The Insect Musicians

The Insect Musicians is one of those records that makes you wonder where music actually begins. Released in 1986, Graeme Revell built the album … Continue

Ya Laoulid – Chaba Zahouania

There’s something wonderfully unruly about Ya Laoulid. Recorded in Algeria, it brings together Chaba Zahouania and a young Cheb Khaled — two voices from … Continue

Radio Is a Foreign Country

Radio Is a Foreign Country feels like tuning a battered shortwave set at three in the morning and discovering the rest of the world … Continue

Jez riley French

Engraved Glass is the Bandcamp home of Yorkshire sound artist Jez riley French. This is music made by paying attention. Field recordings capture rain, … Continue

The Glorious Rant Show

This hour-long edition of The Glorious Rant Show travels through dub, experimental electronica, Asian psychedelia, spoken word, punk and contemporary Vietnamese music. Grant Riley … Continue

Alive Internet Theory

Alive Internet Theory is an interactive artwork offering a hopeful answer to the “dead internet theory” — the fear that bots, algorithms and synthetic … Continue

Nuking the To-Do List

“Finish each day and be done with it,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. I return to those words whenever my mind begins rummaging through the … Continue

Drawing Through Air

Dennis Hlynsky’s Vimeo channel reveals something our eyes ordinarily miss: the paths animals draw through the air. Using a technique he calls extended moment … Continue

Greece eSIM

I chose Nomad’s Greece eSIM because it does what I need without charging me for a great heap of data I will never use. … Continue

Sovereign Creators

Andre Chaperon coined the term sovereign creator to describe independence. The emphasis belongs on sovereign. A sovereign creator owns their patch of digital dirt. … Continue