2014: albums of the year

Objekt – Flatland [Pan] To quote a good friend of mine in IRC, “what is happening”. FKA twigs – LP1 [Young Turks] Well, what is…

2014: sets of the year

Jam City – EARTHLY III Because it has such a sense of itself, of chromed-out Ballardian futures. Daniele Baldelli – Beats in Space, August 2014….

week 106

I also have lots of catching up to do, to say nothing of 2014 year-ends. – The bar optimizer:  Graph theory meets drink mixing. –…

academia

I have opinions about academia.  Here are some of them: – Money.  There needs to be more of it.  This is not a new sentiment,…

there’s that sun again

Happy solstice, one and all.

week 105

– I got a paper about Xenakis accepted by CIM 2014, which is happening right now!  Thanks to the musicologists for trusting a programmer to know…

week 104

– E-Stonia, of course.  Anyone one who wants to predict the future should visit Estonia at least as much as they visit, say, San Francisco….

week 103

Job interviews remain super weird. Why do we bother making digital instruments again, when stuff like this is out there? Slow Games. RBMA’s talks are again…

For Various Artists

So I was super-duper broke for most of the year, which precluded me buying much music, which precluded me recording very many DJ sets. So,…

week 102

It has been a heavy few days.  Let’s talk about about what is good.  The Meet The Composer podcast series, by the seemingly tireless Nadia Sirota,…