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Max Alper

Max Alper is a musician, educator, and writer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a professor of audio production and sound studies at Atlantic University College in Guaynabo, as well as the founder and executive director of Sonic Arts For All, a 501c3 non-profit focusing on music technology education for K-12 and special needs students. He composes live ambient music and acousmatic collages under the alias Mishpokhe Klang.


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  • The Best Guitar Music in the World Is Coming from Agadez

    The Best Guitar Music in the World Is Coming from Agadez

    It was late 2009 when I got my first taste of Agadez. Searching a relatively primitive YouTube for new music to explore for an ethnomusicology class, I came across a four-minute clip that would change my perspective on the electric guitar for years to come. Recorded in 2004 by Sublime Frequencies founder Hisham Mayet, the…

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  • Nothing Compares 2 Prince: The Songs That Blew Our Minds

    Prince is gone. Honestly, I’m still tongue-tied. As is the case for most musicians I know, Prince has been an unwavering pillar of my musical life. Maybe the only one, in fact. For my wedding, all my friends recorded themselves singing “Purple Rain,” which my sister- and brother-in-law mashed up with the real song and…

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