something i learned firsthand when my mother died three weeks before my first kid was born: mourning and joy can happen at the same time; they're not entirely separate states, and in the end, finding a way to hold onto the joy is helpful and healing.

The intimate songs and tropical rhythms of Lucrecia Dalt encode riddles of AI intelligence, alien visitation and erotic possibilities. In The Wire 464 she tells Rob Turner about her new Spanish language album ¡Ay!. Photography by Heikki Kaski. thewire.co.uk/issues/464

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the MTA will install two surveillance cameras on all subway cars, saying the devices will help riders feel safe. The 13,000 cameras, which cost a total of $5.5 million, will be installed over the next three years. gothamist.com/news/mta-to-in…

every time you've been slightly awkward or weird around other people they remember it in vivid detail and frequently think about it

Sunday night ragas on wkcr right now - wkcr.org - the calmest cooking vibes

01.27.2023 utmost gratitude to those who have been a part of this building and to those who will be spending time here to honor chosen family and our space 'SHOOK WORLD' (hosted by Algiers) the new album by KING VISION ULTRA out now on PTP tinyurl.com/shookworld

Ok… It’s bandcamp Friday and the thread is gonna be LONG and spooling over the day probably since I need to like walk the dog and see patients and whatnot. This first post is just to let y’all know about the FTS/RVNG Intl. fam discount code for today. Please consider using it!

Republicans won't do SHIT when it comes to gun violence, but try to tell me to calm down. NO. We can't calm down. People are dying everyday while we wait.

"a reliably unpredictable outpost for experimental electronic music and avant-garde pop... you’d be hard pressed to find much in their catalog that could be dismissed as 'ordinary.'" thank to the writers @treblezine for the lovely label of the month nod ☀️ treblezine.com/10-best-rvng-i…

last time I pre-ordered a Jai Paul 12" it took 2 years and arrived bent going to stick with these og mp3s, tyvm

When I released PROTO four years ago I pitched an opinion piece to large newspapers to raise the matter of vocal impersonation with AI music software and steps we could take to make things consenting and cooler. Nobody accepted.

Now is a great time to remember that Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst have created a blueprint for combining open source AI voice models and NFTs for provenance and value capture. Years of experimentation that’s proving to be incredibly prescient: zine.zora.co/holly-herndon-…

We've been on an isolatedmix hiatus it seems, but the curse has now been broken. Lord Of The Isles presents an exclusive 100% unreleased material hybrid mix asip.me/isolatedmix120

Ryuichi’s Last Playlist. We would like to share the playlist that Ryuichi had been privately compiling to be played at his own funeral to accompany his passing. He truly was with music until the very end. - skmt management kabamerica.lnk.to/funeralplaylist

ahead of some bonkers news next week for fans of existentially terrifying music, the body take over our monthly friends & fiends residency on NTS Radio today at 1 pm est / 6 pm gmt. neck breakers from brainkillers, bones & natty, general levy, + much more nts.live/shows/rvngintl

This album came out 22 years ago today on Warp Records — it changed the sonic landscape for everyone and still has so much to offer 🖤 PREFUSE 73

The NYPD has spent $740 million dollars in overtime this year. We have the largest police budget in the nation. The total cost of the NYPD is actually over $11 billion dollars annually. This is what they are doing with our money.

When Eric Adams expanded cops’ powers to involuntarily hospitalize anyone who seems mentally ill, he promised a 24/7 hotline of mental health staff would be advising cops’ decisions. Turns out not a single officer has called the hotline. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…