MUSIC

John T. Gast - Excerpts

This 2015 LP feels foundational for fans of dark, lo-fi, club-not-club music. 

SISTER MARION - “Rina”

I somehow missed this last year on John T. Gast’s 5 GATE TEMPLE label. Pummeling ghostly dub, singed at the edges.

KD22LR - Selector After Dark Guest Mix

I found Manchester DJ KD22LR while looking for more info on the above track [didn’t find any] and landed on her Boomkat chart, which is full of heaters. She’s been popping up on some sick lineups lately and this mix makes the case: sleek, serpentine sub-heavy UK club music.

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This past week, Sam Altman said, “We see a future where intelligence is a utility like electricity or water and people buy it from us on a meter.” Reminder that language is not the same as intelligence; LLMs are tools that emulate language. 

Streaming still dominates, but U.S. vinyl sales hit $1B last year (thanks to she-who-shall-not-be-named), while 4K Blu Ray sales rose 12%.

Varg²™ stars in the new Supreme campaign alongside teenage engineering.

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