The Future is Not Lost: On Music, Technology, and the Creation of New Worlds by Matt Bluemink

It’s finally here! The official release date for my new book The Future is Not Lost is 24th of June Continue reading →

Future Reloaded: An Interview with Matt Bluemink and Alessandro Sbordoni

XX121 is a large language model developed in 2021 by a team of researchers at Miskatonic University led by Julie Continue reading →

Empire of Sounds: Reconstructing the Japanese Pop of the 1980s

The anime Megazone 23, directed and written by Ishiguro Noboru and produced in 1985, can be cited as an example Continue reading →

Taylor Swift and Totalitarianism

The system is broken. The celebrity is brighter than the sun. Only she can decide when it is day. There’s Continue reading →

Reflections on the Death of Music Journalism

News of the mass of layoffs by Condé Nast, as well as discourse on the decline of music journalism and Continue reading →

Terminal Velocity: The Cultural Logic of the Dance Music Edit

The presence of the edit looms large in today’s UK dance music scene. Also called bootlegs, refixes and reworks, edits Continue reading →

Born in the Lost Future: Bladee and Hauntology

By Lorenzo CirnigliaroTranslated by Alessandro Sbordoni Recently my mother told me that going twenty years back in time, she would Continue reading →

The Philosophy of Jungle and New Breakcore Music: From Rufige Kru to Machine Girl

Through that time machine also known as the Internet, the jungle music of Rufige Kru (AKA Goldie), DJ Crystl, and Continue reading →