484 entries for 2021

Jacob Collier delves into music nerdery, showing how it’s possible to harmonize any note with every chord or how a diminished chord lets you modulate to anywhere.

meu amigo tigre: treta (2020)

Self-described ‘drama rock’ in Portuguese. Feels inspired by Frank Zappa sometimes. I like the diversity of complex textures on this album. There’s also birds!

Ana Vidovic: Live concert from St. Mark's, SF

An hour of classical guitar; works by Bach, Brouwer, Scarlatti, Albeniz.

Abo Sahar (أبو سهر): Moulid Kholkhal (مولد خلخال)

Arabic microtonal melodies, electronic effects, shaabi rhythms.

Abo Sahar (أبو سهر): Mizmar Abosahar

Piercing ornamented tones of a traditional music instrument that appears in some Greek music (similar to a duduk), although I think it’s synthesized here.

Abo Sahar (أبو سهر): Trobby Asly

From 2020 (2020). Featuring so-called ‘trobby music’, not sure if this is a reference to trap music, but it’s gritty, noisy, hypnotic—may give you stank face.

"no money = no value" is reductive

Basecamp landing page roast 🍗

[Roast a popular company to target their audience.]

[Help visitors feel the pain associated with a problem, and point to your offering as a solution.]

[Show visitors what to focus on instead of expecting them to imagine everything.]

[Some calls to action can be de-emphasized to guide visitors to what you truly want.]

[Highlight longevity, by showing a timeline of how long you've been at it.]

Interintellect Hostcast

You will never be alone anywhere in the world ever again because of the Interintellect

New Atheism: The Godlessness That Failed

Malachi-2:3-says-God-wants to-put-dung-on-your-face-related t-shirts, bumper stickers, keychains, and coffee mugs

How We Ditched Venture Capital and Let a Competitor Fund Our Startup

[A startup is not one idea but a thousand ideas in one direction.]

Dan Weiss: Some drums.

I just get octopus vibes watching his hands move around so fluidly.

داليا [Dalia]: اللي يمشي عادي [Elly Yemshy 3ady] (2021)

I have so much nostagia for Egypt. The ornamentation in their music has a warmth that I haven’t heard anywhere else.

Fabrice Koffy, Marika Galea, Michael Go: Le Soir

From Montréal Sound Resistance: Chapitre I (2021) builds from French spoken word to trio music, to an improvised duo with a lovely African triplet feel. The bilingual album of poetry and spoken word is made in Montreal and dedicated to the memory of George Floyd.

Pinduca: Carimbó Do Macaco

From O Rei Do Carimbó (1983). Yormidable tongue-twister from a Brazillian traditional dance form. I learned that this is the same genre as No Meio do Pitiú from #002.

Pixel Grip’s: ALPHAPUSSY

From ARENA (2021). Beatboxer’s dream and head banger.

Squarepusher x Z-MACHINES: Music For Robots (2014)

Trippy mix of atonal harmonies, jazz solos over drum-n-bass, glitchy video-game music. Sounds like something going wrong, with great precision.

Kiefer: Between Days (2021)

Glitchy, hip-hop jazz had my head boppin’ for twenty-five minutes.