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 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 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,…

week 101

The week where you encounter your worst fear. Secret codes embedded into Google Translate. US Central Command twitter posts videos of airstrikes. Cars that people owe…

week 99

So it turns out that when you finish your thesis and don’t have money to do anything exciting, your life becomes very boring. With that…

week 94

Basically writing to shout out Myriam Bleau and her excellent piece Soft Revolvers, which involves four giant, bespoke rotating tops, with LEDs built in.  As she sets…

fractal – the weather

Finshed a new tune: This one is 100% samples, care of my friend Charlie van Kirk and his 365 x 10 sampling project.  It’s also…

week 87

– RBMA continues to do sterling work in terms of club / dance culture. – Rhythm is not much of a thing in most DAWs, but…

week 83

– I finished the data classification part of my thesis.  I would not wish repetitive stress on my worst enemy. – The VARIATIONS radio series,…