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Talvihorros - Little Pieces Of Discarded Life

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What is A.I. or artificial intelligence but the 'space of possible minds', argues Murray Shanahan, scientific advisor on the movie Ex Machina and Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London.

In this special episode of the a16z Podcast brought to you on the ground from London, Shanahan -- along with journalist-turned-entrepreneur Azeem Azhar (who also curates The Exponential View newsletter on AI and more) and The Economist Deputy Editor Tom Standage (the author of several tech history books) -- we discuss the past, present, and future of A.I. ... as well as how it fits (or doesn't fit) with machine learning and deep learning.

But where are we now in the A.I. evolution? What players do we think will lead, if not win, the current race? And how should we think about issues such as ethics and automation of jobs without descending into obvious extremes? All this and more, including a surprise easter egg in Ex Machina shared by Shanahan, whose work influenced the movie.

a16z Podcast: Artificial Intelligence and the 'Space of Possible Minds'

This interview with Brian Eno was not originally intended to be made available for listening. It has been cleaned up and lightly edited, but has some external and peripheral sounds including some cell phone interference, chairs banging around and jack hammering street repairs! In the spirit of Eno himself, these "ambient" additions were left in for interview continuity. Eno and Peter Chilver’s regenerative music app "Bloom" was used for the bed behind the interview.

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Disclaimer: This audio recording was not originally tracked with the intent of using for a podcast. It was recorded solely for transcription for our print interview (see issue #85). Please forgive any balance issues, background sounds, and lack of clarity.

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For this installment in the Afropop Worldwide “Exclusive Mix” series, DJ duo Toukadime has prepared a very special collection of North African songs with a thematic focus dear to the region: tea. In their own words: North African songs that bring up tea are numerous, and we provide you here with a non-exhaustive sampling of them. What’s interesting to see and to hear in the mix is that, beyond the fact that tea is a common theme throughout, its significations are multiple. Tea can be a synonym for sugar and love, just as it can symbolize hospitality and festivity, but it also can refer to the bitterness of life. We would like to share all of these facets with you just as we would like to share many cups of tea. Bsaha!

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Tracklisting:

Raissa Bada - “l Kass Borobor”
Inzenzaren - “Tidink el Barrad”
Nass El Ghiwane - “Siniya”
Houcine Slaoui - “El Kass Hlou”
Hajja Hamdaouia - “El Kass Hlou”
Hamid - “Ya Zahra Jibi Siniya”
Latifa Slaoui - “Sinia o lbire”
Boutaiba Sghir - “Diri Lataï”
El Hachemi Guerouabi - “El Kaoua Ouel Lataïe”
Mohamed Slaoui - “El Kass el Hlou”
La Caution - “Thé à la menthe”

Special Gunpowder Mix by Toukadime

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Bersarin Quartett - II - Alles ist ein Wunder (Denovali)

This episode traces the age-old European origins of many of the Winter Solstice traditions we enjoy today, from mother goddess worship through stories of the wizard child Jesus, to Christmas fortune telling with bones.

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Music:
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” by the Ballycastle Players
“Miri it is While Sumer Ilast” by Ensemble Belladonna 
“O Frondens Virga” by Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
“Podblyadnye Song” by byAgrafena Glinkin
“Ancient Gates” by Olga Glazova
“Podblyadnye Songs” by Ensemble Joy
“Persephone” by Stellamara
“Tec, Peleite, Zernju Zogtu” by Kitka
“The Holly She Bears a Berry” by the Voice Squad
“Haugebonden” by Tiriltunga
“Oi Linksta Suolaliai” by Keisto Folkloro Grupė” 
“Et Lite Barn Så Lystelig” by Julestemmer
“The Bitter Withy” by the Valley Folk
“Cherry Tree Carol” by Shirley Collins
“Mari Lwyd (The Grey Mare)” by Carreg Lafar  
“Ecco donne la befana / Ninna nanna ninna oh (Filastrocche e canto natalizio Bologna)” by Stefano Zuffi & Pneumatica Emiliano Romagnola 
“Fum, Fum, Fum” by Winter Harp Ensemble
“Frau Holle, Frau Holle, die Schüttelt ihre Betten aus” by Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden & Blockflötengruppe Bautzen
“Bring Us In Good Ale” by Maddy Prior & Tim Hart

Winter Solstice, Queen of Feasts

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Replicas' by Gideon Wolf...

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Constructed over 2 years this album has been slowly pieced together, reshaped, scraped, re-written and made again before becoming the album you are listening to now.

Replicas’ is a dark journey into a past, present and future that is personal, and reflective of wider concerns shaping this island(s) we live on.

At points angry and born out of frustration and angst for the times we are living in, this album goes back to my roots; a council flat in South East London, freedom, degradation, concrete, community, rich, poor, the melting pot of cultures, music, and people.

As cultural lines have been drawn in a different way through gentrification, a poverty divide similar to those of the 80’s and the b word, I have found myself struggling to accept my own place as a working class composer, father and human.

This album I suppose you could say is a meditation on the urban sprawl I grew up in, getting older, and my place in a community that feels like it has lost its way. - GW

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Music - Gideon Wolf
Mastering - James Plotkin
Design - Daniel crossley
Alex Taylor - Violin, Electronics
Gabi ‘Moog’ Matzeu – Moog, Juno, SH101
Steph Patten – Cello
Yoon-Ji Kim – Violin
My family (also in no particular order) Rachel, Reuben, Neath and our latest addition Nova.

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Replicas

Gideon Wolf - Profit

from 'µ: of anxiety x discernment' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den333
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/philipprumsch

Based on the idea of transferring the sound language of Ambient, Minimal Music and Avant-Pop into an orchestral format, Leipzig-based pianist, composer and sound designer Philipp Rumsch founded his own ensemble in 2015. This ensemble consists of twelve artists from Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden and Weimar. Besides the ensemble, they all work in various musical contexts and environments.

Between 2013 and 2020 Philipp Rumsch has studied jazz piano under the aegis of Michael Wollny and Richie Beirach at the Academy of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. In 2016 and 2017 he has refined his sound design and composition capabilities at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen with, among others Niels-Lyhne Løkkegard and August Rosenbaum.

After his last LP reflections (2018), Philipp Rumsch deals on his third Denovali release µ: of anxiety x discernment with the subject of anxiety. Based on his own researches, observations and interviews he made, Rumsch develops a multi-dimensional picture of this complex emotional state. Individual experience dissolves in order to explore a collective perception of this phenomena.

On µ: of anxiety x discernment Philipp Rumsch for the first time uses his self-written texts, but implements also writings by other people, who especially wrote them for the new album. The music of the suite, which consists of two mirror-inverted pieces, adopts different shapes. These shapes range between songs, complex compositions and conceptual improvisation.

For the recording of µ: of anxiety x discernment, Rumsch extended his ensemble by numerous guest artists. The sessions took place at the prestigious Jazzanova Recording Studios in Berlin. In order to achieve an extraordinary listening experience, specialized artificial heads were used to record in binaural stereo. The artwork again has been created in cooperation with Berlin-based Designer Andi Rueckel.

µ: of anxiety x discernment was mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson (collaborations with Björk, Sigur Ros, Ben Frost, Nico Muhly, Hildur Guðnadóttir et al.) who already was part of the production process of Philipp Rumsch’s Solo-EP A Forward-Facing Review.

In 2018 Philipp Rumsch and his ensemble received the Leipzig award for young jazz musicians, funded by Marion Ermer foundation. The production of µ: of anxiety x discernment has been supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

d3 (Short Version)

Philipp Rumsch Ensemble - d3 (Short Version)

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