As search engines are radically reinvented, computers and people are becoming partners in exploration. With an introduction by author Adrienne LaFrance. Full text published here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/the-search-for-lost-knowledge/506879/

Searching for Lost Knowledge in the Age of Intelligent Machines - Adrienne LaFrance - The Atlantic

Will the vice president—and the religious right—be rewarded for their embrace of Donald Trump?

God's Plan for Mike Pence - The Atlantic - McKay Coppins

Leden and Laura's live performances are based on a real-time processing of saxophone’s sounds, using digital devices designed by Fabris himself to sculpt, mould and generate their own sonorities. Laura's playing involves different extended techniques and the use of the mechanics of her instrument, the only sound source of their live set.Their new repertoire combines the emotional power of melody with experimental ambient soundscapes.

LEDEN / AGNUSDEI live electronics

A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.

How ICE Went Rogue - The Atlantic - Franklin Foer

A Warning From Europe - The Atlantic - Anne Applebaum

Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantly—in lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life.

Losing the Democratic Habit -- The Atlantic -- Yoni Appelbaum

https://lesyndicatdesscorpions.bandcamp.com/album/mimosa

B5 - T.E.X.T.O

A piece that I had been working on for a year. It never quite found a place within other works on an album, as it seemed unusual for me. 

Elements were incorporated into the DUO live performances. 

But not as an entity on its own. so here it is... 

isolated, dark, but hopeful. 
for these trying and anxious times. 

stay safe.


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Absention

Pre-listening track from the coming CD by Werner Durand "Schwingende Luftsäulen 3" (ANTS AG24), third and final chapter of the series dedicated to the Pan-Ney, original instrument invented by the author.

Searching for Lost Knowledge in the Age of Intelligent Machines - Adrienne LaFrance - The Atlantic

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