Premiere: Dark Forces by The Allegorist plunges us into a gorgeously surreal, shamanistic future
It's the ultimate neo-futuristic concept album, complete with invented language for the lyrics ("Mondoneoh") and a protaganist known as Dragon...
Tech
Great news for MOTU interfaces: new Ultralite, Apple Silicon and Big Sur support
The Mark of the Unicorn shines brightly. MOTU are here with a ground-up redesign of their blowout hit audio interface...
Roland SYSTEM-8 synth is free to try in April – here’s why it’s a sound designer’s friend
Want that new synth feeling, but for free? That's the hybrid-vintage-modeled-new synth SYSTEM-8 this month from Roland - and we've...
Polyend Medusa 4.0 and FM mode takes hybrid synth out with a bang
As Polyend's epic hit Tracker gains momentum, their gorgeous Medusa synth continues to mature - even as it reaches the...
Polyend Tracker Artist Editions are full musical releases, not just pretty faces [Gallery]
For all the accessibility of music tech, that relationship between artist and builder matters. So yeah, these Polyend Trackers are...
Berghain is open again as a cute, cartoony animated AR app
Techno palace Berghain has never been so adorable as in the work of illustrator Virginie Kypriotis. And now you can...
In Fracture Space software instrument, a 3D playground of sonic fragments for $12
Somewhere at the border of granular synthesis, 3D immersion, and game engines, the Fracture Space team have built a compelling...
Gleetchlab, experimental DAW, is now on Windows too – and crazy as ever
No timeline. No sequencer. No stereo limitations. No "included library of trap loops and trombone samples." Nothing but glitch -...
Endorphin.es go live-friendly with new sequencer, multiband processor
The crew in Spain have come up with devilishly clever new tools this week - the Ground Control sequencer and...
Inside MTS-ESP, the new tuning tool from Oddsound and Aphex Twin
In a year that is finally bringing tuning into music tech headlines, here's a tool from ODDSound and Richard James...
