Independently Produced & Published Hardcover Book

OS02 is a celebration of multi-disciplinary art, exploration of the creative process and constant quest for inspiration. It is the follow-up to Open Source 01, the 2019 magazine of synthesizer culture, art and technology. Open Source 02 will remain only in print, crafted with premium quality ink and paper and will only be sold at carefully curated shops.

Featuring: 

• An interview with Robert Henke about his retro computer project, “CBM 8032 AV”.
• An original piece about the toxic effect of social media on creativity written by poet Iain S. Thomas, best-selling author of “I Wrote This For You” and “Every Word You Cannot Say”.
• Interview with Noemi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto from Nonotak, the visual art installation and performing duo from Paris.
• Skoddie Autumn Altair interviews five different trans musicians to discuss how their identities fuse with their passion for synthesis and electronic music.
• An original piece on why we do music written by Warp Records producer, Bogdan Raczynski.
• Daily rituals and streamlining studio equipment by Austin Cairns aka r beny.
• Naomi Mitchell details the history of randomization in synthesis.
• An interview about chaos theory with Andrew Fitch, founder of nonlinear circuits
• Modular on the Spot co-creator, Bana Haffar reflects on the past and future direction of modular events.
• Original Artwork by Papernoise Design - Hannes Pasqualini (Mutable Instruments, Hexinverter Mutant Drums)
• Interview with Juan Manuel Escalante on the unconventional and inspiring techniques of graphical scoring.
• A tribute to Dave Smith by Sequential’s Andrew McGowan. 
• And much more...