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This synth-plugin has been doing the rounds amongst my producer friends since it was released at the end of last year. It has a pretty radical approach, using Sonic Charge’s “genopatch technology” to grow and unravel synth patches based on a small audio sample. It isn’t really like sampling - it’s a much more beautiful and chaotic hall of mirrors. Pure synthesis has never been easier or more uncanny than this.
May 13, 2024
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Very fun, sample-based sequencer/synthesizer. It has provided me with lots of fun this winter, I would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to make some sounds.
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I used to be obsessed with a dish at this Taiwanese restaurant Little Fatty - a “sunday gravy” served with pipe rigate pasta instead of rice. Here’s the TOP SECRET recipe that I managed to track down and successfully prepare. Cooking time: 3 hours. Ingredients: 1 lb ground pork, 1 lb cubed pork butt, 1 lb cubed pork belly, 1/4 cup shiitake mushrooms, 1 large strip of kombu seaweed, 1/2 cup shallots, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce, 2 tbsp fish sauce, dash of sesame oil, 2 tsp hoisin sauce, 2 tsp sambal sauce, 2 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine, 2 tbsp kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), 1 tsp five-spice powder, chicken stock to cover. Directions: Soak the kombu and shiitake mushrooms in hot water. After 10 minutes, dice the shiitake mushrooms and kombu. Mince the garlic and shallots. In a large bowl, measure and combine all the liquids, then set aside. In a large pot, brown all the meat in two batches over medium heat. In a separate pan, sweat shallots, garlic, and mushrooms for 5 minutes, then combine them with the meat pot. Add the liquids and spices. Add enough chicken stock to cover the meat mixture by half an inch. Bring to boil, then simmer for 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes. Serve with pasta (or steamed rice) and pickled mustard greens.
May 13, 2024
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I started playing Dungeons & Dragons a few years ago, but I’ve imperceptibly drifted towards more and more esoteric games. This downward spiral led me to Swyvers. “A game about bastards [where] you and your gang of criminals scarper through heists and sewers, stalk through the filth of The Smoke and, if you're lucky… make it out with a few extra shillings.” You can play as a Ruined Nob, a Ratman Exile, a Hedge-Swyver or just a bog-standard Swyver with a 25% chance of being literate. I’m truly inspired by games like this that flesh out a detailed, open-ended world using random tables, glib descriptions and a handful of rules. Written by Luke Gearing, illustrated by David Hoskins, and published by the Melsonian Arts Council, the full book is still on its way - but there are plenty of resources for it if you know where to look.
May 13, 2024
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A modern music folklore podcast hosted by Alaska Reid and featuring a wide range of interviewees. I’ve been with Alaska for the last 6 years, so I’ve really witnessed and learned a lot from her dedication to songwriting. She’s also a human can-opener, extracting golden nuggets while discussing her guests’ rawest demos. There’s a new, extremely thorough episode with Gus from Kero Kero Bonito, someone else who I’ve known for a long time, and it’s special to hear such a sincere conversation in an otherwise opaque online world. Her episode with Lauren Mayberry is also particularly direct and touches on a lot of things that musicians don’t often talk about.
May 13, 2024