TR167 - Madalyn Merkey - 'A1_alt'

NM speaks with Kevin Driscoll, author of The Modem World: A Pre-history of Social Media (Yale Univ. Press, 2022), which examines the physical — and social — technology that underpinned the DIY side of networked technology’s evolution in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Parallel to institutional network culture were the proto-dark-forest communities of BBS networks and other pre-www systems. From FidoNet to De Digitale Stad (DDS) Netherlands, Kevin maps out this early territory, with a brief history of the French Minitel system along the way.

Through his work, Kevin asks us to consider what it really means to be “autonomous” online and what alternate conceptions of “the internet” might be possible when we consider the broader origin story of the digital social sphere.

(Subscriber release: 23 May 2022)

For More:
https://kevindriscoll.info/
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248142/modem-world/

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Depeche Modem w/ Kevin Driscoll on early net culture (NM44)

Sonisk Blodbad - Aspik
Forest Management - Atrium Thinking
Anna Wall - Missing Moments
Arad Acid - Recca Void
Eustress & MOS FET - Inside
Felidae - Kettle
Eamon Harkin - Ambient Feelings
Vcam - bass_conduit
Civilistjävel! - Järnnätter B3
Yaka - Slow Reaction
Lucy Liyou - You are every memory
BFTT - Apple TV
Ekin Fil - Being Held (Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Rework)
iabhainn - Departure Point
TIBSLC - Hypertranslucent05
Skee Mask - Farm
Pontiac Streator - i want something part II w/perila
Ishmael Cormack - soft synth patch telecaster moss green zen bell vocals cow bell pinecone

music for mosses & lichens

Excerpts of field recordings made 2020 - 2022 in Ireland and France

1. Funachree Coast, Co. Galway. (00:00 - 01:06)
Seals Calling, Barnacles, Water

2. Abandoned Barn, Portaferry, Co. Down (01:06 - 01:52)
Derelict Barn Moved by Wind, Amplified Tree Branches

3. Chemin du Trieux, Paimpol, Bretagne (01:52 - 02:52)
Crickets

4. Trieux River, Paimpol, Bretagne (02:52 - 03:50)
Snapping Crustaceans, Low Frequency Pulses

5. Windmill Hill, Portaferry, Co. Down (03:50 - 04:29)
Amplified Fishing Wire Stretched Vertically inside Windmill Tower

6. Trieux River, Paimpol, Bretagne (04:29 - 04:59)
Crab Eating a Periwinkle

7. Trieux River Port, Paimpol, Bretagne (04:59 - 05:34)
2 Pipes Resonating from Wind and Water


Equipment used:
DPA 4060 Microphones
Sound Devices MixPre6 Recorder
Aquarian H2A Hydrophone
JrF D Hydrophones
AKG C417 Microphones

Photograph by Louise Le Du at Funachree Coast in Co. Galway

Louise Le Du & Michael Speers Field Recording Excerpts

Scottish New Music Awards Winner 2023 for Sonic Arts.

Mixed by Ronan Fay at Greendoor Studios.

Originally installed with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop https://edinburghsculpture.org/whats-on/beacon-tower-alliyah-enyo-selkie-reflections/

Selkie Tape Loops

"Spectral is a collection of tracks using either the Buchla 296 or 296e
Spectral Processor. It was fun taking it into different sonic universes to see 
what it would reveal. Enjoy!" - Todd Barton, 2022

TODD BARTON - SPECTRAL ( excerpt)

Ed Horrox, the creative director and A&R from 4AD joins NTS once a month for an hour of his personal favourites, which can be pretty much anything: hip-hop, house, found ‘classics’, esoteric century-old jazz recordings, and then occasionally some of those unreleased leftfield pop bangers that 4AD seem to be so good at finding.

https://www.nts.live/shows/happy-death/episodes/happy-death-17th-november-2022

Happy Death w/ Jenny Hval - 17th November 2022

Playlist and other information available at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-215/

FFFoxy Podcast #215

Pour cette première de la saison on invite celle qui met du piment dans ta fasse et du kick dans ta cuisine. Une maitrise du choux parfaite ma beauté, ici la crème te servira l’été prochain. Ce sera la collo tu verras, femme viril sera là et tu brulera d’amour chérie.

Carpaccio Club Sandwich S4E1 w/  Femme Viril ~ 08.11.2023

Andrew Pekler - Encounter

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taken from Low Flung 'Microscope Impressions' NM038

Nice Music presents 'Microscope Impressions', an uncategorizable and commanding new full length statement from New South Wales-based producer Danny Wild, aka Low Flung. Cemented as a puzzlingly creative and prolific Australian underground hero within ambient study, experimental synthesis and functional dance music, Wild's stamp is well documented across releases on Paper-Cuts, Ken Oath, Phinery, Butter Sessions, Chemical Imbalance, Bedroom Suck and his own label, Moontown.

'Microscope Impressions' whirrs and flashes with a type of biological fluidity, both in its essence and its presentation - seemingly describing its own creation as it occurs, we hear a stream of consciousness cloudy with the colours of Wild's unpredictable sonic impulses, revealing itself from the opening moments. Liquid samples, repurposed drum sounds and patinas of synth litter all elongate and meld with each other's perceptible form, abstracting the recording's cadence and intent over 9 tracks. Wild has indeed created a close up glimpse through his microcosmic lens, into a realm which is easier to feel and hear than see or touch.

for fans of Pole, Andrew Pekler

releases February 11, 2021

nicemusic038
Nice Music 2020
40 minutes

Microscope Impressions

Low Flung 'Pin Sweat'

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