A couple of years ago, Playtime Engineering launched a colorful portable synthesizer on Indiegogo that allowed players young and old "to have fun without fully understanding how it all works." Now the ...

For years I’ve held Brookyln synth duo Xeno & Oaklander near and dear to me, albeit in a very cold, dark corner of my heart. Since very early on, their particular brand of lo-fi minimal gothic ...

The Blipbox is a little bit pricey for a children’s toy, but it oozes personality. Plus, it promises to teach kids the fundamentals of synthesis as they grow older. Unsurprisingly, the Blipblox also ...

Synth pop outfit Adult — sometimes stylized as ADULT. — has announced its San Antonio return for Thursday, May 21 show at Paper Tiger. The duo will be touring in support of Perception is/as/of ...

While maintaining the high aesthetic as usual, local club night Panic! Underground will be getting a little extra severe with their latest live showcase. NYC’s Un Hombre Solo returns for the first ...

Building on their previously released synthesiser for kids, Blipblox has created a new After Dark version offering a more mature look, together with completely re-engineered electronics and software. ...

Blipblox made something of a name for itself creating a synthesizer for kids. But the brightly-coloured, big-buttoned device -- with a surprisingly robust digital synth engine under its hood -- has ...

Developer and musician Stevey Yarusinsky based in Chicago has created a new low-cost paraphonic synthesizer module called the Dark Arcade, which is now available to purchase via Kickstarter with early ...

French dark electronic artist Perturbator, spearheaded by lone visionary James Kent, may not make metal music, but there's quite a lot of common ground between his gloomy swaths of synths on his ...

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