Phil Niblock, unstoppable composer and artist, remembered
Adventurous composer, musician, filmmaker, and conceptual artist Phil Niblock remained active right through his later life - an embodiment of...
Music
Threads from Mexicali to Amman, mix and sampler with FAX’s Facade Electronics
If you need sonic architecture to hold emotions beyond words, look no further to this poignant sampler by the underrated...
Mourning Álvaro Ruiz, visionary Mexican electronic music producer
Late last week, we learned of the passing of a legend of electronic music production, Mexico's Álvaro Ruiz Mayagoitia. His...
A year in music: don’t-miss releases, unsung gems, unhyped breakthroughs
In difficult times, paying attention to music can be an act of humanity. We turn to music not because it...
Suzanne Ciani’s YouTube is a treasure trove, and she’s uploading more now
Want to fill your YouTube feed with basically all synthesizer legend Suzanne Ciani, all the time? Now's a great time...
That time Kraftwerk invented electronic drum pads and made ethereal sounds
Wolfgang Flür left a string of technological innovations, but if you need a moment of sublime chill in a chaotic...
Christmas in mourning, in Bethlehem and Beirut, and music beyond
"Words are missing to convey our outrage, our sadness, and our feeling of helplessness," say organizers. Instead, Bethlehem in occupied...
Valdivia, Chile to Tampere, Finland, a livecoding Solstice is on right now
Sydney to Mexico City, Tokyo to Detroit, livecoders are deep into a beautiful multiday solstice stream right now with 160...
Stripped down, raw, polyrhythmic, acidic: Toktok’s Tweng and remixes
When you want some of techno's rawest forms mixed with the genre's fun illegitimate third cousins, look no further than...
In sound, spaces for discussion and grief – when other spaces fail
As we enter a third month of violence in Israel-Palestine with no end in sight, sound spaces are providing the...
