Normcore, hard techno: The Last DJ is the influencer we need right now
Imagine your Dad/Granddad. Imagine the corner home office. Now imagine he's got an Elektron Syntakt and he's making the most...
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Normcore, hard techno: The Last DJ is the influencer we need right now
Imagine your Dad/Granddad. Imagine the corner home office. Now imagine he's got an Elektron Syntakt and he's making the most...
Andrius Mamontovas’ haunting “Bottled Wind” records war, week by week
Lithuanian composer and musician Andrius Mamontovas has a chillingly beautiful LP on the Ukrainian-run label I Shall Sing Until My...
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...
Amigo Sampler, Amiga sampling in plug-in form for £10, plus skank music
How about Commodore AMIGA-style sampling - complete with pixel UI, lo-fi sampling styles, vintage time-stretching, and both modern and Amiga...
Hungry maw of big data, dreamt as ghostly video for Dustin O’Halloran
Artist Owen Hindley, working in TouchDesigner, tackles the dense, pulsating track "Harmonic Dream Sequence" by Dustin O'Halloran (A Winged Victory...
Go watch Polygonia’s videos on Ableton Operator hi-hats and more
Polygonia, aka Lindsey Wang, is expanding techno into imaginative blossoms of percussion and pattern. But she's also doing some terrific...
Sublime, modular sonic worlds from Beirut, with Munma (Jawad Nawfal)
Jawad Nawfal, aka Munma, is in the spotlight with two transcendent releases for Raptured Records: one album on modular, and...
Emmanuel De La Paix on nature in mirrors, essence of clouds [LP, gallery]
Enter a meditative world of images of the "invisible essence" of things, as tranquil as an Alpine pool or wispy...
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,...
FACTS report: women, nonbinary artists still face inequality at festivals
In the latest volunteer-run FACTS study, women and nonbinary artists are making steady, if slow, progress in representation across festivals....
