Music

Bots Will Choose Your Music in 2030

The new ubiquity of streaming–from the cloud to your head.
David Emery
6 min read

Future Nostalgia: What We’ll Miss When the Music Stops

From the crackle of vinyl to the clipped edges of MP3s, the ways we listen to music influence why we love...
Kate Solomon
4 min read

The History (and Future) of Live Music

From paleolithic flutes and church organs to wearables and virtual reality.
Vas Panagiotopoulos
7 min read

Putting Music on a Map

How about instead of a song playing out over time, it plays out over a space?
Duncan Geere
5 min read

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

Piano Strings Tickled with Electromagnets, Not Hammers

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