Musical Instrument Digital Interface (aka MIDI) has such a pervasive presence in the musical landscape that it’s easy to take it for granted. Yet, when it first appeared in the early 1980s, the standard felt miraculous. Back when technology was more meaningful, MIDI’s ability to bridge physical and digital domains meant that devices like synthesizers and keyboards were suddenly able to talk both to each other and to computer programs. The protocol has countless applications today, many of them purely software-based, but this particular facet remains its most fascinating, even serving as a core aesthetic principle for acts like Berlin’s Gamut Inc.
Since the early 2010s, Aggregate Festival founders Marion Wörle and Maciej Śledziecki…
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In its opening moments, 
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…10th anniversary deluxe remaster features the original 9 tracks (remastered) along with 5 previously unreleased bonus tracks.
There is something pointed about calling your record It Is Clear What’s Going On in 2026 and then responding with lyrics that show no interest in meeting the listener halfway. 
The deluxe edition expands on the original February 2026 release with added bonus tracks like “Heartbeat,” “Hunter,” “Skýjaborg,” and “Infinity”.
Atlanta’s 
When these guys strip down to the basics, they don’t joke around. 
Summer is ending. We must not say this out loud; it is a hard pill to swallow. For many people, summer has already ended; vacations are over, classes have begun, the water has cooled. 
Michael Barker spends a lot of his time playing guitar in garage punk bands in his Sydney hometown scene; he also records under the name 
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a singer-songwriter in possession of a large songbook must be in search of a band, then Oisean Burnett has gone about things in the right way. Following a move from his native Scotland to London in 2024, he papered the musicians’ hangs with posters seeking bandmates, and Starter Car is the happy result.