J.D. Emmanuel is a missing note, recently re-found, a maker of strange and ethereal sounds from the early 1980s ... a post-Tangerine-Dream artist content to make small and infinite worlds of his own. A discovery: https://t.co/IOUTsxaqtI
"Currently, about 10 percent of royalty revenue went to the top 0.4 percent of artists. Under a pay-per-user policy, only 5.6 percent of revenues went to those same stars, with more revenue being distributed among musicians with fewer streams." https://t.co/qOjFqz8wFj
Watch this trailer for the newest volume in the IDES mixtape series. Global beats with a political edge and a heap of samples from today's events, yesterday's greats, and more — it's IDES 6 from DALKESH: https://t.co/2Unlh2P6IH
The new mix is live! DALKESH presents IDES 6, which is packed this time with beats and rhymes from all over the world – France, Poland, Germany, the UK — plus some wild sampling from the world of politics and art. Listen here: https://t.co/ATKZRsNcGT
An in-depth and super insightful article about streaming music, DJ-ing with streaming music, and the nature of the DJ in a post-curation, post-ownership world: https://t.co/OuIKNiWiWL
The new volume of IDES, my mixtape series, includes samples of Patti Hearst, Susan Atkins, and Mia Farrow. Women in distress, in trouble of different kinds — this is a theme across the volume that follows. Listen to the mix below: https://t.co/NnuXKhFRuT
Now you can stream and download the new IDES mixtape on Soundcloud and Mixcloud. Here are the links:
SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/NnuXKhFRuT
MIXCLOUD: https://t.co/mUY9DhxIVv
For the Monday people, please have a look at this trailer for the newest volume of my mixtape series — IDES Vol. 5 is now streaming! https://t.co/hlCn4WjTMQ
For your weekend listening pleasure, late-night meditation, morning runs, Monday commute, and for those of you generally interested in taking a little trip into the mind-movie that is my IDES mixtape series, please enjoy this new release — it's Volume 5: https://t.co/2zdBB5bu7G
Texas trio Khruangbin have announced 'Hasta El Cielo', a dub version of the 2018 album 'Con Todo El Mundo'. They’ve also shared “Mary Always,” which is a new version of “Maria También.” https://t.co/YWAU7HSqaT. Check out “Maria También” on IDES Vol. 1 at https://t.co/2zdBB5bu7G
For DJs working with digital files, news that Apple will axe iTunes in favor of Music raises the specter of file types that won't work with platforms such as Serato. Good news: rumors of iTunes' demise turn out to be somewhat exaggerated: https://t.co/1YytCGdX77
The listening bar: an absolutely appealing concept, it's been around since the 1950s (in Japan), and it's part of the underlying thesis of the IDES mix series: anonymize the DJ and foreground the selections. Visit one, if you can! Read about them here: https://t.co/Q5IvWNWoSA
Virtually vanished since 1970, Baby Grandmothers are back and their prog-gy psychedelia sounds fresh, urgent, and wigged-out as hell. Listen to the new mix and read the liner notes:
IDES Vol 4: https://t.co/2zdBB5bu7G
Liner notes: https://t.co/kw4YlBr4Hs
A treat for your Thursday night: The Cure played all of 'Disintegration' (plus some B sides and rarities) in Sydney, Australia last night. Watch the entire concert, here: https://t.co/a2s1udTzsP
From the liner notes to IDES 4: "Sister to the late River Phoenix, this track leads-off a three-song EP, 'Time Gone'...Obviously, the deep connections to Rain’s brother’s biography run…well…deep. Stipe has seldom sounded better." Hear it on the new mix: https://t.co/2zdBB5bu7G