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Mixes Digest 22: Remembering Optimo’s JD Twitch
8 enduring sets from the late Keith McIvor (plus links to 20 more)
17 hrs ago
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 136: Call Super Is Tweaking Old Tools for a New Era
JR Seaton on zines, fan clubs, and their ambitious new mix CD, A Rhythm Protects Us
Sep 23
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 135: Pipe Dreams at WOS Festival
Thoughtfully curated and boasting great crowds (and food!), this Galician weekender is a must-see event.
Sep 18
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Philip Sherburne
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interviews
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FR 136: Call Super Is Tweaking Old Tools for a New Era
JR Seaton on zines, fan clubs, and their ambitious new mix CD, A Rhythm Protects Us
Sep 23
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 134: William Tyler Is Chasing Spirits at the Crossroads of Ambient and Folk
The Nashville guitarist on working with Four Tet, seeking catharsis, and cultivating a Southern strain of hauntology
Sep 16
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 131: Sam Slater on Soundtracking Life and Death on Ukraine’s Front Lines
The UK composer’s score adds emotional layers to Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka.
Aug 26
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 130: This ’90s Zine Lays Bare the Roots of U.S. Rave History
Peter Wohelski’s TRiP Magazeen is a lost snapshot of progressive electronic culture in its infancy
Aug 19
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 128: Avalon Emerson Is Saving Dance Music From Context Collapse
The perpetual emotion machinist on DJ edits, festival culture, and the anticipated return of her electro-pop project, the Charm.
Aug 5
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Philip Sherburne
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FR123: Nick León Is Putting the “Weird, Magic-Hour” Miami Back in Electronic Music
The Miami producer talks Florida psychedelia, Latin club, and staying true to himself
Jun 24
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FR 120: Sugar-Rushing With FaltyDL
The Brooklyn producer reverse-engineers hyperpop on his new Planet Mu album, Neurotica.
Jun 5
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 116: Facta & K-LONE on Wisdom Teeth’s Pivot to Minimal House
New compilation Pattern Gardening breathes life into a classic sound
May 13
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Philip Sherburne
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mixes
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Mixes Digest 22: Remembering Optimo’s JD Twitch
8 enduring sets from the late Keith McIvor (plus links to 20 more)
17 hrs ago
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 21: Six Sets, Many Moods
Disco throwbacks, classic minimal, creative manifestos and more
Aug 28
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 20: Back Roads and Unexpected Detours
Electro classics, smokers’ delights, and more
Aug 7
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 19: Out and Back
Mediterranean idyll, canny pop throwbacks, and various shades of psychedelic churn
Jul 17
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 18: Club Heat for Summer
Shapeshifting techno, atmospheric minimal, smoky trip-hop—and two bonus sets of my own
Jun 3
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 17: Wreathing, Breathing
5 exceptional sets: liquid rhythms, comedown corkscrews, ambient revelations, and more
May 8
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 16: Melting Down the Drums
Liquid techno, opalescent drum & bass, and downtempo vibes for days
Apr 11
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Philip Sherburne
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Mixes Digest 15: Floating, Flowing, Rolling
Five stellar new sets—from ambient to downtempo to 160 BPM thrills
Mar 21
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Philip Sherburne
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recommendations
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FR 133: Seasons Dissolving
Showstopping albums from Lucrecia Dalt and Nick Breinich & more new releases
Sep 10
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 132: Summer Fades
New releases from Oren Ambarchi, Fever Ray, Florian T M Zeisig, and more.
Sep 2
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FR 129: Rituals and Patterns
New releases from Raphael Rogiński, Skee Mask, Boundary, and more
Aug 12
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FR 127: Lusty Glazes
New releases from Håvard Volden, Shinichi Atobe, Ultramarine, and more
Jul 30
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 126: Dream Horizons
New albums from rRoxymore, Polygonia, John Also Bennett, and more
Jul 23
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 125: Nameless Glories and Necessary Escapes
New music from Bea Brennan, Siavash Amini, Jonny Nash, and more
Jul 15
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 122: Broken Frames and Porous Borders
Outernational sounds from Nadah El Shazly, Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad, Mark Ernestus, and more
Jun 17
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Philip Sherburne
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FR 121: Serious Symptoms
New music from Lindstrøm, Qasim Naqvi, Purelink, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, and more
Jun 10
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Philip Sherburne
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