Shapednoise

New album "Absurd Matter 2" out now!

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

New album "Absurd Matter 2" releases on September 19th and features @ArmandHammerNYC, @elucidwho, @moormother, @LoJamMusic, @ICECOLDBISHOP, @fatboyprospect, @slikback, and @kaitlynaurelia. Listen now to the first single, "I Saw The Light feat. Loraine James and Moor Mother".

[𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 @andrejgee]

i wrote this. feel free to share in the midst of complaining about the lack of rap editorial 😃

[Nina @ninaprotocol]

Today, we’re sharing the decision that we are winding down Nina Protocol.

The site will be winding down in phases over the next six weeks. You should use this time to withdraw your earnings and export your releases, purchases and connections.

Our goal is to make it easy for you to take your Nina activity with you before the site goes offline. After July 15th the site and app will be fully offline. We’re looking into options to archive Nina Editorial online and will share a link to that once we do.

May 28 - June 15:
- Uploads and purchases on Nina will be shut off
- Site will remain browsable
- Tools for exporting published and purchased releases, withdrawing funds, and exporting social graph will be made available for offboarding

June 15 - July 15:
- Site will no longer be browseable and only offboarding tools will be available

July 15:
- Site will be shutdown

In 2021, we saw musicians’ growing fatigue in the face of streaming’s one-size-fits-all payments, context-collapse, and algorithmic discovery. We set out to build infrastructure for independent music that allowed musicians to sell their music, create their context, and connect with listeners on their own terms.

Our goal was to release independent music from the grips of Big Streaming, which we felt unfairly tilted outcomes to benefit the major labels.

- Over the last five years, we’ve built new models for:
Releasing music direct-to-fans
- Helping artists contextualize their music
- Elevating listeners from the role of passive consumer to active collaborator
- Bringing editorial and curation directly into the discovery experience

While our work created meaningful connections and helped foster listeners’ love for new music, we were unable to find a revenue strategy that would give Nina a path to sustainability at its current size.

We looked at our options for how to fund the platform and continue working on it, and saw no viable paths forward that would allow us to continue developing, or responsibly maintain Nina the way it runs today.

We are disappointed at this outcome and our inability to get Nina to long-term stability, as this has been a labor of love for the last 5 years, but remain honored to have played a role in supporting and highlighting incredible corners of the music community.

We are immensely grateful to all who supported Nina, released music, listened, supported artists, attended shows, and wrote about music on Nina. Big Streaming has the benefit of convenience, but mostly at the expense of the artists big and small who don’t win the attention lottery. We continue to be inspired by platforms like Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Untitled, Subvert, Cantilever, Tidal, Qobuz.

The work of a musician changes with each phase of technology. Anyone who brings more context to artists and provides direct paths to revenue and fans should be supported. We are optimistic and look forward to seeing how those who continue to build for independent music will improve our corner of the world.

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@Alchemist https://t.co/By7NIOUZr7 please have a proper listen ;)

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@ariellenyc For real! Saw him a few weeks ago in Berlin, it was insane. One of the best sets I’ve seen in a long time.

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@PhilipSherburne Crazy sounds so good 😊

[ᛃ @KAVARI_]

@soonlyish shapednoise & merzbow

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@boomkatonline insanely good!!!

[𝑮𝑹𝑹𝑳 @GRRLmusic]

brainless racist fucking Europeans need to do better

[Loraine James // Whatever The Weather @LoJamMusic]

Detached From The Rest Of You out now on @Hyperdub

[𝙰𝙺𝙸𝙽 @akin7431akin]

4月

[Michail aka Opium Hum / Hyper Real Radio @opiumhum]

Probably the biggest and youngest May 1st demonstration I attended in Berlin in 20 years. Every block condemns the genocide. The youth of Berlin want a free Palestine ✊

[KMRU (Kamaru) @joseph_kamaru]

forever grateful for sound

[yharnam saint🔻 @Spaghettiandfr2]

@ashramblingig Absurd matter by shapednoise

[ELUCID @elucidwho]

same difference

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@GRRLmusic best outfit

[𝑮𝑹𝑹𝑳 @GRRLmusic]

ICYMI

[MIKE @t6mikee]

#Dont #Worry

[猫街まろん 🍃 ‎‎✡︎⋆꙳ @telepath_yukari]

・Black Rain & Shapednoise『Apophis』
（Cosmo Rhythmatic, CR02, 2015）
https://t.co/872Sf5mgzQ

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@gjonesbass @flyinglotus @eprombeats insane!!!!

[Shapednoise @SHPD_NS]

@vtss_pl what do you need to fix?