well hell--

it's that time again. first time solo in the studio in ages, felt stupid good. genre roulette, new music, all that. 

let's vibe

track list:
cities aviv - i've seen you shine
l'rain - pet rock
patch+ - tourist
cinderella - may crush ako sa'yo
dj green lantern - the garden
@LARGE - PLANE_A
ohbliv - heavy affair
yoni mayraz - pawnshop
kilamanzego - irregular
enji - Taivshral 
sade - no ordinary love
Knopha - The Light ft Fishdoll
yunna - sea
dilip - cold blooded (feat. Wondagurl & Berg)
sneaker pimps - spin spin sugar

desde - limos
SINAI. (Sleep Sinatra) - ANGELTRANSMISSIONS
armand hammer - trauma mic
anti-god hand - barge of light
takuro okada - moons
Bebel Gilberto - samba da bencao
kuya - Juramentados ft. Grandpa Scoota
Shava Shava - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
fatboi sharif - phantasms
claudia - Deixa Eu Dizer 
linda may han oh - respite
nakama - lights out
temp-illusion - stevie toast
loka - o
rei harakami - owari no kisetsu

Pandemic

panoramic #103: no ordinary stopgap

Bless and shout out to everyone doing the work toward a free Palestine right now. 

I feel guilty to be putting out any personal work, but I have to put myself to the side for a minute. After a month of email tag, Temp-Illusion (PTP and beyond) turned in a mind-bending dystopian head trip of a mix, and it feels essential. Temp-Illusion is an electronic duo made up of Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi, and their latest record "failsafe" is one of my personal favorites of the year. I was straight giddy broadcasting it live on the FM, and since this cost them time and cost me nothing, putting this out and doing it right by them feels like the move to do. Singularities will fold, heads will turn. Shit is immaculate.

Run it up if you need an audio bath.

Thank you to Temp-Illusion for their contributions and effort, and thank you to all the artists featured here for their time. 

Photo credit: Malthe Folke Ivarsson

Track list: 

STRAW
DJ Haram - Handplay
DuctTape Jesus - Jetski (feat. Bussdown Leftfield)
Niecy Blues - Violently Confronted
Nathan Johnson & The Cinematic Underground - Emily's Theme
Reuben Bell & The Casanovas - It's Not That Easy
Shapednoise - Family (feat. Armand Hammer)
Salamanda - Nostalgia
Patrick Shiroishi - if only heaven would give me another ten years
Mumia Abu-Jamal - War Against the Fleas
Haykal - Galab (feat. Big Murk)
abolish i - bbb (swan songs for fear)
Fatboi Sharif - Brandon Lee
Kalia Vandever - Mirrored Solitude
WADE DAO - WALK IN THIS CORRIDOR BLIND
Temp-Illusion - Clem Fandango
H31R - Down Down Bb (feat. Quelle Chris)
Kuya - Prelude
AKÓ - silog
Kitty Lester - Love Letters

TEMP ILLUSION GUEST MIX
Alexander Tucker & Keith Collins - In Smiling in Slow Motion
Corin - Miserēre
Iceboy Violet/Blackhaine/Daemon/Orlandor - Lillith
Shapednoise - Poetry (feat. Moor Mother)
Aho Ssan; 9T Antiope - Hero Once Been (feat. 9T Antiope)
Abadir - Pyrolysis
Emptyset - Cinder
Temp-Illusion - Cliff Promise
Julmud - Taghyeer Thabet
Siavash Amini - A Desert of Immobile Winds (Pt. 1)
Saint Abdullah & Eomac - A Vow Not To Read
Lee Gamble - She's Not
Loraine James - My Future (ft. Le3 bLACK)
Kœnig ft. Nappy Nina - Last Dance

panoramic #108: failsafe hum (with Temp-Illusion, Iran)

greetings and salutations, people~

in the space tonight i’m excited to host NYC-based rapper and wordsmith, Nakama.

musings on elden ring, art and space(s), abolishing systems, and also new music from the conduit themselves.

RIP aaron bushnell. love and light,

straw

MUSIC: 

Nakama. - Our Formulas [leak]
Midi Neutron - Shining Armor (feat. Nakama., Yoh, Koethism & Seb Zel)
Gap Mangione - Diana In The Autumn Wind
King Vision Ultra - Swing! (feat. Nakama.)
Centennial Gardens - Nakama.
Nakama. - Everything Burns [leak]
Nakama. - Paradox My Bff.
Nakama. - Arigatou Gozaimasu [leak]
Nakama. - JOKER! [leak]
Kumo 99 - Defeat Your Nearest Rival
Hiatus Kaiyote - Sparkle Tape Break Up
Midi Neutron - Diminishing Returns (feat. Nakama.)
Nakama. - Nakama_

BEDS:
Kaidi Tatham - The Moons Falling
Ahwlee - 86.
Laraaji - Sun Zither
Force of Nature - Just Forget
Jan Jelinek - Moiré (Strings)
Patrice Rushen - Haw-Right Now
Dorothy Ashby - Life Has Its Trials
Peshay - On The Nile
Akira Yamaoka - White Noiz / Alone in the Town (Silent Hill 2)
Mikio Masuda - I Saw the Light
Chikara Ueda & The Power Station - Mind Flower
Herbie Hancock - Actual Proof
Alice Coltrane - Blue Nile

VOICES: 
Emory Douglas
Eartha Kitt
Kerry James Marshall
Octavia Butler
DMX and one poor streamer

panoramic #115: friendly neighborhood conduit (with Nakama., NYC)

Panorama (fka Pandemic), presented by Straw, is an audio collage that airs on WRIR in Richmond, VA. It's an audio collage revolving around mental health, isolation and recovery, using weaponized music, found sounds, and field recordings. Genres spotlighted run the gamut from metal to club to noise to underground hip-hop, with a focus on underrepresented voices.

New tracks tagged #experimental/rap