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What I'm listening to today: "γ‘γγγγΌγ εζ (32ε)", Ikeguchi Laboratory, Tokyo University of Science
This is an entirely physical effect. Place two or more metronomes on a table and start them at different times. The metronomes will acoustically couple through the table and gradually interfere with each other until their oscillations move into perfect alignment.
You might have heard of this trick before! But try just listening to it. Like really listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs
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What I'm listening to today: "Weekly Beats #8 - Dustin'", Tristan Baldi
Elektron are giants in modern "DAWless" music production, a path they started onΒΉ with the pair of idiosyncratic "machine" synthesizers released starting in 2001. Here on a machinedrum with hacked firmware is a chill song for laying on a machine beach sipping coolant, watching a square sun set. Takes off once the beat comes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8AgGXOi-J4
ΒΉ I intentionally ignore the SIDStation here
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What I'm listening to today: "Jackin for beats", Ice Cube
On this track Ice Cube states an intent to steal every other rapper's beats, then follows through. Despite the claim of "jacking" Cube actually did pay for sample clearance on every beat used here, leading to a situation where 112% of this track's revenue is owed on sample royalties. If you buy this track on Apple Music, Ice Cube loses money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Vn12rvPfM
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What I'm listening to today: "γ‘γγγγΌγ εζ (32ε)", Ikeguchi Laboratory, Tokyo University of Science
This is an entirely physical effect. Place two or more metronomes on a table and start them at different times. The metronomes will acoustically couple through the table and gradually interfere with each other until their oscillations move into perfect alignment.
You might have heard of this trick before! But try just listening to it. Like really listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs
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What I'm listening to today: "Close your Eyes (Autechre Corporation Street rmx)", Anodyne
One time Autechre dropped a whole ass Funky Drummer loop on a track and it ruled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nl4GaPMcx0
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What I'm listening to today: "Jackin for beats", Ice Cube
On this track Ice Cube states an intent to steal every other rapper's beats, then follows through. Despite the claim of "jacking" Cube actually did pay for sample clearance on every beat used here, leading to a situation where 112% of this track's revenue is owed on sample royalties. If you buy this track on Apple Music, Ice Cube loses money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Vn12rvPfM
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What I'm listening to today: "severe brain damage by dominator"
This is a 1996 "octamed" modfile/tracker tune for the Amiga soundchip that simply goes as hard as it possibly can, dialing in some sort of acid sound and then slowly turning one of the knobs more and more until it actually breaks. Simultaneously a audience-pranking brainfuck and a thoughtful mix of dance genres; the drum line feels like it might be one of the "classic" breaks but I can't identify which one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsro5DpnWNA
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What I'm listening to today: "Close your Eyes (Autechre Corporation Street rmx)", Anodyne
One time Autechre dropped a whole ass Funky Drummer loop on a track and it ruled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nl4GaPMcx0
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What I'm listening to today: "Make It All Better", Neuro No Neuro
T!! ano!!!!__ !e i!!t e_s !!ur !t!en!i_!, _!y !i_!o _mpro!i!!_io!, p_a!e__! __!k t!r!u__ ! !!_!y sh!! a!k, _!_ il!u_, !_! th_!_!t !!!p_ __!!!!u!t!_! it_el_. ! s!_g!! !!ar! __ !an!!!. Do! !cr!!c!!!_ ! !! _!r tryn_ _ e! !n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBT7VkH6ekM
I enjoyed the video; this one's really nice to just stare into and try to reverse engineer the pattern (I ultimately couldn't).
