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fromSPIN
9 hours ago

Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In - SPIN

Wendy Eisenberg's music blends introspective folk with experimental elements, showcasing a shift towards conventional instrumentation while maintaining an underlying weirdness.
Film
fromOpen Culture
21 hours ago

Watch 434 Avant-Garde and Surreal Short Films Online: Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Luis Bunuel and Many More

Hollywood faces a crisis with declining interest in films, prompting a search for re-enchantment through experimental cinema.
Berlin music
fromPitchfork
3 days ago

Angine de Poitrine: Vol. II

Angine de Poitrine is a viral Canadian mystery band known for their unique math-rock sound and theatrical performances.
Design
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
4 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
NYC music
fromThe Washington Post
4 days ago

Opinion | What's that mysterious sound in Times Square? Look down.

Max Neuhaus created 'Times Square,' a sound sculpture that blends urban noise with art, designed to be experienced without any visible markers.
fromBBC
4 days ago

More than the Score - David Bellion gets creative in Paris - BBC Sounds

David Bellion spent over a decade in top-flight football, playing for clubs like Manchester United and Sunderland, before becoming Red Star FC's creative director, focusing on brand development and cultural connections.
English Premier League
SF music
fromHoodline
5 days ago

Stylus Members-Only Acoustic Salon Coming To Lower East Side

Stylus, an acoustic salon, will open in 2026, featuring high-fidelity listening rooms, sound wellness, and a chef-driven menu.
Music production
fromFast Company
5 hours ago

I revived an 1820s sea shanty with AI, and it's a banger

Modern sea shanties, especially The Wellermen, have gained popularity through social media, blending historical roots with contemporary music trends.
Berlin music
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

When Music Was Used to Deceive, Control, Survive

Yom HaShoah commemorates the 6 million Jews and 5 million others who perished in the Holocaust, reflecting on music's dual role in history.
SF music
fromKqed
5 days ago

Inside Program Audio, the Viral DJ Collective Streaming on Haight Street | KQED

Underground DJs create Program Audio, a record label and zine, to support immigrant rights through music and community engagement.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
5 days ago

Sluice: Companion

Justin Morris's album Companion reflects on personal experiences, including a robbery, through a blend of humor and contemplation.
Arts
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

Rare Rauschenberg Experimental Dance Revived at Brooklyn Roller Rink

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is reviving Robert Rauschenberg's 1963 dance 'Pelican' for the first time in 60 years at a Brooklyn event.
frompitchfork.com
1 week ago

Actress and Suzanne Ciani Release Collaborative Live Album

Concrete Waves is the first in a new series by Werkdiscs capturing improvised musical conversations between two avant-garde icons, Actress and Suzanne Ciani.
London music
Berlin music
fromBerlin Art Link
6 days ago

Review of MaerzMusik 2026 | Berlin Art Link

The interplay of sound and senses at MaerzMusik 2026 lacked clarity and strong direction amidst cultural and political challenges.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

"Echo of the ruins" Open-Air Museum of Sound and Memory / 1Y Architects

An open-air sound museum built from recycled factory ruins in Qingshuitan transforms a silent industrial area into a public space for listening and storytelling.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

The identity for Spatial festival feels aptly three-dimensional

Motion was integrated as a foundational design element rather than an afterthought, creating a dynamic, three-dimensional brand identity that responds to physical and digital spaces.
#music
fromPitchfork
1 week ago
Music production

Brian Foote / Paul Dickow: High Cube

Brian Foote and Paul Dickow created their album High Cube under strict constraints, focusing on raw sound without overthinking.
Music production
fromAnOther
3 days ago

Musician Lyra Pramuk on Astrology

Lyra Pramuk's music embodies a communal rite, blending various genres to restore harmony and express devotion without adhering to traditional religious frameworks.
Music production
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Brian Foote / Paul Dickow: High Cube

Brian Foote and Paul Dickow created their album High Cube under strict constraints, focusing on raw sound without overthinking.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 days ago

