Philip Sherburne
@philipsherburne.bsky.social
Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
I wrote about the incredible new album from Jana Horn, plus Erik Hall’s pulse minimalism, Lia Kohl’s site-specific chamber music, and more futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-152-yes...
FR 152: Yesterday I Was Dreaming, Today I’m Getting Through
New music from Jana Horn, Erik Hall, Lia Kohl, and more.
futurismrestated.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I wrote about the incredible new album from Jana Horn, plus Erik Hall’s pulse minimalism, Lia Kohl’s site-specific chamber music, and more futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-152-yes...
Reposted by Philip Sherburne
Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
Wrote about Purelink’s heady new live tape pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Purelink: Live
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Wrote about Purelink’s heady new live tape pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
From Mood Hut, an insta-cop for the Chain Reaction heads pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Musicentrydelete: Selfless
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
From Mood Hut, an insta-cop for the Chain Reaction heads pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
I interviewed guitarist @shaneparish.bsky.social about his incredible new album of Autechre covers for @billorcutt.bsky.social's label futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-150-gui...
FR 150: Shane Parish on Autechre Guitar, His Improbable and Virtuosic Covers Album
An epic interview with the fingerstyle guitarist about translating silicon circuits to steel strings.
futurismrestated.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I interviewed guitarist @shaneparish.bsky.social about his incredible new album of Autechre covers for @billorcutt.bsky.social's label futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-150-gui...
I made a dub techno mix futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
Eavesdropping 2: A Dub Techno Set
Cornerstones and future classics—spanning 29 years of the genre—from Rhythm & Sound, Vladislav Delay, Ghost Dubs, and more.
futurismrestated.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I made a dub techno mix futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
Futurism Restated is back with the first post of the new year: a fascinating interview with Kara-Lis Coverdale (@k-lc.bsky.social), who spoke in depth about the three albums she released on Smalltown Supersound last year futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-149-kar...
FR 149: Kara-Lis Coverdale on Dirt, Heat, and Otherworldly Sounds
After a long break, the Canadian musician is back—and more productive than ever.
futurismrestated.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Futurism Restated is back with the first post of the new year: a fascinating interview with Kara-Lis Coverdale (@k-lc.bsky.social), who spoke in depth about the three albums she released on Smalltown Supersound last year futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-149-kar...
Reposted by Philip Sherburne
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Today's serendipitous transcription-app error: "audible product" in place of "Arvo Pärt"
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Today's serendipitous transcription-app error: "audible product" in place of "Arvo Pärt"
Fuck, and I cannot emphasize this enough, AI www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs.
A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fuck, and I cannot emphasize this enough, AI www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
For the last newsletter of the year I interviewed Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Radio futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-148-ast...
FR 148: Astral Traveling With Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space
Five years after moving from WFMU to Apple Music, his long-running radio show is thriving.
futurismrestated.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
For the last newsletter of the year I interviewed Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Radio futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-148-ast...
Hot on the heels of my Best of 2025 post, one more Mixes Digest for the year, with five killer mixes to ease your path through the holiday season futurismrestated.substack.com/p/mixes-dige...
Mixes Digest 24: Two Mellow Sets and Three Kinda Banging Ones
Downbeat repose, dub-techno drift, ’90s minimal, and more.
futurismrestated.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hot on the heels of my Best of 2025 post, one more Mixes Digest for the year, with five killer mixes to ease your path through the holiday season futurismrestated.substack.com/p/mixes-dige...
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Slightly randomly rediscovered Susumu Yokota's albums at the weekend (while tidying) - hadn't played in an age and had forgotten how beautiful and beguiling they were. Missed there'd been a retrospective - a lovely, insightful @philipsherburne.bsky.social review here: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Susumu Yokota: Skintone Edition Volume 1
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Slightly randomly rediscovered Susumu Yokota's albums at the weekend (while tidying) - hadn't played in an age and had forgotten how beautiful and beguiling they were. Missed there'd been a retrospective - a lovely, insightful @philipsherburne.bsky.social review here: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Honored to see this record turn up in John's excellent year-end list! Stephen, Brendan, and Hahn are in some very good company here indeed
5/ Second by Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty & Hahn Rowe. Stellar Ambarchi/Ghosted-style project. Rhythmic Rhodes one of my tracks of the year sounds *very* loosely like Fugazi in dub. balmat.bandcamp.com/album/second...
