Music
Remembering Achim Szepanski, Mille Plateaux founder and dissident
We’ve just learned of the passing of Achim Szepanski, founder of Mille Plateaux and Force Inc. labels, icon of glitch, “Clicks + Cuts,” and a visionary beacon of experimentalism across Germany and internationally. And just as importantly, a dissident. Here is a collection of remembrances in English and German.
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Mayss “On this Land” video, inner stillness, Mike Banks, David Lynch
Against a backdrop of daily horror across the Levant, there are voices like Mayss from Jordan. Her video “On This Land” accompanies the compilation for Palestine I covered earlier this summer. Now is also a time to discover her far-reaching mixing and podcasting work, including conversations with David Lynch and Underground Resistance co-founder Mike Banks. And now may truly be a time for inner stillness.
SOPHIE is international Google Doodle today on her birthday
September 17, 2024, would have been hyper pop legend Sophie Xenon’s 38th birthday. Just over three years after her death, Google has put her in the spotlight internationally on its “Doodle” on the search engine’s homepage—hopefully a chance for folks to discover or rediscover her music, which seems more prescient than ever.
Betty Apple, sci-fi, mermaids, volcanoes, techno, time travel: album + interview
Peter Kirn - June 25, 2024
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