Category: Electronic

  • #85 – Nia Archives

    #85 – Nia Archives

    I am pretty sure that I have alluded to my electronic music coming-of-age story in one of my previous bits here. With some imagination, more or less linearly: from David Guetta and Moonbootica, across Oliver Koletzki, Alle Farben, and N’to, all the way to artists like SPDFJ or Marlon Hoffstadt.  What I pretty sure did…

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  • #83 – Run The Jewels

    #83 – Run The Jewels

    Who hasn’t heard it (possibly, thought it)? “They just don’t make music like they used to” or “Music nowadays is just not good anymore”. Every time I hear something along these lines, I find that it is both irritating and motivating – what a great chance to make a case against this foolishness! People point…

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  • #79 – Brian Eno

    #79 – Brian Eno

    *Bung!* The sound, not the biological term. You know, when you sit in an airplane, and they turn the fasten seatbelts signs on or off? *bung* Airplanes and airports are interesting places. They have their own sounds, their own smell, their own particular interactions. Time becomes an abstract concept, as people come together from who…

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  • #75 – Sama’ Abdulhadi

    #75 – Sama’ Abdulhadi

    Festival season is in full swing. Probably, where you are; definitely, where I am. For weeks now, Amsterdam’s parks and event venues have been crowded with distinctly styled party-goers from near and far. If you pass by the central station on the weekends, you can spot them moving about in troves. Their often rich plumage…

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  • #54 – Róisín Murphy

    #54 – Róisín Murphy

    ‘Time is relative (to your frame of reference)’, a wise Swiss man once posed. E = mc 2 and all that jazz. You might relate when reflecting on how long you have been at Snowflake, and then cross-referencing that against the absurdly short time that LinkedIn lists in contrast. It feels a bit like the…

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  • #52 – School of Seven Bells

    #52 – School of Seven Bells

    Not that anyone asked, but: There are a number of ways that I find new music – Yes, I follow our internal #fun-music channel, then I tend to check what album reviews Pitchfork puts out each day and give a listen to those that pique my interest. Once in a while, I will have a…

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