Longform: A Spectre is Haunting Electronic Music
Marx would surely have loved the club, but would have been aghast at the economic conditions therein.
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Words With: Ani Phoebe
Hong Kong, pop-up vending, records as journaling, cultural currency, sustainability, retail as cooperative ecosystem.
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Now Listening: A New Industrial Roundup
For New Industrial artists and labels, the refusal to be categorized is the category.
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Words With: Autechre, Vol. 2 (2015)
The complete transcript of my 2015 conversation with Autechre, published for the first time—in two parts.
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Words With: Autechre, Vol. 1 (2015)
The complete transcript of my 2015 conversation with Autechre, published for the first time—in two parts.
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Look Back: A Ghost in the Machine (an Autechre feature from 2015)
A nearly 10-year old feature on Autechre—with the complete interview transcript to follow.
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Longform: The New Industrial
Or why Dean Blunt might be the truest spiritual successor to Throbbing Gristle.
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Words With: Simon Popp & Polygonia
Collaboration, musical backgrounds, Ableton vs. hardware, alternative percussion instruments, spontaneity, techno-jazz intersections, Munich and the midsize-city advantage.
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Now Listening: Black Decelerant, Lara Sarkissian, Darlynn, Geier aus Stahl, Hotspring
Meditative jazz textures, filmic soundscapes, sunny vocal-led house music, funky machine music, ambient-ish songwriting with dub sensibility.
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Look Back: CS + Kreme – "Snoopy"
Déjà vu, haunted-romance R&B, lysergic downtempo, occult sensibility, "The Wicker Man," Coil.
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Longform: Exiting the Vampire Algorithm
A defense of human-led music discovery in the digital age—with apologies to Mark Fisher.
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Words With: Cone Shape Top
Bay Area-Philly-NYC rave history, hiddenness vis-à-vis intentionality, artistic collaboration, community building, alternative commerce.
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