this is like 70% the future of pop music and 30% prog rock, it's a concept album about transformation through the thematic lens of aliens sticking a CD in your head, and the nerds over on rateyourmusic are calling it the album of the year. get this - they're right. saw it live the other week and maybe got a gig of the year out of it as well. I mean look at that.
Dec 4, 2024
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Have been into "Imaginal Disk" since it came back but hadn't listened to this album all the way through. I did and its great!
Oct 18, 2024
right now, i’ve been obsessed with The New Sound by geordie greep since it’s release. something about jazz fusion being combined with prog and latin. i’ve been on a steady listening of the microphones and mount eerie, and also liked Imaginal Disk a lot. Also relistening to 3D Country by Geese and it’s phenomenal
Jan 14, 2025
Apple Music tells me that this was one of my most-listened to albums of 2023, and it's still in regular rotation. Ten perfectly crafted electronic tone poems, or maybe short stories told in beeps and boops, by turns menacing, nostalgic, and sweet. Especially recommended to listen to on headphones after nibbling half an edible before drifting off to sleep. (See also NWBC co-collaborators' solo projects: DJ Python's hypnotic percussive tapestry Mas Amable, and Ana Roxanne's trippy ambient daydream Because of a Flower.)
Apr 7, 2024
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the simplicity of exploring around on Google Earth meets the infinity of local radio from every single pocket of the globe. the thrill of the hunt and the joy of just hanging out. it doesn't get better than this folks
Dec 4, 2024
it's only like 11°C outside in Dublin right now but the sensation of sunlight helps to elevate the cruel existence of Computer Work. so, fuck it! balcony season! allowing the Macbook to experience its true natural habitat of Somewhere That Isn't My Desk has made me a bit more appreciative of its possibilities. last summer I took the idea to its logical end point and brought my cheap usb dj controller out on the balcony with me, recording DJ sets for nobody in particular on my headphones as the sun sets. those days approach once more. now if only I could solve the glare problem
Mar 10, 2025
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the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has the idea of "Bangs". throwing !g at the end of a search fires it over to google, !w to wikipedia, !r to reddit etc. there are thousands of these, and it lets you get very intentional about where you want to search for information; not just relying on one tool for every job.
outside of the bangs feature, well, ddg is... fine. it's not immune to spam, but at least it hasn't implemented an AI that lies to you. yet.
Mar 24, 2025