K Wata + E Wata: At the cutting edge
Two New York artists pushing the sound of American bass music to its farthest reaches.
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Bay Area duo Phipps Pt. on iteration, collaboration, and psychedelic folk
Lovage Sharrock and Jon Leidecker discuss Bay Area experimental music history, '70s French experimental folk music, and the challenge (and the joy) of developing a genuine collaborative process.
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Intergenerational electronics: Spacetime Continuum & Cahl Sel
A longform interview on Cahl Sel's new album, Reflective Records, live performance, West Coast rave history, and more.
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Orphx: Three decades of rhythm 'n noise
Canadian artists Rich Oddie & Christina Sealey have collided industrial music with techno's rhythmic frontiers for 32 years running.
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Words With Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Root Strata, the San Francisco Scene, and Music as Gift
The roots of Root Strata and its S.F. scene; the genesis of "Gift Songs"; ambient music as phenomenon; the creative process.
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Words With: James Whipple (Hesaitix, M.E.S.H.)
Musical hiatuses, production flow, artistic growth, connecting with listeners, doing your own thing.
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Words With: Kiernan Laveaux
Growing up queer and trans in Ohio; DJing as an artform; music as a communal force and conduit for love and joy.
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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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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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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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Words With: Cone Shape Top
Bay Area-Philly-NYC rave history, hiddenness vis-à-vis intentionality, artistic collaboration, community building, alternative commerce.