Connecting MLK’s death to Hip Hop, and reading on Black identity and sound
Today as the United States celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is another opportunity worldwide to reflect on Black identity...
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Autechre dropped a 5.5 hour mix to celebrate the re-release of Artificial Intelligence compilation
It's been just over 30 years since Autechre released Artificial Intelligence on Warp. That's getting a fresh re-release - and...
Roland made an egg-shaped alien piano with flying drone speakers for its 50th anniversary
It's just the piano for Ten Forward or the recreation deck of Heart of Gold. It's made of a single...
Mutable Instruments swan song: end of production leaves huge legacy, one last Plaits update
What a way to go out. Mutable Instruments discontinues production this month, but leaves a reshaped modular landscape, a real...
Herb Deutsch, educator and Moog synth co-inventor, has died
Herb Deutsch, one of the leading figures in the early development of the synthesizer and a lifelong educator, died on...
Paik’s Video Study is a 700-piece archive of the work of Nam June Paik
This is what media art nerd YouTube looks like - a heaven for fans of the transformative output of Nam...
Morton Subotnick, singing out to new generations, in film premiere this week
Born in LA, known for the West Coast, worked on the East Coast - but this week a stunning portrait...
The late Dave Smith with Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, Tony Karavidas talking OB-X8 design
We're fortunate for all the time we get to spend together talking about the stuff we love and meeting the...
Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds
Alex Ball has a new documentary out covering 60 years of Korg instruments – complete with loads of synth demos...
Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Thomas Dolby on Jim Henson's little-known The Ghost of Faffner Hall manages an explanation of synthesis basics that is surprisingly...
