A CLOSER LISTEN
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dedicated to instrumental and experimental music. info at acloserlisten dot com // Sound Propositions podcast
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(account managed by @josephsannicandro.bsky.social)
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Great to see this best of the year nod for Fatboi Sharif & Driveby in the WIRE's year end issue, from Mosi Reeves!
If you don't have the album yet, why wait any longer?
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If you don't have the album yet, why wait any longer?
shop.deathbombarc.com/collections/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Great to see this best of the year nod for Fatboi Sharif & Driveby in the WIRE's year end issue, from Mosi Reeves!
If you don't have the album yet, why wait any longer?
shop.deathbombarc.com/collections/...
If you don't have the album yet, why wait any longer?
shop.deathbombarc.com/collections/...
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zwaard instrumentals 🕺🏻 vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com/album/zwaard...
zwaard instrumentals, by Vladislav Delay
14 track album
vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:03 AM
zwaard instrumentals 🕺🏻 vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com/album/zwaard...
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David Grubbs, Wendy Eisenberg, and Kramer's 'Skantagio' captures three acclaimed musos improvising with electric guitars in real time. The trio discusses friendship within the creative process, the value of getting lost, and the art of protesting quietly.
Lost in the Quiet Revolt of Squanderers:
Lost in the Quiet Revolt of Squanderers:
Lost in the Quiet Revolt of Squanderers | The Tonearm
David Grubbs, Wendy Eisenberg, and Kramer's 'Skantagio' captures three acclaimed musos improvising with electric guitars in real time. The trio discusses friendship within the creative process, the value of getting lost, and the art of protesting quietly.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
David Grubbs, Wendy Eisenberg, and Kramer's 'Skantagio' captures three acclaimed musos improvising with electric guitars in real time. The trio discusses friendship within the creative process, the value of getting lost, and the art of protesting quietly.
Lost in the Quiet Revolt of Squanderers:
Lost in the Quiet Revolt of Squanderers:
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15 hip hop records and 40 under the radar picks waiting for you below
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #96
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
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Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
open.substack.com/pub/acloserl...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #96
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
15 hip hop records and 40 under the radar picks waiting for you below
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #96
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
open.substack.com/pub/acloserl...
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
open.substack.com/pub/acloserl...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #96
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #96
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
open.substack.com/pub/acloserl...
Fall Mini-Reviews Marathon
55 picks to luxuriate in
open.substack.com/pub/acloserl...
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So cynical how AI music corps are using accessibility in their marketing language, just as streaming platforms use democratization. These corporations are stripping music of value and musicians of our livelihood. Financialization is not punk rock
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So cynical how AI music corps are using accessibility in their marketing language, just as streaming platforms use democratization. These corporations are stripping music of value and musicians of our livelihood. Financialization is not punk rock
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Crazy to think Tower Records had a Frank Gehry designed five-story building in Boston at one point 😱
buildingsofnewengland.com/2023/07/28/t...
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Tower Records Building // 1918 & 1986
New England is home to just three projects by world-renowned (and sometimes maligned) architect Frank Gehry. To me, architecture is best when it makes you stop, look, critique, and comment on it. A…
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Crazy to think Tower Records had a Frank Gehry designed five-story building in Boston at one point 😱
buildingsofnewengland.com/2023/07/28/t...
buildingsofnewengland.com/2023/07/28/t...
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"When he glanced at the tape, he saw the iron oxide flaking off, that he was catalyzing the very process he hoped to pre-empt. He let it happen for nearly an hour, then repeated the process with five more loops."
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life
The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"When he glanced at the tape, he saw the iron oxide flaking off, that he was catalyzing the very process he hoped to pre-empt. He let it happen for nearly an hour, then repeated the process with five more loops."
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life (gift link):
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Listen again: a closer listen / 23rd November 2025
Playing tracks by Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Tortoise, Jilk, Late Aster, Demsky and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
Playing tracks by Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Tortoise, Jilk, Late Aster, Demsky and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Listen again: a closer listen / 23rd November 2025
Playing tracks by Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Tortoise, Jilk, Late Aster, Demsky and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
Playing tracks by Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Tortoise, Jilk, Late Aster, Demsky and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
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6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best new instrumental & experimental sounds. Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes the latest new releases, showcasing records reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
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The best new instrumental & experimental sounds. Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes the latest new releases, showcasing records reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
*⏰CET
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best new instrumental & experimental sounds. Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes the latest new releases, showcasing records reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
*⏰CET
The best new instrumental & experimental sounds. Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes the latest new releases, showcasing records reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
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Sunday!
