Jaša Bužinel
, May 4th, 2021 07:28
For the latest edition of Hyperspecific, Jaša Bužinel looks at recent DJ stream highlights and reviews eight brilliant albums and a peculiar compilation from Rochelle Jordan, Lea Bertucci, Andy Stott, Khalab & M berra Ensemble and more
Lea Bertucci
Like many people, for most of the pandemic I’ve been having a hard time keeping up with all the DJ live streams that kept accumulating on my tab bar. I think most of us have developed a love-hate relationship with this format and accepted it as a necessary evil that keeps the scene afloat for the time being. But in most cases, the experience of watching a person mixing in his or her own bedroom with some plants and colourful LED lights in the background wasn’t really that rewarding, no matter the selection. At one point, I just gave up and deleted most of the links I’ve been keeping for months, opting for the classic radio show and DJ mix format instead.
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Christian Eede
, February 18th, 2021 16:42 PRSNT is comprised of 32-second pieces by a wide cast of artists
Barcelona label Modern Obscure Music has shared details of a new six-minute album which features contributions from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Spiegel and Lyra Pramuk, among others.
PRSNT aims to comment on digital overload, social media addiction and 21st century music consumption, with a wide cast of artists each contributing 32-second pieces to the record. Other artists that feature include Visible Cloaks, Lafawndah, Lucrecia Dalt, Kelman Duran, and Pedro Vian & Pierre Bastien. You can listen to Visible Cloaks contribution, Lifeworld , just below.
The compilation was put together by Christian Lopez and Pedro Rufi, who run Modern Obscure Music. They came across a study which identified that the overwhelming volume of instantly accessible information online is shortening attention spans and altering how audiences engage with music digitally.