Shawn Reynaldo

I write the @_FirstFloor newsletter, talk on @dublabes radio and help run @buymusicclub. My book 'First Floor Vol. 1' is out now on @PressVelocity.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

ANNOUNCEMENT:
I'm starting a newsletter where I'll share my favorite new electronic music, along with thoughts about the tunes / scene / industry / etc. It's called @_FirstFloor and the first issue is going out in a few hours. Feel free to subscribe here: https://t.co/BX3ZNGm7l3

[Nina @ninaprotocol]

For this month’s edition of Second Floor, @ShawnReynaldo explores the long-germinating “new school” of jungle music, which is maybe not all that new, actually.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

No paywall on this for the next 24 hours. Link in the usual spot. Definitely give this one a read.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever talked to an artist about the lingering effects of their traumatic brain injury. Kudos to @ayescold for both the honesty and vulnerability she brought to this interview.

[First Floor @_FirstFloor]

Long before "Latin club" became dance music's hottest hype, Colombia's @julianna_808 was turning out dancefloors on multiple continents—and doing it with hard-to-classify, genre-busting sounds.

She applied that same sensibility to her guest recommendation in today's First Floor.

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After many years of making top-shelf techno as Shifted, @driftingover adopted a new name (Carrier) and started making some thrillingly unconventional tunes. He honestly sounds better than ever, and today he's contributed a guest recommendation to the latest First Floor mailout.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

The upcoming book from @embot is quite unlike most dance music titles, and is primarily set in the Bushwick scene during a time of mass political and social upheaval. She told me about that and more in an interview for @_FirstFloor.

Link in the usual spot.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

There's no paywall on the interview for the next 24 hours, so find the link in the usual spot and give it a read.

And if you're somehow not familiar with Tim Reaper already, do yourself a favor and check out his wildly prolific label, Future Retro London. https://t.co/n3BFGu32cr

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

Tim Reaper has an LP coming out soon on @Hyperdub and has been widely anointed as a leader of "new-school jungle." He didn't ask for that, but he sure does seem determined to bring as many other artists as possible along for the ride.

I interviewed him for @_FirstFloor.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

There's no paywall on this one right now, so move fast if you'd like to give it a read.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

Nobody sounds like Shackleton, which is a big part of why his music is so amazing.

But have you heard all of his collaborative projects during the past decade? Sometimes Shackleton doesn't even sound like Shackleton, so I decided to do a deep dive tracking his sonic evolution.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

There's no paywall on this interview for the next 24 hours, so find the link (in the usual place) and give it a read.

Even though we don't talk about Jeff Mills, pop edits or the hardcore continuum, I swear there's a lot of wisdom (his) inside.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

I know that @Vinncent isn't the likeliest candidate for a @_FirstFloor interview, but when I wanted to talk about the politicization of cultural discourse and the role of the media (and social media) in that, I figured it made sense to look beyond the DJ circuit.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

UK funky is often discussed as a purely historical phenomenon, but it never truly died. The genre grew, and changed, and many now making it / influenced by it don't explicitly call themselves funky, but it's in their DNA.

My latest for @ninaprotocol. https://t.co/YYEbNlafHw

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

My favorite thing about the hit em phenomenon is how much it's reminded me that the internet, on occasion, can still be a legitimately joyous and fun place. @bromf3 asked me to share a few other thoughts on this nascent genre in his latest piece for @stereogum.

[Daniel Bromfield @bromf3]

This isn’t the first and surely won’t be the last piece on hit em, but for @stereogum I dug deeper into the world of Internet microgenres and talked to @ShawnReynaldo and @jetskitosway2 about why a genre invented in an dream might’ve blown up so fast. https://t.co/zxKcwXSkpo

[First Floor @_FirstFloor]

Today's newsletter features a special guest recommendation from the ultra-versatile, genre-blurring, modular-building NYC producer @braillesounds, who shares a track that first blew his mind more than two decades ago.

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No journalist is more dedicated to documenting the most fried corners of online music + culture than @kieranpressreyn, which is why it's such a pleasure to have him contribute a guest recommendation to today's First Floor.

p.s. Brazilian funk fiends won't want to miss this one.

[First Floor @_FirstFloor]

When it comes to good taste, it's hard to top that of Yu Su (@yuyuyvr), who knows her way around both food and records. That's why it's so exciting to have her share a special guest recommendation in the latest First Floor newsletter.

[Shawn Reynaldo @ShawnReynaldo]

@sachi_ambient Hello there. Just so you know, I wrote that recommendation. Nyksan just recommended one song, but I did the entire "Just This Week" section of the newsletter.

[First Floor @_FirstFloor]

Feeling very lucky that @tratratrax co-founder @nyksan_ agreed to put together a guest recommendation for today's First Floor digest. He picked a real good tune too, so check out the newsletter online - you can find the link in the usual spot.

[Nina @ninaprotocol]

Today's guest curator is @ShawnReynaldo, whose hub features selections from @Hyperdub, @numbers, @GeographicNorth, @humanpitch, @pavelmilyakov , @maralj1n, @ppatrickholland, @driftingover, and more.