing machine, a Game Boy, and a stack of ecology and...
Ableton Live freebies: bring back the color schemes from Live 2
Party like it's 2002. By popular demand, Sonic Bloom has recreated the "vintage" color skins of Ableton Live 2, 18...