Wasia Project Unveils New Single "2515": A Sonic Journey Through Night - KALTBLUT Magazine

Wasia Project's new single '2515' blends cinematic alt-pop with Berlin's nightlife energy, showcasing their evolution and maturity in sound.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

JWords Announces New Album Sound Therapy

JWords releases her second solo album Sound Therapy on May 8, featuring her first lead vocal performances alongside collaborators Kingsley Ibeneche and Nappy Nina.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Play It Again, Claude

By the early 1900s, player pianos had evolved to more fully reproduce a human performance, including subtle dynamics like tempo changes and the introduction of a damper pedal. The human role went from deskilled to fully deprecated as electric motors replaced foot-powered bellows. With the Seeburg Lilliputian Model L, the only job left for humans who wanted to play the piano in the 1920s was to put in a coin.
History
#kraftwerk
Berlin music
fromOpen Culture
1 week ago

How Kraftwerk's 22-Minute Song "Autobahn" Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)

Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn' significantly influenced global music, marking Germany's emergence on the musical map and inspiring artists like David Bowie and Brian Eno.
London music
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Kraftwerk Announce 50th Anniversary Reissue of Radio-Activity

Kraftwerk releases a 50th anniversary reissue of Radio-Activity in three formats with new Dolby Atmos mix, accompanied by their first UK and Ireland tour in nine years.
Berlin music
fromOpen Culture
1 week ago

How Kraftwerk's 22-Minute Song "Autobahn" Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)

Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn' significantly influenced global music, marking Germany's emergence on the musical map and inspiring artists like David Bowie and Brian Eno.
London music
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Kraftwerk Announce 50th Anniversary Reissue of Radio-Activity

Kraftwerk releases a 50th anniversary reissue of Radio-Activity in three formats with new Dolby Atmos mix, accompanied by their first UK and Ireland tour in nine years.
Higher education
fromCornell Chronicle
3 weeks ago

World According to Sound offers immersive audio experience March 23 | Cornell Chronicle

The World According to Sound presents a blindfolded sonic experience exploring sound as a method of understanding and knowing across academic disciplines.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Remembering Axel Burrough, Kazumasa Nagai, and Eliane Radigue

The art world recently lost pioneering figures including an electronic music innovator, architects, sculptors, muralists, and illustrators who shaped cultural institutions and public spaces globally.
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Reader Q&A With Mandy, Indiana

Pitchfork is honored to host one of our favorite bands- Mandy, Indiana-to kick off our inaugural reader Q&A series. Starting right now, you can post your questions for guitarist and producer Scott Fair, and synth player Simon Catling to talk about their outstanding record, Fair's solo project set dressing, or whatever else you want to ask them about the joys and difficulties of music, Manchester, and making art.
Music
fromwww.metrosiliconvalley.com
5 days ago

San Jose's Ton Freq Studios continues indie analog tradition | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Tone Freq Studios captures pristine acoustics and emphasizes analog warmth, creating a tactile space that values collective experiences over the convenience of digital recording methods.
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Music production
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

Irreversible Entanglements refuses to make 'safe' free jazz - and the genre is better for it

Camae Ayewa, known as Moor Mother, is a multifaceted artist blending genres and activism in her music and creative endeavors.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week's best new tracks

Angine de Poitrine is a Quebec duo creating absurdist mantra-rock dada music that blends metal shredding with microtonal guitar, world music influences, and hypnotic grooves while performing in elaborate papier-mache costumes.
#experimental-music
Music production
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Lucrecia Dalt: 'How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?' - 48 hills

Lucrecia Dalt's latest album A Danger to Ourselves explores love as a transformative force that drives people toward uncertainty and risk, reflecting her personal creative shift from conceptual frameworks to intimate storytelling.
Music production
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti's experimental cello pop

Mabe Fratti's 2024 album Sentir Que No Sabes blends new age, industrial, and folk elements into cohesive pop-influenced experimental music.
Music production
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Lucrecia Dalt: 'How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?' - 48 hills