listen.camp
10-11am: Modern Jetset
@irisberkeley.bsky.social
11am-1pm Radio van Horen Zeggen
4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe
@londonpete99.bsky.social
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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listen.camp
10-11am: Modern Jetset
@irisberkeley.bsky.social
11am-1pm Radio van Horen Zeggen
4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe
@londonpete99.bsky.social
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Sunday!
listen.camp
10-11am: Modern Jetset
@irisberkeley.bsky.social
11am-1pm Radio van Horen Zeggen
4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe
@londonpete99.bsky.social
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
*⏰CET
listen.camp
10-11am: Modern Jetset
@irisberkeley.bsky.social
11am-1pm Radio van Horen Zeggen
4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe
@londonpete99.bsky.social
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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I am a one man music school. It is exhausting but I am good at it. Your participation and support are what makes it happen. You can still sign up for the Field Recording Field Trip and listen to today’s lecture to catch up.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I am a one man music school. It is exhausting but I am good at it. Your participation and support are what makes it happen. You can still sign up for the Field Recording Field Trip and listen to today’s lecture to catch up.
First listen to the new De La, album intro with Giancarlo Esposito is more poignant than I expected. “Is there a Dave here? Dave…?” 😢
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
First listen to the new De La, album intro with Giancarlo Esposito is more poignant than I expected. “Is there a Dave here? Dave…?” 😢
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"Zuydervelt and Gregov’s original score for FLUX is as unpredictable as that first circus, rolling into a wagon town, restoring a sense of wonder to dancer and audience alike."
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@acloserlisten.bsky.social
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@acloserlisten.bsky.social
Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov ~ FLUX (music for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim)
Rutger Zuydervelt has been extremely active this season, releasing a series of solo and collaborative works across multiple genres. FLUX sees the artist returning to the fruitful collaboration wit…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"Zuydervelt and Gregov’s original score for FLUX is as unpredictable as that first circus, rolling into a wagon town, restoring a sense of wonder to dancer and audience alike."
tinyurl.com/4rt6kfw5
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4rt6kfw5
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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Read on for my chat with Dennis and loads of shout-outs @moonbuilding.bsky.social @acloserlisten.bsky.social @electronicsound.bsky.social @scannerdot.com @fieldswefound.bsky.social and more
quietdetails.substack.com/p/36-q-and-a...
Much love and have a good weekend
Alex
#36 #quietdetails #music
quietdetails.substack.com/p/36-q-and-a...
Much love and have a good weekend
Alex
#36 #quietdetails #music
36 Q&A today - background and in the studio
Last day of half-price
quietdetails.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Read on for my chat with Dennis and loads of shout-outs @moonbuilding.bsky.social @acloserlisten.bsky.social @electronicsound.bsky.social @scannerdot.com @fieldswefound.bsky.social and more
quietdetails.substack.com/p/36-q-and-a...
Much love and have a good weekend
Alex
#36 #quietdetails #music
quietdetails.substack.com/p/36-q-and-a...
Much love and have a good weekend
Alex
#36 #quietdetails #music
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A cool review of 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album by @loulayorke.bsky.social (Loula Yorke) over at @acloserlisten.bsky.social.
"Loula Yorke’s Hydrology is an effortlessly flowing universe of modular synthesis".
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"Loula Yorke’s Hydrology is an effortlessly flowing universe of modular synthesis".
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Loula Yorke ~ Hydrology
Loula Yorke’s Hydrology is an effortlessly flowing universe of modular synthesis. Deeply rooted in the essence of water as a starting point, the six pieces on the album explore fluidity in differen…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A cool review of 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album by @loulayorke.bsky.social (Loula Yorke) over at @acloserlisten.bsky.social.
"Loula Yorke’s Hydrology is an effortlessly flowing universe of modular synthesis".
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/20/l...
"Loula Yorke’s Hydrology is an effortlessly flowing universe of modular synthesis".
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/20/l...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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goddamnit
Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.
Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled | TechCrunch
Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
goddamnit
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John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
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John Zorn's Electric Masada
At The Mountains Of Madness Turns 20
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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
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What a legacy. It’s positively thrilling – particularly in comparison with the spinelessness and conservative functionalism of higher ed today
Cage’s “Experimental Composition” and Other New School Curricular Treasures
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
wordsinspace.net
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What a legacy. It’s positively thrilling – particularly in comparison with the spinelessness and conservative functionalism of higher ed today
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Mamoru Oshii’s rendering of Ghost In The Shell is 30 today. This is a film that has lived inside me, and its themes are something I have visited, and revisited, through various periods of my work. I had the pleasure to interview the film’s composer Kenji Kawai.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mamoru Oshii’s rendering of Ghost In The Shell is 30 today. This is a film that has lived inside me, and its themes are something I have visited, and revisited, through various periods of my work. I had the pleasure to interview the film’s composer Kenji Kawai.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...