https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/genres/experimental/Latest entries for the tag ExperimentalenWed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Amidst the chaos of a world marked by seemingly permanent crisis, producer and composer Hinako Omori encourages us to tune back into the stillness of our natural surroundings. Although she was raised in London, Omori’s work is rooted in a respect for nature and tranquility that she ascribes more to…Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shapednoise-accept-no-compromise/A devotee of industrial music orienting towards the dark side of metal, techno and drum and bass, Italian-born Nino Pedone moved to Milan to study sound engineering in 2010, starting MindTrip Music with techno producers Ascion and D. Carbone. Dulled by the city’s music culture, Pedone relocated to Berlin 12…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:25:20 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shapednoise-accept-no-compromise/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/processed-realities-exploring-the-psychedelic-future-music-of-special-guest-dj-perila-and-ben-bondy/Looking back through the history of music, it’s often communities that incubate the most exciting developments in sound. Individual pioneers do exist and should not be disregarded, but most tangible musical movements are formed by people exchanging ideas and creatively spurring each other on. In the online era, these movements…Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:57:21 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/processed-realities-exploring-the-psychedelic-future-music-of-special-guest-dj-perila-and-ben-bondy/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/emeka-ogboh-the-city-is-the-composer/There’s been a lot of talk about Emeka Ogboh since he entered the music world. Following a move to Berlin, the Lagos, Nigeria-born sound and installation artist began listening back to old field recordings he’d amassed of his hometown and adding music to them. He shared some of these compositions…Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:59:35 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/emeka-ogboh-the-city-is-the-composer/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/word-music-composing-using-text-scores-with-maya-shenfeld/Whether you’re an electronic producer, a pop musician or a classical composer, you likely have at some point found yourself feeling hemmed in by the impression that there are some intangible rules that music-makers must follow. We might feel that we should try and fit into a certain role; that…Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:03:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/word-music-composing-using-text-scores-with-maya-shenfeld/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marina-herlop-voice-and-piano-extended-to-infinity/Marina Herlop is on a path of discovering the infinite possibilities that extend out from a foundation of piano and vocals. On her most recent album, Pripyat, the classically trained Catalan composer chops and layers her voice many times over, filling out her compositions with elaborate harmonies and spiky electronics,…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:41:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marina-herlop-voice-and-piano-extended-to-infinity/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ropes-fields-and-waves-celia-hollander-sculpts-time-with-sound/Ascending the tall, narrow stairs of Celia Hollander’s apartment in Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood feels like entering a cloud where the fragrance of citrus blossoms mingle with the morning’s coffee brew. Her compact, modular studio accentuates a desire for functional flexibility, a setting that bends to sound’s calling. Scattered…Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:38:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ropes-fields-and-waves-celia-hollander-sculpts-time-with-sound/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/gabber-modus-operandi-the-noise-of-tradition/The gap between traditional and electronic music is closing, and Gabber Modus Operandi know this more than most. When I connect with the Indonesian duo, they are in the midst of rehearsals for a performance with fellow countryman Wahono and Ugandan troupe Nakibembe Xylophone in Paris, halfway through a world…Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:51:50 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/gabber-modus-operandi-the-noise-of-tradition/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/experimental-sound-design-with-feedback-loops/In his latest tutorial, Seed to Stage shows you how to control, shape and experiment with feedback loops. Feedback loops are created when an audio signal is sent from an input to an output and then back into itself. When this happens accidentally it can be more than a little…Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:41:07 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/experimental-sound-design-with-feedback-loops/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sugai-ken-the-shibui-of-field-recording-and-electronics/In recent years, field recording has been slowly moving from the fringes to the mainstream. From its academic origins as a method of keeping a record or audio snapshot of a time and place for cultural-anthropological purposes, field recordings now often appear in popular contexts such as ASMR videos and…Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:51:56 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sugai-ken-the-shibui-of-field-recording-and-electronics/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/james-krivchenia-big-thief-drummer-samples-youtube-for-blood-karaoke/James Krivchenia has certainly achieved a unique perspective across his career as a drummer, producer and engineer. He’s attained a rare fluidity whether acting as producer for experimental artists such as Mega Bog, crafting computer-based music on his own, sitting as a session musician for megastars like Taylor Swift or…Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:58:31 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/james-krivchenia-big-thief-drummer-samples-youtube-for-blood-karaoke/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dillon-bastan-water-ripples-and-sound-waves/Dillon Bastan’s creative curiosity has led him on all kinds of experimental artistic adventures. He’s produced immersive audio-visual installations and mysterious AI-scripted short films, embarked upon modular synth adventures in the Mojave Desert and performed improvised sets with an eclectic assortment of musicians. Many Live users will recognize him as…Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:51:51 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dillon-bastan-water-ripples-and-sound-waves/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/complex-drum-programming-with-ned-rush/As Ned Rush explains in his latest tutorial video, one of the best things about electronic drums is the ability to modulate your percussive tones to create dynamic, morphing patterns. Starting with the Drum Synth devices, Rush creates a simple MIDI pattern with Chance applied to select notes, and then…Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:32:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/complex-drum-programming-with-ned-rush/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drone-lab-creating-sustained-sounds-in-live-11/Drones have existed in sound-making for centuries. On a basic level, they’re just long-held or continuous notes and tone clusters, but the belief that these sounds hold some transformative power spans communities, continents and generations. Today, drone-based ASMR video playlists are advertised as productivity hacks, while traditional sound meditation practices…Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:56:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drone-lab-creating-sustained-sounds-in-live-11/ArtistsNewsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/luke-sanger-a-workmans-tools/There’s no fixed rule for how an artist relates to their tools. For some, one or two critical instruments may define their entire creative identity. For others, like Luke Sanger, the medium is secondary to the end result, and often in electronic music there are many different ways to achieve…Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:48:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/luke-sanger-a-workmans-tools/ArtistsDownloads