Lucrecia Dalt's latest album A Danger to Ourselves explores love as a transformative force that drives people toward uncertainty and risk, reflecting her personal creative shift from conceptual frameworks to intimate storytelling.
Music production
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti's experimental cello pop

Mabe Fratti's 2024 album Sentir Que No Sabes blends new age, industrial, and folk elements into cohesive pop-influenced experimental music.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

glass loudspeaker draws from uk grime music scene and brutalist architecture

The Eski.Sub draws inspiration from the visual language of Brutalist architecture and the cultural atmosphere of UK grime music scene. The project examines the relationship between design, urban context, and emotional listening experiences, positioning the loudspeaker as both an audio device and a spatial object.
Design
SF music
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show? - 48 hills

Andy Meyerson and Travis Andrews of The Living Earth Show create innovative musical experiences blending avant-garde, contemporary, and experimental genres across diverse venues and collaborations.
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

Galen Buckwalter, a 69-year-old research psychologist and quadriplegic, participated in a brain implant study to contribute to science that aids those with paralysis. The six chips in his brain decode movement intention, allowing him to operate a computer and feel sensations in his fingers again.
Music production
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fromOpen Culture
3 weeks ago

Hear Seven Hours of Women Making Electronic Music (1938-2014)

Women played a prominent but largely overlooked role in developing electronic music during the 1960s, with figures like Delia Derbyshire pioneering the genre alongside male contemporaries.
Berlin music
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Xylitol: Blumenfantasie

Catherine Backhouse's music as Xylitol blends jungle, drum'n'bass, and krautrock influences, creating a fresh sound that evokes nostalgia and Berlin's vibrant culture.
#eliane-radigue
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago
Berlin music

The Intermediate States of Eliane Radigue

Éliane Radigue created revolutionary minimalist music through synthesizer compositions and acoustic pieces that profoundly influenced generations of musicians worldwide before her death at 94.
fromThe Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music
2 weeks ago
Berlin music

Eliane Radigue (24 January 1932-23 February 2026) - The Wire

Éliane Radigue's minimalist compositions create immersive sonic experiences that demand intense listener concentration through delicate, interweaving textures and extended electroacoustic techniques.
Berlin music
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

The Intermediate States of Eliane Radigue

Éliane Radigue created revolutionary minimalist music through synthesizer compositions and acoustic pieces that profoundly influenced generations of musicians worldwide before her death at 94.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

The bizarre, multilingual stories that emerged match the French duo's ramshackle, home-recorded sound, which features everything from toybox percussion to farmyard sound effects. Their whimsical approach is anchored in the outsider pop and post-punk of 1980s Europe, which embraced discordant instrumentation and disaffected vocals.
Music
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The twilight zone: Nocturnes, from piano to perfume and Russia to Richter

Insomnia is prevalent, and music, especially instrumental sleep music like Max Richter's Sleep, is a popular aid for relaxation and sleep.
Music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks ago

Sound of the Week: Chalice Sect - Silent Fever - KALTBLUT Magazine

Chalice Sect's new single 'Silent Fever' blends post-punk, darkwave, and electronic elements, establishing them as a significant force in Los Angeles's dark alternative underground scene.
fromColossal
1 month ago

Radioposter Launches Paper-fi: Analog Books with Synchronized Soundtracks

Radioposter has built what it calls Paper-fi: physical books with synchronized audio soundtracks that follow readers in real time as they turn each page. No chips embedded in the paper, no QR codes to scan. The system uses patented computer vision and other modes through a smartphone or smart glasses to track your place in the book and play the corresponding audio.
Arts
Design
fromCurbed
1 month ago

There's Not Enough Noise in 'Art of Noise'

The Cooper Hewitt's Art of Noise exhibition chronicles over a century of music technology design, primarily tracing the evolution of portable music devices from gramophones to modern formats.
Music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Dive into the Uncharted: personne Unveils New EP "attention economy" - KALTBLUT Magazine

