CRUM2 “generative percussive harmonic device” with lush design
A dream team of designers has gathered in the north, producing a swoon-worthy, ultra-sexy instrument that looks straight off the...
industrial design
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,...
Field system, completed: Teenage Engineering TP-7 recorder test
Teenage Engineering's fecund design imagination has yielded inventions wonderful, ambitious, sometimes prohibitively expensive, odd... but can the company reinvent the...
Finally, a silly synth so small you could swallow it (but please don’t)
Mitxela has continued a project to make the "smallest and worst" synthesizers possible - and he's one-upped himself this time....
Tuning, polyphonic expression: Black Corporation’s Roman Filippov
The evolution of music is intertwined with the design and capabilities of instruments. After several decades of more constrained tuning...
Ableton’s Push 3 Upgrade Kit is now available; Push is “made to evolve”
Ableton has announced that their Upgrade Kit for Push 3 is now available. With the launch, they've also released two...
Black goo is the new oscilloscope: Love Hultén’s amazing ferrofluid synths
LEDs, cathode ray tubes, blinky lights - move over. Once you've seen dancing animated black goo frolicking in space to...
Keysette is a micro piano to cassette instrument – and limited edition faux vintage
It's the musical invention that "should not exist, but does." Keysette is an unholy combination of the 80s and 90s...
The device alone doesn’t matter: Vision Pro is a showcase for Apple’s spatial computing tech
We talk about the Mac, but ultimately the Mac was a vehicle for GUIs - icons, mice, scrolling, toolboxes, painting....
Teenage Engineering adds a recorder to their growing range of field gadgets
In case you didn't guess this was coming when they unveiled a field mic, Teenage Engineering has now added a...
