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Features, talks and performances from Ableton’s events for music makers.

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LABS by Spitfire Audio: Making an Instrument from Field Recordings

Learn how to make an instrument from field recordings with LABS by Spitfire Audio.

KMRU: Spaces

First shown at Loop Create, the film KMRU: Spaces follows the artist to places that have inspired his work. Catch it now and download a selection of free field recordings made in Kenya, Uganda, Canada, Germany and France.

Perera Elsewhere: Live at Loop Create

Video of Perera Elsewhere and her trio in a live audio-visual performance captured at Loop Create in June 2021

Rachel K Collier: Making A Musical Life Online

Electronic music producer, performer and online educator Rachel K Collier reveals how she maintains her online presence now the focus on the online stage is greater than ever.

Kimbra: Expansion, Contraction, Improvisation

Singer-producer Kimbra reflects on the importance of improvising and shares an exclusive performance video

Resilience and Response: Staying Creative in Uncertain Times

Find ways to stay creative through difficult times with five discussions from Loop on ideas around resilience and response.

Loop: Five Inspiring Performances

Stay inspired with five performances from past Loop events – featuring Binkbeats, Chagall, Juana Molina, Lafawndah & Kaki King

Sebastian Mullaert: Philosophy of Improvisation

Sebastian Mullaert shows how he uses analog and digital instruments in ways that encourage spontaneity and creative flow.

Clarice Jensen and Sowall: Improvising Between the Lines

Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen joins hip hop beatmaker Sowall for an improvised set based on a small collection of pre-agreed rules.

Voice vs. Machine: A Beatboxer’s Journey

In a Performative Presentation at Loop 2017, SK Shlomo shares his bespoke Max for Live looping setup, along with the journey he took to become a world champion beatboxer and looper.

Lafawndah: Closing the Gap Between Artist and Audience

Explore the topic of non-traditional live performance with Lafawndah, along with live tracks recorded at Loop 2018 in LA.

Laura Escudé: The Art of Designing a Live Show

Laura Escudé demonstrates and discusses how she designs live shows and performances for herself and clients such as Kanye West and Bon Iver.

Start Here: How one sample spawned 800 tracks in 12 hours

Ableton challenged music makers to use one sample to create a 90 second track within 12 hours. Andrew Huang, Ebonie Smith and Nick Weiss listen to the results.

Sounds Like Tomorrow: Making Music for the Future

What does it mean when we say a particular piece of music is futuristic? Musicians Equiknoxx and Coco Solid discuss different ideas about the sounds of tomorrow with cultural theorists Simon Reynolds and Craig Schuftan - Ableton Loop

Juana Molina: From Sketches to Songs

Video of Juana Molina performing live at Ableton Loop 2018 plus an interview on improvisation, composing with loops, comedy and music.

Binkbeats: In and Out of the Loop

For many music producers, a loop is often the starting point of a new composition. But how can you give a loop-based composition structure, add tension and release, and turn it into a performance?

The sights and sounds of Loop 2018

Check out some of the highlights from the music makers summit in Los Angeles.

A/V Interchange: Performing Music with Visuals

A survey of approaches to playing music live accompanied by visuals with excerpts from Ableton Loop and numerous performance videos.

From Studio to Stage: Daedelus, Kimbra and Quantic on playing live

Daedelus, Kimbra and Quantic discuss their strategies for playing live and how they translate studio productions to stage performances.

Sougwen Chung, Daedelus, Jace Clayton, and Deantoni Parks on who inspires them

Filmed entirely at Loop 2016, this mini-documentary brings to light the unseen connections between creative individuals.

What is local? Perspectives on music-making in a hyper-connected world

With so much of our social interaction and music listening taking place online, what role does our environment and geography play in music-making practice?

Critical Sonics: Political voices in electronic music

Chino Amobi, Elysia Crampton, Peder Mannerfelt, Lotic and others weigh in on their politicaly-minded productions.

Invisible Jukebox with Gudrun Gut

Full-length video of Gudrun Gut reflecting on krautrock, punk, techno and more for The Wire’s Invisible Jukebox series.

Invisible Jukebox with Morton Subotnik

Full-length video of The Wire Magazine’s Frances Morgan in conversation with electronic music legend Morton Subotnick.

New ways to play: Four visionary designers and their instruments

Roger Linn, Stephan Schmitt, Carla Scaletti and Gerhard Behles discuss the making of the MPC, Reaktor, Kyma, and Ableton Live.

On And Off The Grid: Acoustic drummers and electronic music

Drummers Kiran Ghandi, Katharina Ernst and Zach Danziger show and discuss what they’ve learned from playing with machines.

Perspectives from Loop: Repetition, variation and sampling

Henrik Schwarz, King Britt, Hillegonda Rietveld and Recloose play tracks and discuss the role of repetition and variation in their productions.

Perspectives from Loop: New frontiers of music tech

An overview of experimental instruments and evolving performance practices that make use of today’s emergent technologies.

What we saw and heard at Loop 2017

A selection of images, insights and videos from the 2017 edition of Loop.

A look back at Loop 2016

A selection of some of our favorite images and insights from three days of Loop at Funkhaus Berlin.