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In defence of the Iklectik Art Lab
The Iklectik Art Lab is at risk of eviction from Old Paradise Yard. We talk to Tom Fox from Hackoustic to hear what can be done to save this iconic music and arts centre.
‘Why I started Music Hackspace': Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut
How I stumbled across Music Hackspace is a hazy memory. I remember turning up in a nondescript industrial estate in the hip part of East London, Hoxton. When I finally …

What is Music Hacking? We've asked ChatGPT
Much is said about OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool, the conversational AI search engine. You can ask it to write an FM synthesiser embedded in a web page, or a conversation between the …

Cave of Sounds: 8 instruments, 3 continents, 10 years
Cave of Sounds: 8 instruments, 3 continents, 10 years Tim Murray-Browne is our guest blogger this month. 10 years ago, Tim was was in residency at Music Hackspace, the first …
Hacking Electronic Music Toys / Circuit bending workshop with Tasos Stamou, April 25
Introductory circuit bending workshop teaching all the necessary techniques for designing and making experimental electronic music interfaces out of recycled material. Participant will have the chance to learn all the …

Hacking Electronic Music Toys / Circuit bending workshop with Tasos Stamou, March 28
Introductory circuit bending workshop teaching all the necessary techniques for designing and making experimental electronic music interfaces out of recycled material. Participant will have the chance to learn all the …

Algorhythm workshop: hacking church bell patterns, Oct 20
In this workshop percussionist and composer Dom Aversano will demonstrate how church bells ringing patterns can be used to generate a vast array of rhythms. Once demonstrated participants will then …

Check out the Gen.AV 2 Hackathon performance event video
Check out the video from the second ‘Gen.AV – Hackathon on Generative Audiovisuals’ event which presented projects at Goldsmiths University of London, which were developed during a 2 day computer-generated …

Acoustic Hacking Meetup, Sunday 27th July
We are excited to present for the first time in our blog the Acoustic Hacking Meetups. Led by Saif Bunni, Acoustic Hacking are workshop driven meetups that happen the last …

NIME2014: Open Day, Hackathon (Registration Open)
We are excited to announce a one day Hackathon hosted by Music Hackspace during NIME 2014 Open Day on Friday 4th of July, at Goldsmiths Great Hall, Richard Hoggart Building. Themed around assistive …

Music Hackspace Hackathon at NIME 2014: Launch Meetup
We are excited to announce that Music Hackspace is hosting a one day Hackathon during NIME 2014 Open Day event on Friday 4th of July, at Goldsmiths Great Hall, Richard …

Hacking and Entrepreneurship at Hack The Barbican
To celebrate 2 years of community building, this event will showcase 2 projects supported by members of the Music Hackspace, and discuss the emergence of entrepreneurship within hackerspace communities. WHERE: …

Meet Tim Murray-Browne, Composer in Residency
Presentation on Thursday 20th of September 2012, 7pm. My name is Tim Murray-Browne and I’m greatly honoured to have been invited to spend the next ten months within the Music …
Chapeau to Music Hack Paris
What happens to a charming Parisian factory when it stops making cardboard? It hosts a Hackathon! They called it Music Hack Paris. Although cardboard was not involved, laptops weren’t the …