I love a good collaboration. So when I spotted a Teenage Engineering representative jamming on the (as yet unreleased) OP-Z while wearing a Basslet wearable subwoofer at this year’s NAMM convention, I was curious. It turns out, The Swedish synth…
If you want an analog synthesizer, but don’t have a lot of floorspace, then Korg’s Volca range is for you. Maybe hold that thought a sec. Until now, Pioneer has focused on the club crowd with its ubiquitous DJ decks…
Linnaeus is a drone. A drone that’s designed to monitor large open green spaces to make sure that plants are healthy and well irrigated, but this isn’t about Linnaeus’ function. I’m more interested in the way Linnaeus is built and…
Roli’s set of modular music gadgets have been around since November, but today the company announced an update that will come in handy for those who use desktop music production apps. The new Dashboard for Roli Blocks allows you to…
Finally, the soap we’ve all been searching for: one that keeps all the vampires we meet at bay. PoJo’s Pure Vermont, an online shop specializing in handmade soaps, has created a soap scented with an elegant blend of garlic and…
The triumphant return of everyone’s favorite animated band, led by Damon Albarn of Blur fame, comes right as we watch a new family move into the White House—and the timing couldn’t be more intentional. After six years of silence, Gorillaz…
C-seal-F. Image: Kazan Federal University Hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water remain sitting around the site of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. But scientists can’t simply dump the liquid into the ocean, and if it…
Some tools are simple enough that they only really make sense in context. So we’ve gotten word that not only are Bastl Instruments introducing a new sync tool – they’ve also done some clever collaboration to show how it helps…
‘Pow-boarding’ has all the vibe and culture of hanging ten. It’s called “Hokkaido style,” and it is to snowboarding what shaka is to surfing. Filmmakers and mountaineer snowboarders Forrest Shearer, Kael Martin, Griffin Siebert, Alex Yoder, and Nick Russell embarked on a…
Dave Smith’s collaboration with Pioneer tends to the minimalist side, but not so the new DSI keyboard. The REV2 is all about more. While it’s not called a Prophet 08 II or something, the REV2 is rooted in that earlier…