In general I agree with you, but this: In my opinion Picasso was a hack. My 4 year old niece can do more interesting paintings... really destroys your credibility. Maybe you aren't very familiar with Picasso, but in his younger days he was among the most technically accomplished visual artists in Eu...

of course it's a ridiculously dismissive generalization, but he's right that the modular synth world is supported by gear fetish hobbyists who really don't make music

I liked the interview and identify with his process - that being said, if I had the time and money I'd love to build a modular system

Looks kinda rough (LFO rate slider missing) but apparently it's all working and can be returned. Only shipping to USA though. Tempting to use my American address to buy it but maybe not worth the hassle since I'm touring right away and wouldn't be able to test it. Could be a winner though!! http://w...

A friend of mine ordered one of these the other day. Looking forward to tinkering around with it. Anyone have any experience with them?

Not really on topic but I remember this guy playing as "the Phat Conductor" in sketchy chinese restaurant deep into the morning ... think it was a totally improvised set and he was kinda mangled-seeming. Pretty tight workflow

played about 93 - 160 last night without any drastic changes was with a friend who covers more of the bass music/juke angle to be fair we stayed around 120 - 140 during peak time a couple years ago I would have steadily climbed from 120 to 130, microscopically increasing the tempo over a few hours, ...

pretty tasteless idea although it seems to have worked out for parov stelar and a few other cheeseballs

I know a guy who plays trombone along with a hip-hop "ensemble" - after their set he usually insists on jamming along with the other DJs for the rest of the night. awful awful stuff

great article. stuff like this keeps me coming back to mnml.nl