Second, by Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, Hahn Rowe
9 track album
balmat.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Honored to see this record turn up in John's excellent year-end list! Stephen, Brendan, and Hahn are in some very good company here indeed
For my last major piece of 2025, I wrote about @ad93rec.bsky.social as @pitchfork.com's label of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Label of the Year: AD 93
Daring, heartfelt, and unpredictable, the London label has released some of the best music of the year. We talk to its founder, Nic Tasker, about the evolution of the singular AD 93 sound, and how eve...
pitchfork.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For my last major piece of 2025, I wrote about @ad93rec.bsky.social as @pitchfork.com's label of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
I wrote about my 30 favorite albums of the year (plus 45 more) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
The Best Albums of 2025
Did someone say something about abundance?
futurismrestated.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wrote about my 30 favorite albums of the year (plus 45 more) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
Just opened a Google doc I closed last night. I must have been having a stroke or something because this was one of the last things I typed
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Just opened a Google doc I closed last night. I must have been having a stroke or something because this was one of the last things I typed
More like "American Can't-O"
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More like "American Can't-O"
Hats off to @residentadvisor.bsky.social for this massively ambitious undertaking. (I wrote about Ricardo Villalobos.) Some really fine writing here, and the selection is top notch, a fittingly dynamic representation of the past 25 years. ra.co/features/4481
The Best Electronic Tracks of 2000-25 · Feature ⟋ RA
2000-25: The Best Electronic Tracks, Records and Mixes of the 21st Century.
ra.co
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hats off to @residentadvisor.bsky.social for this massively ambitious undertaking. (I wrote about Ricardo Villalobos.) Some really fine writing here, and the selection is top notch, a fittingly dynamic representation of the past 25 years. ra.co/features/4481
Many thanks to @tddvsss.bsky.social and @bandcamp.com for including Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland's Balmat album in their list of 2025's best ambient music. Honored to find ourselves in such fine company daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
The Best Ambient Albums of 2025
Our guide to the year’s crucial ambient LPs.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Many thanks to @tddvsss.bsky.social and @bandcamp.com for including Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland's Balmat album in their list of 2025's best ambient music. Honored to find ourselves in such fine company daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
Can't believe we're actually making this happen: Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, and Hahn Rowe — creators of Balmat 16, "Second" — are bringing the live trio to Barcelona's CaixaForum on February 27. Tickets just 10€! Info here caixaforum.org/es/barcelona...
Vitiello, Canty, Rowe y Espacio Vacío | Conciertos y espectáculos | CaixaForum Barcelona
Primera actuación en España del trío, quienes presentarán su último trabajo, Second. Previamente, a partir de las 19.30 h en la cafetería, DJ set de Espacio Vacío.
caixaforum.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Can't believe we're actually making this happen: Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, and Hahn Rowe — creators of Balmat 16, "Second" — are bringing the live trio to Barcelona's CaixaForum on February 27. Tickets just 10€! Info here caixaforum.org/es/barcelona...
Reposted by Philip Sherburne
Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
Reposted by Philip Sherburne
I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
As I note in the introduction to the mix I posted yesterday, the final track is a real curveball: a cover of Autechre’s “Yulquen” by fingerstyle guitarist Shane Parish. (You may recall his Aphex Twin cover on last year's REPERTOIRE.)
futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
Eavesdropping 1: A Mix for Subscribers
A woozy ambient set featuring Raica, Jeremy Hyman, Mor Elian, Carlos Giffoni, and more.
futurismrestated.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As I note in the introduction to the mix I posted yesterday, the final track is a real curveball: a cover of Autechre’s “Yulquen” by fingerstyle guitarist Shane Parish. (You may recall his Aphex Twin cover on last year's REPERTOIRE.)
futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
