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The New Opium for the Masses? Social Media is Way More Sinister Than That

Elon Musk’s ongoing preoccupation with the notion of everyday Joes overtaking legacy media invariably calls to mind an interview I saw with David Foster Wallace, in

Who Has The Right To Closure?

Interview with Skander Jaïbi of Uncloud Editions

Closure promises finality, yet what it delivers is only the semblance of an ending, a mirage that dissolves into the irreducible openness of life and art. Skander

The Quiet Meaning Found In Repetition

Interview with Benoît Pioulard

I recently had the pleasure of engaging in a deeply reflective conversation with Michigan native Thomas Meluch — better known as Benoît Pioulard — an artist who, for over two

How To Disappear Into Sound

Interview with Aimée Portioli of Grand River

Grand River — the Dutch-Italian composer Aimée Portioli — crafts sonic environments where human and elemental forces are indistinguishable. In this conversation, we delve into the philosophical underpinnings

Synthesizing the Art of the Struggle

What does it look like when the perennially warring forces of power, beauty, and transcendence forge a basis of aesthetic expression? Can such a transformation truly occur, and what might it reveal — what

‘Even when the body is broken, a certain inner strength emerges’

Interview with Markus Guentner 

With a career spanning more than two decades, German artist Markus Guentner has established himself as a prolific and ever-steady voice in the ambient-electronic scene,

Your Playlist For These Times of Uncertainty

It was Zbigniew Brzezinski who, in his most incendiary statements in the now (in-)famous The Grand Chessboard, suggested that the projected New World Order, fragmenting into an abyssal sea of interconnected ideologies

‘All Art Carries Political Dimensions’

Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri

Few artists command as solid a presence as Rafael Anton Irisarri. The prolific New York-based producer, engineer, and sound designer boasts an expansive body of work built on deep sonic

The Pervasive Uncertainty of Our Contemporary Sense of Being

Alexander's story in the world of experimental sound design spans nearly three decades, tracing a steady musical trajectory. Since 1997, his fervent engagement with digital audio workstations (DAWs hereafter) has led

Seeking Off-Planet Experiences through the Metaphysics of Sound 

As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of the metaphysical realms of sound and a semi-professional ponderer on the discursive musings of great Western philosophers, I’m finding myself increasingly ensconced in the swirling mists that

‘Be in as deep a conversation with your creativity as you can handle’

Interview with Karen Vogt

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the multi-talented Karen Vogt, a prominent figure in the ambient and experimental music scenes. Lauded

Today is a Good Day to Die

Through the medium of a uniquely melodic minimalism, the Japanese artist known as Kukan Effect champions the beauty of simplicity, proving that profound musical experiences can be birthed from the most modest of

We live in an age of digital intimacy and real isolation

It shouldn't come as news to anyone that the sister genres of shoegaze and dreampop, once relegated to the alternative fringes of the late '80s and early '90s British

We Are Alone, Thus Affirming the Nietzschean Vision

Within the mercurial gauge of modern civilisation, we can discern through a probing lens the eerie echoes of the 'last man,' a concept engendered from the profound depths of Nietzsche’s illustrious philosophical

Sonic Fiction is a Vessel for Collective Catharsis

Sonic Fiction is a term that conjures images of musical landscapes as fertile and varied as the literary worlds of McCarthy or Camus, and rightfully so. Chiefly an auditory venture, as the

Navigating the Existential Abyss of Soundscape’s Musicians

In the shimmering dawn of the digital era, a curious transformation has overtaken the landscape of the musical realm. A paradigm shift, a sonorous revolution, or perhaps a soulful revelation - it is