An amazing collection of videos by @kristenroos.bsky.social detailing the history of digital painting/drawing software — from Sketchpad (1963) to Deluxe Paint IV (1991). "Paint: a timeline" kristenroos.ca/timeline

The new @patriciawolf.bsky.social album is out on Balmat today and it's a real gem; if you liked her debut for us (or if you like spare, melody-conscious ambient in general), you're going to love this. patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/album/hrafna...

First mural I’ve made based on images created with vintage paint software.

From the Hotham Sound 10 year anniversary show on saltspring island last weekend. @hothamsound.bsky.social

No words to describe the beauty of this event. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially Ben and Raf and all the Hotham Sound artists. ☀️

Just announced! Excited for this one. Join us at Plantasia at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago on Sept. 14 and 15. Presented by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents, and Garfield Park Conservatory. Early Bird Two Day Passes are on sale now. Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-...

Come celebrate 10 years of Hotham Sound Recordings with us on beautiful Saltspring Island. This one is going to be fun. www.eventbrite.ca/e/hotham-sou...

Artist spotlight on Kristen Roos, courtesy of Flow State www.flowstate.fm/p/kristen-roos @kristenroos.bsky.social #vintage #computer #software

hothamsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/nxnwx10 Hard to believe but 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Hotham Sound Recordings. To celebrate we've released a massive free comp featuring favorites from our first decade. If you're curious, this is a killer introduction to the label.

youtu.be/cQ7au2RQwkY?... Live performance by @kristenroos.bsky.social tomorrow night at Red Gate, Vancouver, BC. This has been a big year for Kristen, with writeups in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social , @electronicsound.bsky.social, and @theguardian. Doors at 8. Come see what all the fuss is about.

Tonight on Art Of Beatz Radio, guest Kristen Roos celebrates the release of the third volume in his Universal Synthesizer Interface series, the show starts at midnight PST on coopradio.org @kuma23.bsky.social @kristenroos.bsky.social @hothamsound.bsky.social @wearebusybodies.bsky.social

PORTAL

Just a reminder that if you recently ordered tapes from us, Canada Post is on strike, so please be patient and support the workers!

hothamsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/univer... It's release day for this stunner. Grab a copy on cassette from our Bandcamp, or head to wearebusybodies.bandcamp.com for the full vinyl treatment. Congrats, Kristen 🤸‍♂️

My thoughts on three wonderful volumes of experiments with some of the earliest available personal computer music composition software. Playful, clever, endlessly diverting stuff.

Kristen Roos :: Universal Synthesizer Interface, Volumes I, II, III aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/11/20/k... Composed of pulses and patches, primitive drum machines and bass squelches, USI emerges as one of the most slyly delightful, engaging and weirdly beautiful musical projects going.

Over at @aquariumdrunkard.com I wrote about the 3 volumes of Vancouver artist Kristen Roos's explorations in 1980s computer music. Roos offers one of the most slyly delightful music projects going, plus a vision of human interaction with technology that feels almost utopian in its charm & simplicity

VANCOUVER: Live performances by V.Vecker and Kristen Roos on December 14th at Red Gate Arts Society @kristenroos.bsky.social

Thank you for the PORTAL @kristenroos.bsky.social 🖤 Have a feel this will transport me somewhere good 💫

An ad for Intelligent Music from 1987 that appears in an article I've written for CLOT magazine. Intelligent Music was founded in 1984 by Joel Chadabe. https://clotmag.com/oped/intelligent-music-unearthing-the-human-intention-behind-vintage-algorithmic-sequencing-software

FROM THE ARCHIVE ◀◀ Excerpt of a live performance by KR75 at Red Gate Arts Society as part of the Hotham Sound label showcase, taken from our ten-year retrospective Quiet City compilation @kristenroos.bsky.social @hothamsound.bsky.social #ambient #electronicmusic

Article in CLOT Magazine by Kristen Roos about Intelligent Music software from the 1980s, the lineage and connections to more modern audio tools clotmag.com/oped/intelli... @kristenroos.bsky.social

~VORTEX BLOC II~ Still image of a piece from new series :: SCAN/CYCLE :: animation created with vintage software that has been manipulated through video synthesis techniques/scan processing. https://objkt.com/asset/KT1HiMXwvr941HRya6hm6pwoA8ZvaYQkEZac/5

So great that Whole Earth and CoEvolution Quarterly are now an online archive…the Summer 1975 edition of Co-evolution Quarterly has one of the first mentions of the term PERSONAL COMPUTERS... https://wholeearth.info/p/coevolution-quarterly-summer-1975?format=spreads&index=0

Profile in The Wire Magazine’s latest issue.

Weaving today!

Music video premier on ClotMagazine ! With an interview that discusses my creative process & inspiration behind the video and albums. https://clotmag.com/news/video-premiere-kristen-roos-diablo-iii-fabrications-with-early-algorithmic-explorations