Portuguese composer Rafael Toral is set to release his latest album, Constellation in Still Time, on Lawrence English’s Room 40 label.
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Preston Field Audio Conductor
Styles: public performance, concrète, concrete
Others: Brian Eno, Celer, Kate Carr, Nate Scheible
The blinkered history of British brutalism is one that could perhaps be reduced to a central contradiction: New horizons and brighter futures found themselves materialized in stark, imposing structures, replete with rough edges and muted colors. Of course, the modernist architecture of post-war Britain, from social housing to public spaces, now largely stands as a testament to its own failure; that is, if it even stands at all.
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♫♪ Frank Ocean - “In My Room”
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Favorite Rap Mixtapes of October 2019 Scam rap, UK drill, and a relentless indictment of damn near everything
Scam rap, UK drill, and a relentless indictment of damn near everything
With a cascade of releases spewing from the likes of DatPiff, LiveMixtapes, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud, it can be difficult to keep up with the overbearing yet increasingly vital mixtape game. In this column, we aim to immerse ourselves in this hyper-prolific world and share our favorite releases each month. The focus will primarily be on rap mixtapes — loosely defined here as free (or sometimes free-to-stream) digital releases — but we’ll keep things loose enough to branch out if/when we feel it necessary.
More about: Akai Solo, AM, Black Sand, Curren$y, Dark Lo, MAVI, Money Man, PeeWee Longway, Pink Siifu, Pipomixes, Skengdo, Trademark, Young Roddy
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♫♪ Chocolate Grinder Mix 126 - Day of the Dead: The Remake
Every other year since I started Chocolate Grinding, I’ve done a Halloween mix.
More about: Andy Koufax, billy woods, Blockhead, CARL, City, Craymen, Franco Franco, Ghostride the Drift, i.o, Jak Tripper, Joragon, King Vision Ultra, Kinlaw, Lingua Ignota, Seth Graham, Shitao, Spaghetti Blacc, The Casket Girls, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Yugen Blakrok, Zenmaster Dead
Trick or treat! Earl Sweatshirt is releasing new album Feet of Clay at midnight
This is more treat than trick, really, but Earl Sweatshirt is releasing a new album at midnight tonight! Feet of Clay is the rapper’s latest, following 2018’s incredible Some Rap Songs, and is being released via Warner Records and Earl’s Tan Cressida imprint.
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Hannah Diamond finally announces debut album Reflections, shares video for new single “Invisible”
Roughly six years ago, Hannah Diamond released the now-iconic single “Pink and Blue.” Fast-forward through over 10 more Hannah Diamond songs and now roughly 300 shitty thinkpieces on PC Music and we arrive in our present-day nightmare. The silver, diamond-encrusted lining? The multi-talented artist has announced November 22 as the release date for her long-awaited debut album, Reflections.
More about: A. G. Cook, easyFun, Hannah Diamond
John Chantler Tomorrow Is Too Late
Styles: synth, ambient, minimalism, experimental music
Others: Jason Lescalleet, James Rushford, Gaby Losoncy, M. Geddes Gengras
Culled from John Chantler’s 2018 GRM Studios residency sessions on a 1966 François Coupigny Synthesizer (restored to 14 of its original 24 modules), the artist could be forgiven if the engagement didn’t produce an oeuvre-worthy recording. Luckily, this one-time drummer/BoC fan found a way to learn the Coupigny on a modest but rigorously enthralled curve. He excels on Tomorrow Is Too Late with an artfully mixed approach of manipulation and bearing witness.
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Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) details official soundtrack for Uncut Gems, out this December on Warp
I guess it’s technically Oscar season? A 3.5 hour Martin Scorsese movie and Willem Dafoe in black and white both tell me that’s the case — but in addition to those two obvious flicks, there’s also Uncut Gems, the upcoming drama/black comedy movie directed by the Safdie brothers and starring Adam Sandler. Sandler plays an NYC jeweler with an ambiguous moral compass (a role that he was seemingly destined for), and Daniel Lopatin a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never…
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♫♪ Shygirl - “BB”
Bad boys… Shygirl’s talking ‘bout the sad boys. On “BB,” Shygirl drops the sinister vibes that crept like infected veins throughout 2018’s stunning Cruel Practice EP, but maintains the attitude and the furious yet deadpan flow. Sega Bodega’s sparkling, pointillist production somehow creates a kicked weightlessness.
On “BB,” the things Shygirl says tear you apart… EVERYTHING IS HERS.
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