Music notation on a 4000-year timeline and more of music beyond Europe
There's no need to imagine the history and conception of music as beginning and ending in western Europe. The history...
Indonesia
Benjolin Gorga, Andreas Siagian’s Yogyakarta Eurorack edition
Rob Hordijk's wonderful Benjolin has been recreated in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by squaresolid / instrumentasia (aka builder Andreas Siagian). Meet Benjolin...
GEMA is a delay pedal effect-synth that rumbles like an earthquake, by Senyawa x Squaresolid
From Yogyakarta, Indonesia comes a glitchy, powerful delay effect unlike any other. It's a stompbox with an earthquake setting. And...
ASIA FUTURIST is the techno compilation we need right now, from Jakarta to Shanghai
It's not the bpm. It's not the style. It's the soul of the humans making the music that matters -...
Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth
We live in a chaotic world; only Chaosbyte and - I think that might be a wind-up chicken etched into...
Grab these unhyped releases on Bandcamp Friday and retune your mood
Let’s try something different today. I’m pencil-dropping releases sent in my feed and from my followers, but not randomly –...
Weekend mood – Gabber Modus Operandi
Just going to leave it here for Friday. Everyone in Indonesia is in our thoughts at the moment. Gabber Modus...
Music for orangutans, as Lyra Pramuk and Rani Jambak connect to Sumatra’s ecosystem
The music flows easily, entangled like vines, in a production constructed between Berlin and Indonesia over Zoom. But in these...
Escaping tuning’s restrictive default setting – a conversation with Khyam Allami
This year has kicked off with a renewed conversation about tuning in electronic music. Khyam Allami has helped ignite that...
Sonic worlds, liberated: listen to performances on the free tuning tool Apotome
Online festivals have often made us miss physical meetings even more, but Apotome at CTM Festival was a real bright...
