goof not baf
― mark s, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
i told vahid he named it 'outstanding commendation to the human race' before linking him to the article
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
It's quite fashionable to have a pop at RA these days
It's all going off on Twitter now, they've donated five hundred dollars towards George Floyd/Minnesota while it's claimed they turned over a profit of nearly five million last year
― boxedjoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
It's hard to imagine they're so successful! But what do I know...the site is clearly a loss leader, I guess all those festivals/events are lucrative?
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
yeah it's been blowing my mind, I'm not sure I believe it tbh but at the same time they pretty much have a dominance in ticket sales for dance events don't they
― boxedjoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
i'm guessing that ticketing agencies and festival organisers alike are having a particularly rough time financially at the moment - zero income and a shit load of refunds to make. but they do need to address this current situation and explain themselves
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
here's their tweet btw if anyone wants to read it. it is a pitiful amount:
Hey Ilana, we've donated $500 (split evenly between the George Floyd Memorial Fund and the Minnesota Freedom Fund). pic.twitter.com/4axPLCKurh— Resident Advisor (@residentadvisor) May 29, 2020
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
they put out a statement today about these issues:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/72775
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
Have they abandoned running new reviews (or a new podcast)?
― toby, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/72840
Mix Of The Day: Reverend Dollars
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
:D
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
Yessssssssssss
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
Ha way to go Rev!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
the dj tennis podcast/mix is totally hitting the spot for me.not really a mix to be honest, just a 70 minute ambient house sonic collage of his own material/field recordings.the last section dives into a glorious krautrock groove.
― mark e, Friday, 19 June 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
Yeah that one's good and I usually find DJ Tennis pretty dull.
Kush Jones this week though is right up there.
― Matt DC, Friday, 19 June 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
Fuck yeah, Rev!
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
hell yeah
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
This week's Clark Price mix is so good
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 11 July 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
Yes! He has a bunch of other great mixes on his Soundcloud, too.
― toby, Saturday, 11 July 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
Yep I love it. Coil into Black Dog into Anthony Shake Shakir is just woah.
― Tim F, Saturday, 11 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Sick
― carin' (map), Saturday, 11 July 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
Sick mix
Maybe some day i can throw down at a honcho campout again :(.
― carin' (map), Saturday, 11 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Lol double sick
I suppose people have already seen this?
http://itsrosh.nfshost.com/letter/
― lukas, Monday, 13 July 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
I’ve got more thoughts, but in brief: yes, this is the type of thing I want to read more of
another panel @ Unsound got distributed by RA via their podcast series but this one was not, and went hard on some similar issues:http://truantsblog.com/2020/unsound-2019-complicity-accountability-agency-counterculture/
I was in the audience for most of it and was just locked in
― solo scampito (mh), Monday, 13 July 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
I think RA actually solicited a year-end piece from DeForrest Brown Jr. that he ended up self-publishing because they decided not to run it
― solo scampito (mh), Monday, 13 July 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
had not seen but looks like timely and valuable scholarship, thanks
― the late great, Monday, 13 July 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
One of the things I liked most about it was its specificity - who didn't get covered, which structures contributed to their exclusion, etc. It was clear but very dense. vs say the Quietus piece recently which was fine as far as it went, but did we need much more than "why are these rich white house producers getting so much attention"
― lukas, Monday, 13 July 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
yeah i do wonder with its uk focus how much sense it will make to me ... would be interested to see someone to do this for like, los angeles and the us scene in general, though our electronic music press and scene are much more marginal
― the late great, Monday, 13 July 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
That R.O.S.H. letter is incredible. I'm sorry i missed it until now - how long has it been online?
so much i agree with but also so much eye opening food for thought, and hopefully food for change.
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 July 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
the single RA writer singled out is the one I, admittedly, have spotted the most at events I’ve been at. I think it’s odd he’d have even been assigned to cover some of those events/scenes due to locale (NA vs UK/Europe/etc)
― solo scampito (mh), Monday, 13 July 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
not sure how long it's been online, just saw it today, but since I'm in California assumed it had made the rounds already.
― lukas, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
this article is just so good
― just sayin, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
Where were these, America or Europe? What events, curious!
― saer, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
RA has always seemed to have a particular blind spot for black British dance music, I always assumed that was the readership talking. They were more likely to offer a mix to someone with a successful techno night in Ljubljana than they were to someone like Supa D or or Ill Blu or Marcus Nasty. They would however quite happily run one by someone like Oneman or BokBok or Jam City or any other white producer using those scenes as a jump-off point. Terror Danjah did get a mix (and a great one), probably due to being on Hyberdub, but it was an outlier and I remember the comments box being a disaster zone.
The quote from Kode9 in particularly really encapsulates the problem with viewing black British dance music through the prism of labels like Hyperdub, in its own way that privileges artists with a particular aesthetic. Black artists who made music that was dark and bassy or moody and aggro were much more likely to get access to those publicity networks because they were much more likely to get onto those labels in the first place than artists whose music was joyful, celebratory, gleefully silly let alone anything that was soulful or smooth.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 11:43 (three years ago) link
xp saer, mutek festival in montreal and an inga copeland show in brooklyn are the two I remember
― solo scampito (mh), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link
it's easier to hit the targets of coverage of music of Black origin when you run barely any articles
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 11:43 (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yep absolutely. But this is not an issue limited to RA.
One only has to visit the uk funky, jackin' house or deep tech threads on ILX to see a variety of positions taken consistent with what is called out in the article:
1. What is this music which sounds like a desecration of of the more refined dance music I prefer? Vomit emoji.
2. I refuse to engage fully with this music unless and until it begins to be distributed and disseminated through the media channels I prefer and feel comfortable with.
3. I object to this music being discussed as if it comprises a concrete "scene".
4. I like this music! Especially (insert name of mostly-unrelated artist with a release on Hyperdub or similar).
5. This music is not sustainable on its own but I don't mind it when it's mixed in with broader strains of house, techno or post-dubstep.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
yeah but it’s still ok not to like things
― the late great, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
there's not liking things and then there's dismissing the possibility that a scene could have any aesthetic validity or worth based on zero or thirty seconds' worth of evidence and a determined-belief that there can never be anything new under the sun that the listener does not alreayd know about.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
good list, Tim. I’m guilty of at least a couple of those sentiments on occasion
― solo scampito (mh), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link
yeah I tried funky house verrrry briefly and then noped out ... I should give it another go.
― lukas, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:25 (three years ago) link
in retrospect kind of telling that the uk funky thread is even titled in reaction to "skeptics"
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 17 July 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
wait never mind...has it always been titled "sceptics"? this is like a berenstain bears thing
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 17 July 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
DJ Perception on the podcast is both great to listen to and a great indication of where the new approach could take them. But then they're wheeling out a Boy In Da Corner revisit, an album that there really can't be much more left to say anything about.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, DJ Holographic!
― Matt DC, Friday, 4 September 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
I played the first 10mins or so this afternoon and was like no way, this cannot be listened to without a drink in yr hand. Incredible sweep from early evening 80s Detroit R&B and into full on Floorplan gospel techno madness before the hour mark.
― Matt DC, Friday, 4 September 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Great mix
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 5 September 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
agree
― the late great, Saturday, 5 September 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
This mix is banging.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 5 September 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link