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Five Pioneering Music Videos That You Need To Check Out

A look at some of the most inventive ways artists have combined sound and vision.
Matt Locke
4 min read

The Future of Music: A Reading List

A crash course in the interplay between music and innovation.
How We Get To Next
2 min read

We Made Some Rappers Collaborate With a Rap-Writing AI and Got a Glimpse of the Future of Pop Music

Can a computer truly ever replace human creativity in pop music?
Dave Fawbert
7 min read

Making Music Hackable Again

A musical instrument designed to be hacked and modified into something new and unexpected.
Alice Bell
2 min read

This Little Recording Studio in the Desert Connects People Across Continents

An international festival for the world's longest-standing refugee camp.
Alice Bell
3 min read

Five Innovation Podcasts Worth Putting Into Your Ears

Want to know how innovations are changing the world?
Alice Bell
1 min read

Piano Strings Tickled with Electromagnets, Not Hammers

Creating a new tool for composers and performers.
Alice Bell
2 min read

The Drummer Helping Us to Understand Human/Robot Interactions

Mortimer isn't just a music machine–he's also a scientific instrument.
Alice Bell
2 min read

Making Music From Bridges, Carrots, Guns, a Pig, and More

Most things can be an instrument, as long as you're dedicated enough
Alice Bell
2 min read

How a Musician Used Beats to Build a Better GPS

How trying to tie sounds to place led to a breakthrough in geolocation.
David Hambling
3 min read