Swiss trio personne debuts with 'attention economy' EP, critiquing digital culture through warm, analogue sound and exploring identity beyond visibility.
Music production
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Hop Into These 14 Rabbit Holes This Spring

GLOBALCORE represents a blend of internet sound that unites diverse musical styles, but risks oversimplifying essential cultural differences.
London music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Ben Vince: Street Druid

Ben Vince evolved from solo saxophone looping into collaborative compositions, culminating in his album Street Druid, which features more elaborate and enduring structures while maintaining his mystical, searching tone.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers

We started from a very silly place,
Gadgets
Podcast
from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by providing biannual themed challenges that produce bold, three-minute stories and renewed visibility for the format.
Gadgets
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Nightclub-Inspired Speaker Is Transparent in Name and Assembly

Transparent Speaker x LN-CC blends LN-CC's 1970s rippled glass aesthetic with Transparent's modular, circular 120W Bluetooth speaker design for event-ready club atmospheres.
Berlin music
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
1 month ago

Immersive Beats and Fluid Visions: The Pulse of DRIPS at Liquid States

DRIPS collective evolved from techno party curation into a multidisciplinary artistic event combining fashion, dance, and live electronic music performances.
Podcast
from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by hosting twice-yearly themed challenges that showcase three-minute stories and broaden podcast storytelling possibilities.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks ago

William Bleak Unleashes "Ghost Waltz" in a Surge of Industrial and Electronic Power - KALTBLUT Magazine

William Bleak's 'Ghost Waltz' delivers intense industrial and EBM music with immediate impact, pounding percussion, and sharp synth lines designed for high-adrenaline immersion.
Design
fromdesign-milk.com
2 months ago

CONTRIBUTIONS Pairs Objects With Soundscapes in Paris

Sound operates as a structural element in exhibitions, making objects interactive instruments that reshape perception and connect craft traditions across time.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Unintentional synchronicity: Third Angle New Music, Steve Reich, "Hopscotch Counterpoints" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Third Angle New Music performed Steve Reich's four Counterpoints at Hopscotch to celebrate the composer's ninetieth birthday, featuring works composed over twenty-one years for different solo instruments with pre-recorded accompaniment.
SF music
from48 hills
2 months ago

Alexi Kenney packs nocturnal energy, psychedelic fantasy into SoundBox - 48 hills

SoundBox presents an immersive, late‑night multimedia music experience combining surround sound, entrancing visuals, theatrical performance, and cocktails in a casual lounge atmosphere.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel's masterpiece of early ambient music

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks revisiting Spiegel's records, most notably The Expanding Universe, her 1980 masterpiece that blends synth experimentalism with early examples of what would eventually be called ambient music, and algorithmic composition techniques. It's a marvel that sounds both nostalgic and cutting-edge at the same time.
Music
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from48 hills
1 month ago

The Audium thrums with Pamela Z's factory-sampling 'Arbeitsklang' - 48 hills

Composer Pamela Z creates immersive sound installation Arbeitsklang by recording industrial worksites across Germany and layering the sounds with her voice and live-MIDI manipulations in a 176-speaker theater.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Organ Tapes: (Yi Bao Yan)

Tim Zha is looking for the soul in the machine. While some might hear Auto-Tune as masking a singer's humanity, the London-based artist filters his vocals to highlight technology's inseparability with our notions of self. This is ground well-trodden by Afrofuturist techno pioneers, Atlanta trappers, and PC Music hyperpoppers; for Zha, Auto-Tune represents what he calls the "coincidence of human subjectivity and the networked machine system."
London music
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Nondi_: Nondi...

