Preach.

Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civilization.

Today marks 40 years since Icelandic women walked out and refused to work, cook and look after children for a day. It was a moment that changed the way women were seen in the country. Today Iceland ranks first for gender equality globally.

Started a sound design company with filmmaker Peter Bo Rappmund. Lots of good-sounding things are coming: casasonar.com

i wrote a piece for Vice Mag's Burnout & Escapism Issue about what listening to ambient music can offer in an overwhelming world noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/…

OK, it's time to release some positive energy into the universe! Here's a gorgeous ambient mix by Mathias Van Eecloo showcasing the 2018 releases from his beautiful Eilean imprint. If you missed some of these records, this is a perfect way to catch up : hcdi.gs/eilean2018

Take The Audio Quiz: How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? npr.org/sections/there…

this is a good line imo

"In music, silence is more important than sound." - Miles Davis #quote

Aldous Huxley Tells Mike Wallace What Will Destroy Democracy: Overpopulation, Drugs & Insidious Technology (1958) openculture.com/?p=1050308

Bravo Nils Frahm, couldn’t be more in agreement. Perhaps if we could all do this, the dynamic would shift to a place again where the music is the object of value and not the number of likes, follows, & “engagements.” Hats off sir!

The modern conception of empathy only entered the modern lexicon in the early 20th century to describe the imaginative act of projecting oneself into a work of art in an effort to understand why art moves us. We owe it to Rilke and Rodin. brainpickings.org/2016/12/14/you…

Visit a New Digital Archive of 2.2 Million Images from the First Hundred Years of Photography openculture.com/?p=1036630

The Alan Lomax Archive is freely available to everyone. That's 17,400 digital audio files, beginning with Lomax’s first recordings onto (newly invented) tape in 1946 and tracing his career into the 1990s. Incredible! research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp

My label mate Chloë March getting some well deserved respect.

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Sublime new release from Slow Dancing Society. "The Dream Council" is out now! Head to bandcamp to buy and hit us up for licensing requests! slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-drea…

New album coming next year. Modular synth and a touch of piano.

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