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Came as little surprise that Depeche Mode’s master mind Martin Gore would join a long line of artists receiving the Moog innovation award at Moogfest. Yesterday, it was announced that Martin L. Gore, a founding member of legendary band Depeche Mode will be the 2019 recipient of the Moog Innovation […]

Martin Gore to receive this year’s Moogfest Innovation Award

24 Apr, 2019 in Interviews / Music / Synthesizers tagged Depeche Mode / Martin Gore / Moog / Moogfest by admin

Inkonst in the south of Sweden remains the undisputed source to go to if you are a fan of experimental arts and contemporary electronic music. Based in Malmoe its international prominence has continued to grow with its yearly electronic arts festival Intonal where renowned artists play side by side with […]

Quadraphonic waves – Interview with Suzanne Ciani

16 Apr, 2019 in Concerts / Experimental / Music / Synthesizers tagged Buchla / Concert / Don Buchla / Inkonst / Interview / INTONAL / Modular synthesizers / Stereoklang / Suzanne Ciani by admin

We are not sure how many chiptune software synths that are out there in cyberspace, we recon endless versions all attempting to mimic that pleasant sound of vintage machines – that we of course all love so much. Still today tons of tracks are spiced up a bit by adding […]

Has the ultimate chiptune machine arrived?

11 Apr, 2019 in Synthesizers tagged 8bit / Chiptune / Hardware / SID / Synthesizer / therapKid / Twisted Electrons by admin

Though avatars and other types of artist expressions are fairly common Jumo does it in the spirit of releasing himself of the boundaries between audio and visuals. Four years ago, Clément Leveau gave birth to Jumo, a musical avatar and singular identity, that allowed him to give free rein to his […]

Jumo – a musical avatar and singular identity in music

4 Apr, 2019 in Experimental / Music / Photography / Video tagged Audiovisual art / Clément Leveau / Experimental / Jumo by admin

The idea behind Endel is that your mind responds to ambient noise in different ways — sound can invigorate you, relax you, help you focus, or put you to sleep. We’ve all been there: uplifting music at the gym, a soothing piece to help us sleep or relax — this isn’t […]

Endel – an algorithm that creates music on demand

27 Mar, 2019 in Experimental / Science tagged Alexa / Algorithms / Artificial Intelligence / Experimental by admin

We can´t help it but every time we engage with Caterina it is impossible not to associate with the ex-Japan member Richard Barbieri, although to our knowledge they are not related in any way – apart from the fact that both are highly acclaimed artists and their fascination for synthesizers. […]

Ecstatic Computation

21 Mar, 2019 in Experimental / Music / Synthesizers tagged Ambient / Caterina Barbieri / Experimental / Modular synthesizers by admin

We’ve all seen those images of war and the terror that comes with it. But through the media we’ve also heard the ambient and sometimes disturbing noise that goes with it. Many get terrified others want to explore it further, Nik Nowak is one of the those guys. The Berlin […]

The sound of war

14 Mar, 2019 in Experimental tagged Ambient / Berlin / Experimental / Nik Nowak / Noise / Sound creation / War by admin

Although most people are still eagerly awaiting the return of Daft Punk on stage (and as far as we know no signs of this yet), fans may still get to experience a bit of the magic from Daft Punk in the spring. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of the world-famous […]

TECHNOLOGIC becomes art – Daft Punk revisited

6 Mar, 2019 in Concerts / Music tagged Concert / Daft Punk / Exhibition / Jean Michel Jarre / Kraftwerk / Laurent Garnier by admin

Talk Talk has a music legacy of its own and to learn about the passing of Mark Hollis is sad, to say the least. Although he has been out of the music industry for many years his legacy lingers on. Remember even how I tried to imitate the handwriting style […]

Such a shame

27 Feb, 2019 in Music by admin

Here’s a nice find – a one hour performance with Amelie Lens, well yes in a tunnel. Perhaps more fitting than one would suspect. The Belgian DJ has really put her self on the map, especially with her recent releases. Being one of the biggest names in techno, Antwerp-born Amelie Lens’ascension […]

Live in the tunnel

21 Feb, 2019 in Concerts / DJ / Music tagged Amelie Lens / DJ / Techno by admin

Well it was about time that the wanna-be Nobel prize for music, the Polar prize, finally came to recognise one of modern days most notable music genre’s hip hop. With the nomination of the DJ Grandmaster Flash the Polar academy took the prize into the right millennium again. Back in […]

The grandmaster is back

14 Feb, 2019 in Music / Music Production tagged DJ / Grandmaster Flash / Hip hop / Joseph Saddler / Polar prize by admin

It is time to explore what Eastern Europe has to offer when it comes to experimental music. Loads of books has covered the legacy of western electronic and experimental music, so it is about time that we indulge ourselves in what the eastern realms have to offer. Berlin, and Europe […]

