Kieran Press-Reynolds churns out some more:
a piece on the "influencer horror videogame" Content Warning for New York Times
interview with Justice for GQ
an overview of a new genre of ambient rap for Nina
tasters for the latter:
"iokera helped define the scene’s sound by emphasizing naturalistic elements (“rhythmic foliage”) like bug noises and ASMR sounds.... Listening to iokera’s track “vines”... it feels like you’re lying down in a butterfly vivarium, being gently nibbled by sweet insects."
"cutspace is obsessed with writing systems, from engravings and graffiti across New York to Cuneiform and ancient scripts. Online, he presents himself as something like a fried academic, writing about his work recovering “long-decommissioned audio munitions” and describing his page as a research institute dedicated to asemics, or language that doesn’t have a meaning"
A mix that juxtaposes tracks from the scene with precursors and influences
New York-based DJ & producer umru invites New York-based researcher .cutspace to present his latest findings following extensive investigations into the lurid glyphics emerging across the city, using on-the-ground fieldwork and an assessment of the existing and relevant research matter to achieve a better understanding of what’s going on. Sources referenced include Steve Reich, A. G. Cook & Moh Baretta.
.cutspace & viznode — ID
Steve Reich — It’s Gonna Rain
Alexander Panos — ID
.cutspace & umru — ID
Fatshaudi — Emptyo Heart You Love
Keith Rowe — The Room (Extract)
margo proxy — Agor; loaves
MOH BARETTA — ID (prod. .cutspace)
alva noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto — reverso
heoliene — i11: deep storage
.cutspace — ID
kindohn — DELETE malone
xang — wit my homie (prod. felix + .cutspace)
Tiago Benzinho — El Sueño Americano | Wild Swans Shall Never Be Conquered
Young Thug — RiRi
Steve Reich — Drumming, Pt. 1
Tim Hecker — The Work of Art in the Age of Cultural Overproduction
Brian Eno — By This River
Bb Trickz — Llorando en la prada
Nosaj Thing & Jacques Greene — Too Close (feat. Ouri)
Speaker Knockerz — Dap You Up
A. G. Cook — Britpop
umru & .cutspace — ID
umru & Empress Of — ID
Life Without Buildings — The Leanover (A. G. Cook edit)
bloody shield — allofasudden (500 edit)
umru — ID
blankfac3 — # _Pai (prod. o0o & umru)
Jewelssea — _Destination Unknown
umru & .cutspace — ID
Shabjdeed — Nasheed
RealYungPhil — Can’t Hack It (Gud)
LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) — FRIDAY (umru dirge)
I found one of the groups Kieran wrote about, Shed Theory, pretty intriguing. It's technically hip-hop, but every element is disintegrating to the point where it's falling apart. The lyrics are impossible to make out, like they took "mumble rap" as aspirational.
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