Tatiana Triplin, performing as Nondi_, creates experimental electronic music blending footwork, breakcore, and avant-garde influences, drawing inspiration from her isolated upbringing in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Jennifer Wright's 'Echolocations': Making music and the instruments, too * Oregon ArtsWatch

On January 17 Jennifer Wright gave a stellar performance of her compositions for her self-crafted instruments. This performance marked the conclusion of a month-long exhibition of her instruments and sound sculptures in the galleria of PLACE in Northwest Portland. This is the performance where she said she "finally had a chance to let all the parts of me out to play."
Arts
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fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

Review of Colomboscope 'Rhythm Alliances' | Berlin Art Link

Colomboscope's 'Rhythm Alliances' used cultural diplomacy and a Berlin–Colombo network to convene 50 South Asian artists, fostering fragile creative alliances and collective resistance.
Music
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Legendary composer Laurie Spiegel on the difference between algorithmic music and 'AI'

Laurie Spiegel's 1986 Music Mouse, an 'intelligent instrument' enabling algorithmic music via an XY mouse grid, is being revived for modern machines with Eventide.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

The Messthetics / James Brandon Lewis: Deface the Currency

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis fused post-punk and avant-jazz into an intensified, integrated debut emphasizing deeper funk, harsher noise, and richer beauty.
Music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 months ago

Choosing the Artificial Over the Real in Dash Hammerstein's "Noise Machine" - KALTBLUT Magazine

Dash Hammerstein blends Americana songwriting and filmmaking to create intimate, melody-driven songs and film scores that mix folk-pop sensibility with subtle production flourishes.
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound

Take the title of The Spiritual Sound as a kind of syllabus, and you'll find a heady list of musical reference points that Agriculture aim to exalt. The jarring intros of black metal songs that make you feel like a portal to Hell has opened inside your headphones. The sound design on later Scott Walker arrangements meant to conjure a Biblical plague. The slow, majestic build of post-rock epics that hold back their climax for maximum transcendence.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Morton Feldman's Music of Stillness

Morton Feldman's slow, minimal, and softly textured music offers an unhurried refuge from algorithmic noise and deeply influences contemporary composers.
Music
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

A Pioneer of Electronic Music Reanimates Old Songs

Beverly Glenn-Copeland created influential electronic music, achieved underground recognition decades after self-releasing "Keyboard Fantasies," and recently recorded a new album amid hardship.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Korg's new experimental synthesizer combines acoustic sounds with electronic control

The Phase8 uses a new form of "acoustic synthesis" that combines acoustic sound generation with electronic control. Takahashi says the synthesizer is "beyond analog vs. digital" and "beyond electronics" altogether. It features chromatically tuned steel resonators, which creates an acoustic sound similar to that of a kalimba. These signals can be manipulated via onboard effects and sequenced like a traditional synthesizer. Here's a video of the synth in action.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Brendon Moeller: Shadow Language

Brendon Moeller reinvents dub techno into 170 BPM drum'n'bass-infused, atmospheric tracks that emphasize texture and subtraction of rhythm over conventional beats.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between high' and low' music

Max Richter's celebrated composition 'On the Nature of Daylight' and his Hamnet score have driven major recognition, awards attention, and wide cultural ubiquity.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Placid Angles: Canada

His first albums under his own name, 1995's Earth & Nightfall and 1996's cult classic Ten Days of Blue, were blissful-sounding ambient techno records that took the melodic sensibilities of the local scene to their cosmic extremes. Every beep and blip was in harmony with a lush string line, the rhythms less like breakbeats or programmed drums than trance-inducing hammered dulcimers.
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fromDefector
2 months ago

'The Disintegration Loops' Are Music's Loveliest Death | Defector

Ambient tape loops progressively decay during repeated playback, transforming music into a deteriorating, memory-like sound.
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fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Debit: Desaceleradas

Cumbia rebajada originated in Monterrey when malfunctioning turntables slowed cumbia, producing narcotic, transcendent sound; contemporary musician Debit further slows and reinterprets it.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Arca, Nourished by Time, Los Thuthanaka, aya & more playing C2C Festival 2026 at Knockdown Center

C2C Festival returns to NYC on May 8, 2026 at Knockdown Center featuring Arca, Avalon Emerson, and other artists; tickets on sale Jan 16.
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