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Tim Rutherford-Johnson
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Listener, CFer, wordmonger. Written books about new music; trying to write one about Schubert.
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Bonus issue klaxon! Purposeful Listening 2a dropping this Wednesday, 12:30GMT. purlis.substack.com
A variegated rhododendron bush, light from the right highlighting the interplay of branches and leaves. Overlaid text read Purposeful Listening 2a, Moment/decay, energy/frame, algorithm/emotio. Available November 12th, 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Remember, remember
The Fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason, and a conversation about female vocality in new music.

New issue of Purposeful Listening drops tomorrow.
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Singer Stephanie Lamprea stands in a recording studio booth, lights reflecting on the glass around her. Text overlay reads 'Purposeful Listening 2: An interview with Stephanie Lamprea, about digital vocality, embodiment and new music.'
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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I may need to invest in some new shelf space though
The same book, photographed from the side. It is very thick.
October 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Thrilled to have received my copy of this bad boy today, and to have made my own small contribution
A hardback copy of The Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Though if anyone is to blame it's this guy.
A large apple tree
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Probably should have started on this sooner.
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Used to be this before they went bust.
Johannes Vermeer's painting, The Little Street
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM