Ryuichi Sakamoto was always a leap ahead: sounds, machines, outpouring of remembrances
From music to technology, fashion to performance, few artists can reveal a future to so many people as Ryuichi Sakamoto...
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Vermona DRM, the company’s DDR-era analog drum machine, as seen on Hainbach
In must-watch "TV" this week, it's the 1987 Vermona DRM, a Roland-style East German analog drum machine. It's from when...
Music or weapon: artists inside and outside Ukraine reflect on creativity in times of war
As our Ukrainian friends and family have endured a year of full-scale war, here are some of their voices. For...
1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo
In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles' Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer - an experimental...
PsyTexx is a forgotten tracker for Palm PDAs – with features like distortion
While speaking of developer Alexander Zolotov, aka WarmPlace (also the name of his 2005 album), here's some rare footage of...
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...
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...
