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The instrument makers taking DIY music to a whole new level

What does it take to construct a modular synth? How do you turn a block of wood into a double bass? Here, four craftspeople explain why they chose to rip up the rulebooks and build their own music-making machines.

  • Vans
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

Positive Force

DC Punk Activism — “The destructive urge is also a creative urge!” Robin Bell's new documentary about DC punk activist group Positive Force reveals the radical possibilities of a subculture.

  • Activism
  • Shelley Jones

Constant Flux

Punk Without Prejudice — Constant Flux promotes great punk music and helps break a million stereotypes along the way.

  • Why I do what I do
  • Shelley Jones

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