400 pages covering experimental music in Eastern Europe

6 Feb, 2019 in Experimental tagged Eastern Europe / Experimental / Sound Exchange by admin

Don’t we all love to experiment with new sounds, well some are taking this quite seriously. As field recordings have become the new hype among electronic artists some prefer to create those unique sounds with test equipment. Like the German synthesist Hainbach for example who explores an early electronic music technique. But […]

Using Lab equipment to make electronic music

30 Jan, 2019 in Experimental / Music Production tagged ::vtol:: / Divina / Experimental / Hainbach / Soma / Telemetron / Zero-gravity by admin

Modular synthesizers has long been the go to route for musician with slighter bigger pockets. Building a modular wall will cost you a fortune, but in the same way as KORG has realized that there is money to make from wanna-be geeks with the newly announced Volca modular, so have […]

A paradigm shift in modular?

24 Jan, 2019 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Modular synthesizers / NAMM / Teenage Engineering by admin

We guess this was an obvious step in the evolution of the Volca series. No serious synth manufacturer seems to neglect the modular hype that is currently swamps the electronic music scene. However, it is in fact quite intriguing that KORG takes Volca to the world of modulars, since this […]

KORG goes modular – In-depth coverage

16 Jan, 2019 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Drum machine / KORG / Modular synthesizers / Volca by admin

Brian Eno used and coined the term “Generative Music” to describe any music that is ever-different and changing, created by a system. And last year Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers announced a new version of the generative music app, Bloom. But of course it all started much earlier. In ambient music, […]

Infinite loops and generative arts

8 Jan, 2019 in Experimental / Music / Music Production / Science tagged Experimental / Generative music / Minimal Techno by admin

2018 was a good year in music and gear. In this years playlist we’ve summed up what you should have listened to during the past year and what gear you should have acquired. Some artists stood out more than others and we will guide you to the ones you will […]

Year in electronic music – Summing up 2018

2 Jan, 2019 in Music tagged Amelie Lens / Charlotte De Witte / Electronic music / Inga Mauer / JASSS / Mor Elian / Techno by admin

Propellerhead has developed a fully patchable virtual modular synthesizer plug-in for its popular DAW, Reason. In a sense it was only a matter of time before the Prop-team would jump on the modular band-wagon. The modular hype has pushed every synthmaker in the industry to consider modular setups in their […]

Reason goes modular with the Complex-1 synth

20 Dec, 2018 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Complex-1 / Modular synthesizers / Propellerhead / Reason / Software by admin

Arturia has taken another interesting step when it comes to making music production gear. Well known for their software emulations of classic synthesizers, like the Minimoog, ARP 2600 and Yamaha CS-80, they some years ago started building hardware synthesizers like the Minibrute and Microbrute. Now they are at it again, […]

From V Collection and beyond – Arturia’s Pigments modulates everything

13 Dec, 2018 in Music Production / Reviews / Synthesizers tagged Analog synths / Arturia / Buchla / Pigments / Software by admin

You may, or may not have heard of FLORA, but if you are in to experimental electronic expressions like 4D performances, this one may be for you. FLORA is the collaborative alliance of Melina Åkerman Kvie (AnnaMelina) and Jonas Rönnberg (Varg), two Swedish artists whose works seemingly divert from one […]

FLORA explores sound in 4D and the route to excellence

5 Dec, 2018 in Experimental / Music tagged 4D / Experimental / FLORA / Minimalism by admin

Björk is all set to go on tour with a new stage concert called Cornucopia. The new concert production conceived by the Icelandic superstar will be presented at The Shed – a new Manhattan venue that will open in the spring for its inaugural season. Björk states herself: “I am […]

Cornucopia – Björk takes on NYC with her new stage ...

28 Nov, 2018 in Concerts / Music tagged Björk by admin

Impressive to say the least. TONTO or The Original New Timbral Orchestra synthesizer celebrates 50 years. Still seen as the world’s largest synth, even though debatable from a different perspective considering the setup. The mastermind behind this beast was an Afro-English bassist tech guy named Malcolm Cecil who lived above a […]

Celebrating 50 years of The Original New Timbral Orchestra – ...

21 Nov, 2018 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Devo / Modular synthesizers / Moog / Stevie Wonder / TONTO by admin

We happily admit never been to Kazakhstan, but after seeing this video we are so tempted to go there immediately. Deep house staged in this remote place with an awesome dancer. Astana – the city has only been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1997, and during that time has developed […]

Deep house in nowhere land – Simply awesome

14 Nov, 2018 in Music tagged Deep house by admin

Puce Mary (Frederikke Hoffmeier) has created a world of her own. Noisy, ambient, sometimes relaxing, sometimes utterly annoying, but that is the beauty of it. She’s created her own music universe and it is not for all. An open mind to intriguing textures, harsh noises, angry synthesizers. Something that is […]

The apocalypse is near – The ambient world of Puce ...

7 Nov, 2018 in Experimental / Music tagged Electronic music / Noise / Puce Mary by admin