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goddamnit
Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.
Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled | TechCrunch
Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
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John Zorn's Electric Masada
At The Mountains Of Madness Turns 20
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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
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What a legacy. It’s positively thrilling – particularly in comparison with the spinelessness and conservative functionalism of higher ed today
Cage’s “Experimental Composition” and Other New School Curricular Treasures
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
wordsinspace.net
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What a legacy. It’s positively thrilling – particularly in comparison with the spinelessness and conservative functionalism of higher ed today
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Mamoru Oshii’s rendering of Ghost In The Shell is 30 today. This is a film that has lived inside me, and its themes are something I have visited, and revisited, through various periods of my work. I had the pleasure to interview the film’s composer Kenji Kawai.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mamoru Oshii’s rendering of Ghost In The Shell is 30 today. This is a film that has lived inside me, and its themes are something I have visited, and revisited, through various periods of my work. I had the pleasure to interview the film’s composer Kenji Kawai.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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Do you want to hear me talk for a bit about the forthcoming Soft Pink Truth album from our basement studio? Your wish is granted! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJW...
The Soft Pink Truth on "Mere Survival Is Not Enough"
YouTube video by Thrill Jockey Records
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November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Do you want to hear me talk for a bit about the forthcoming Soft Pink Truth album from our basement studio? Your wish is granted! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJW...
Those SYR introduced me to so many important artists back in the day
On the headphones now...
Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive.
kimgordonikuemoridjolive.bandcamp.com/album/syr5
Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive.
kimgordonikuemoridjolive.bandcamp.com/album/syr5
SYR5, by Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive
11 track album
kimgordonikuemoridjolive.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Those SYR introduced me to so many important artists back in the day
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please be for real right now.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
please be for real right now.
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The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
Professor Skye is so corny. I really dislike the shift to video “criticism.” I know the kids want video but they also want sugar. They don’t know what’s good for them.
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Professor Skye is so corny. I really dislike the shift to video “criticism.” I know the kids want video but they also want sugar. They don’t know what’s good for them.
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Delighted to see the great review of the new #Errorgrid compilation .XOR on the ever excellent @acloserlisten.bsky.social
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🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
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🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
Errorgrid ~ .XOR
The future of instrumental industrial music continues to be safe in the hands of the Errorgrid imprint. .XOR unites five artists for a compilation that investigates what it means to hold on to one…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Delighted to see the great review of the new #Errorgrid compilation .XOR on the ever excellent @acloserlisten.bsky.social
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/15/e...
🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/15/e...
🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
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new review for Cicada's new album Gazing Shades of White by A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 🙏
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Cicada ~ Gazing the Shades of White
After Seeking the Sources of Streams, Cicada is now tracing the paths left by glaciers, Gazing the Shades of White. Their journey takes them from Greenland’s Ilulissat fjord to Iceland’…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
new review for Cicada's new album Gazing Shades of White by A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 🙏
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if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
Critical Listening podcast live at SUNY Purchase this Thursday night!
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Critical Listening podcast live at SUNY Purchase this Thursday night!
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New Rosalia and Charli + Cale this past week makes me think we’re going to see the pop tides continue to turn towards the weird and uniquely self-defined in the face of genAI sonic wallpaper. Taylor Swift should’ve collaborated with Laurie Anderson on the new LP 🤦♂️
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New Rosalia and Charli + Cale this past week makes me think we’re going to see the pop tides continue to turn towards the weird and uniquely self-defined in the face of genAI sonic wallpaper. Taylor Swift should’ve collaborated with Laurie Anderson on the new LP 🤦♂️
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Listen again: a closer listen / 09th November 2025
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Listen again: a closer listen / 09th November 2025
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
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In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
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This week, in honor of Armand Hammer and the Alchemist's new record MERCY, a selection of tracks featuring ELUCID and billy woods from non Armand Hammer records.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week, in honor of Armand Hammer and the Alchemist's new record MERCY, a selection of tracks featuring ELUCID and billy woods from non Armand Hammer records.
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6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
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Sunday! (2 of 2)
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
*⏰CET
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Sunday! (2 of 2)
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
*⏰CET
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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This nickname discourse has got to be a cultural thing right
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This nickname discourse has got to be a cultural thing right