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Zen Sounds 071: Café OTO

On the importance of small venues for a city's healthy alternative music scene; plus 3 records I've had on rotation this week

Sep 23 •

Zen Sounds 070: Berlin Atonal 2023

Highlights from weekend one of this year's performance and audio-visual art festival edition

Sep 16 •

Zen Sounds 069: Tirzah

The enigmatic South London singer's new album feels like one long song

Sep 9 •

Zen Sounds 068: Kubik Kollektiv & Deep Japanese Jazz

A weekend in Berlin provided chance encounters with some amazing music

Sep 2 •

August 2023

Zen Sounds 067: More Barber Beats

Some thoughts on the artistic value of curation; plus five current album recommendations

Aug 26 •

Zen Sounds 066: Barber Beats

A new vaporwave subgenre pays homage to jazzy 1990s trip-hop

Aug 19 •

Intermission: Urban Darkness

I co-authored a guest post on early dubstep for Outer Signals

Aug 16 •

Zen Sounds 065: We still love vaporwave

A (very) brief genre history, some all-time favorites and a recent virtual festival

Aug 12 •

Zen Sounds 064: Here and Now

Two records, two books and a DJ mix I've been enjoying lately

Aug 6 •

How I turned into a gorpcore minimalist

Life is too short to not wear your favorite clothes every day

Aug 1 •

July 2023

Zen Sounds 063: John Cage's rare mushrooms & truffles

Some personal news and what I'm listening to over the summer

Jul 22 •

Zen Sounds 062: Dead Can Dance

A journey through the Australian duo's magical discography of 40 years

Jul 1 •

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