A newsletter from @shawnreynaldo focused on electronic music and the culture/industry around it.
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Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever talked to an artist about the lingering effects of their traumatic brain injury. Kudos to @ayescold for both the honesty and vulnerability she brought to this interview.
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Had a really nice conversation with @ShawnReynaldo for his music newsletter @_FirstFloor that's unpaywalled for 24 hours.
The upcoming book from @embot is quite unlike most dance music titles, and is primarily set in the Bushwick scene during a time of mass political and social upheaval. She told me about that and more in an interview for @_FirstFloor.
Link in the usual spot.
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The upcoming book from @embot is quite unlike most dance music titles, and is primarily set in the Bushwick scene during a time of mass political and social upheaval. She told me about that and more in an interview for @_FirstFloor.
Link in the usual spot.
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Tim Reaper has an LP coming out soon on @Hyperdub and has been widely anointed as a leader of "new-school jungle." He didn't ask for that, but he sure does seem determined to bring as many other artists as possible along for the ride.
I interviewed him for @_FirstFloor.
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There's an interview with @futureretrodnb - Tim Reaper up at @_FirstFloor free to read for the next 24 hours - link in bio - 'In Full Effect' his new album alongside Kloke is pre-ordering now.
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Nobody sounds like Shackleton, which is a big part of why his music is so amazing.
But have you heard all of his collaborative projects during the past decade? Sometimes Shackleton doesn't even sound like Shackleton, so I decided to do a deep dive tracking his sonic evolution.
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I know that @Vinncent isn't the likeliest candidate for a @_FirstFloor interview, but when I wanted to talk about the politicization of cultural discourse and the role of the media (and social media) in that, I figured it made sense to look beyond the DJ circuit.
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Raise your hand if you missed @dubbeldutch.
He's been off the grid for a long time, but I'm happy to report that he's alive, well and making tunes again.
He also let me interview him for @_FirstFloor.
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Was an honour to sit down with @ShawnReynaldo of @_FirstFloor to talk about how we're trying to change the tide with AI, rights, voices and more. Some highlights below 👇
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for @_FirstFloor, I wrote about a new generation of hellish yet addictive jumpstyle music, the influence of Yabujin and Xpiritualism, and a baffling viral hit that's become a lowkey Russian anthem in the wake of tragedy
(url in profile bio bc s*bstack gets throttled)
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Despite its name, progressive house has never been an especially boundary-pushing genre. For this month’s edition of Second Floor, @shawnreynaldo takes a look at an often-misunderstood style.
ninaprotocol.com/articles/pr…
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Watch: What’s up in electronic music? @shawnreynaldo’s on the case with #MusicBookClub — the former Bay Area journalist turned his popular newsletter 'First Floor' into a book delving deep into the culture.
48hills.org/2024/03/music-bo…
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5 years after he very publicly set aside the L-Vis 1990 alias and became @DanceSystem, the Night Slugs co-founder has reversed course, going back to UK bass – and his original name.
He told me why (and shared some choice thoughts about the industry) in a @_FirstFloor interview.
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True to the city’s hardcore and DIY roots, Washington, DC’s electronic and experimental music scenes are bullshit-free and defiantly different. In the latest Second Floor, @shawnreynaldo checks in on the city’s unpretentious underground.
ninaprotocol.com/articles/no…
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I interviewed @clairerousay for @_FirstFloor. We talked a lot about emo (both the Christian and secular varieties) and her surprising new album, which is coming out soon on @thrilljockey.
p.s. Not posting the link here so people will actually see this tweet.
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I wrote this @_FirstFloor piece on the "blog renaissance" before the Pitchfork news broke, but it's very much related.
A lot of new newsletters, blogs, etc. are popping up because journalists don't have anywhere else to go. It's fun for now, but it's not very sustainable.
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In the new Second Floor, @ShawnReynaldo examines the state of minimal. After more than a decade in the wilderness, the much-maligned genre is reinventing itself once again, offering a potential antidote to the maniacal excess of post-pandemic dancefloors.
ninaprotocol.com/articles/mi…
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In the latest installment of his Second Floor column, @ShawnReynaldo writes about “big-room sad,” a strain of sentimental-sounding electronic music that revels in the traditions of house, techno, and rave but is largely untethered from the dancefloor.
ninaprotocol.com/articles/bi…
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Excited to report two things:
1. My new monthly column for @ninaprotocol is called Second Floor.
2. The first one went live today, and it takes a look at the growing resurgence of trip-hop (or something like it). ninaprotocol.com/articles/tr…