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What I'm listening to today: "severe brain damage by dominator"
This is a 1996 "octamed" modfile/tracker tune for the Amiga soundchip that simply goes as hard as it possibly can, dialing in some sort of acid sound and then slowly turning one of the knobs more and more until it actually breaks. Simultaneously a audience-pranking brainfuck and a thoughtful mix of dance genres; the drum line feels like it might be one of the "classic" breaks but I can't identify which one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsro5DpnWNA
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What I'm listening to today: "Breathe", Azkyll
This is a deeply strange album consisting almost entirely of indefinable "weird noises" (mostly, I think, coming from a granular synthesizer)? This particular track is all punchy, staticky percussion with the "music" part only present as a hint or aftertaste, sounds with implied colors, Γ©tude for violent coughing fit and string quartet
https://azkyll.bandcamp.com/track/breathe
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What I'm listening to today: "Make It All Better", Neuro No Neuro
T!! ano!!!!__ !e i!!t e_s !!ur !t!en!i_!, _!y !i_!o _mpro!i!!_io!, p_a!e__! __!k t!r!u__ ! !!_!y sh!! a!k, _!_ il!u_, !_! th_!_!t !!!p_ __!!!!u!t!_! it_el_. ! s!_g!! !!ar! __ !an!!!. Do! !cr!!c!!!_ ! !! _!r tryn_ _ e! !n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBT7VkH6ekM
I enjoyed the video; this one's really nice to just stare into and try to reverse engineer the pattern (I ultimately couldn't).
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What I'm listening to today: "Ambassadors of All that is Good" β "40 Rods to the Hog's Head" β "Guy vs DC Sniper", Tera Melos
The magnum opus of Tera Melos's early instrumental-only days is this 3-track sequence. "40 Rods" is the highlight but it needs the windup and cooldown of the other two tracks. Incoherent noise slowly coalesces into gorgeous melody then dissolves back into noise. Ordo ab chao, order out of chaosβ
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/ambassadors-of-all-that-is-good
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/40-rods-to-the-hogs-head
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/guy-vs-d-c-sniper
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What I'm listening to today: "Breathe", Azkyll
This is a deeply strange album consisting almost entirely of indefinable "weird noises" (mostly, I think, coming from a granular synthesizer)? This particular track is all punchy, staticky percussion with the "music" part only present as a hint or aftertaste, sounds with implied colors, Γ©tude for violent coughing fit and string quartet
https://azkyll.bandcamp.com/track/breathe
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What I'm listening to today: "Hand of Doom", Black Sabbath
Have you ever listened to Sabbath's early stuff? They're still nailing down their sound (ie "metal") and so it's got this wild raw nature to it with currents in strange directions. I hear people describe parts of it as "blues". "Paranoid" is worth a listen in full; this track's a twisty, dynamic, genre-spanning little rock opera about drug addiction with Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025) using his entire emotional range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNIgt6yKgDM
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What I'm listening to today: "Ambassadors of All that is Good" β "40 Rods to the Hog's Head" β "Guy vs DC Sniper", Tera Melos
The magnum opus of Tera Melos's early instrumental-only days is this 3-track sequence. "40 Rods" is the highlight but it needs the windup and cooldown of the other two tracks. Incoherent noise slowly coalesces into gorgeous melody then dissolves back into noise. Ordo ab chao, order out of chaosβ
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/ambassadors-of-all-that-is-good
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/40-rods-to-the-hogs-head
https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/guy-vs-d-c-sniper
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What I'm listening to today: "Main Menu" (Mario Artist: Communication Kit), Hideaki Shimizu (Nintendo)
"Mario Artist" for the N64DD consisted of 4 separately-sold "games", of which this is the slightest and most utilitarian (a piece of modem software that let you upload and download creations from the other 3 games). It has possibly the most interesting soundtrack; it seemed to want to be unobtrusive, so it's minimal and ambient. This is a wonderful sparse techno track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmREOQxh0rU&list=PLWgMiwPdlU0WEnBTjEeCIRnf15uuvydJo&index=2
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What I'm listening to today: "Hand of Doom", Black Sabbath
Have you ever listened to Sabbath's early stuff? They're still nailing down their sound (ie "metal") and so it's got this wild raw nature to it with currents in strange directions. I hear people describe parts of it as "blues". "Paranoid" is worth a listen in full; this track's a twisty, dynamic, genre-spanning little rock opera about drug addiction with Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025) using his entire emotional range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNIgt6yKgDM