We’re writing from our studio in Boston with a few updates from recent weeks. There’s a sharpness in the air lately—a sense of imbalance in power, a turning away from care, and a failure to honor the strength found in our differences. These moments remind us why we keep showing up—to make art, to stay rooted in community, and to work with purpose for a more just and connected world.

In this post studio cofounder and principal Ryan Edwards explores how that quote from Pierre Schaeffer, the papa of “musique concrète” travels through the last 70 years to today, through hardware and up the recent work of our studio.