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“The inspiration for my work comes from the realm of myths and dreams. I like to combine ordinary objects in unexpected ways so that their symbolic nature is revealed and new levels of meaning unfold. many of my pieces are miniature stage sets where the commonplace and the extraordinary exist simultaneously, creating a landscape the imagination of the viewer is invited to inhabit.”

Wishing a happy birthday to Anna Homler, whom some of you may also know as Breadwoman.

Thank you for all the memorable work, which so beautifully explores the distance between the sublime and the cosmic.

“W wanted this video to pay homage to the early days of computer science and the infinite doors it opened.”

A closer look at the new video for Discovery Zone’s “Operating System,” from her recent album Quantum Web. Inspired by early CGI commercials, iconic animusic videos, and nostalgic Linux terminal ASCII art, there is even an easter egg tribute or two to The Twilight Zone show and Conway’s Game of Life (iykyk).

To the above, animator Pacome Fantome added this about the collaboration with JJ on the video:

“The process of creating the video was an experience of its own. Weaving together both old and recent software, exploring multiple layers of digital programs felt like traveling across different universes – each with its own unique system and distinct rules, much like ours. In the end, the game of life perfectly captures the essence of this journey: where does computing end, and where does life begin?”

Find the video in wherever the web expands, and catch discover zone wherever noted below.

10/28/24 Glasgow @ The Glad Cafe
10/30/24 Coventry @ The Tin Music & Art
10/31/24 Manchester @ YES Basement
11/01/24 London @ Corsica Studios w/ Freak Heat Waves
11/06/24 Offenbach @ Kapelle
11/07/24 Liege @ KulturA
11/08/24 Utrecht @ Le Guess Who?
11/09/24 Amsterdam @ Cinetol
11/14/24 Leipzig @ Transcentury Update Festival

This week marks a year since the release of Brooklyn-based composer and puppeteer Tristan Allen’s grand journey Tin Iso and the Dawn.

Loosely based on Wagner’s three act opera Tristan and Isolde, and influenced by Tristan’s childhood living in Quebec and Japan, the record synthesizes their passions for puppetry and narrative under the spell of instrumental music. The result is a rich world, ripe with visual splendor and unexpected tonal possibilities.

The puppetry pieces and performances that accompany the album brings an even deeper purpose to this voyage, and as the first part in a trilogy, provides the origin story for a fable that Tristan has already begun to explore with Osni the Flare.

As I touch your hand once again, I know what i believe.

At last, Colin Self shares the full length video for “leminscate,” underscoring their new EP, and uniting the four parts of their opera seria of the same name.

“leminscate” is a broad, ambitious vision from Colin, utilizing a diverse palette including ancient languages and glitched-out electronics to realize their vision. The greek and latin roots of the word translate to “decorated with ribbons,” echoing Colin’s search for beauty through hardship.

The full video for “leminscate” premieres today at Paper Magazine. Although a vibrant statement, it is but a taste of what’s to come from Colin.

Today Discovery Zone, the alias of New York / Berlin based artist JJ Weihl, shares a new video for “Operating System” from her latest album Quantum Web. Animated by Pacôme Henry, “Operating System” tells the story of a rebellious computer folder that defies its destined purpose and embarks on a journey through different layers of reality, questioning the authenticity of its own existence. “Is it truly alive or just following code?”

Released earlier this year, Quantum Web has found wide appreciation by those familiar with Discovery Zone’s music from the 2020 break out album Remote Control, and those who have caught JJ perform live on several headlining tours and supporting the likes of Crumb and Julia Holter on extensive dates. JJ concludes a year of non-stop touring with a stretch of dates through the UK and EU this month and next, including a stop in Utrecht for Le Guess Who?

Complete tour dates and Pacôme Henry’s video for “Operating System” below.

10/28/24 Glasgow @ The Glad Cafe
10/30/24 Coventry @ The Tin Music & Art
10/31/24 Manchester @ YES Basement
11/01/24 London @ Corsica Studios w/ Freak Heat Waves
11/06/24 Offenbach @ Kapelle
11/07/24 Liege @ KulturA
11/08/24 Utrecht @ Le Guess Who?
11/09/24 Amsterdam @ Cinetol
11/14/24 Leipzig @ Transcentury Update Festival

In the world today, Oliver Coates’ new album Throb, shiver, arrow of time. Available in “standard” and limited vinyl editions, import cd (from Plancha), and everywhere that music is served.

Between making skins n slime and Throb, shiver, arrow of time, Oliver has completed multiple original scores for feature films, including Charlotte Wells’ 2022 triumph Aftersun. Whether or not composing so extensively for film has shaped Oliver’s creative process any differently, he’s never, in our time working with him, settled for an end presentation that doesn’t completely embody his vision. That said, new layers appear in the uncompromising vision of Throb, shiver, arrow of time; a deepening of all senses, a new relationship with narrative, a complexity of sound collapsing and rebuilding.

It’s easy to lean into the “cinematic quality” of Oliver’s music. but remove his work in that field from the equation, and you’ll hear an artist reconsidering the mechanisms and meanings of their craft, intimately exploring sound and then distancing themselves from it. Both serendipitously and purposefully conceiving music which the listener is allowed to experience with emotional contour. an invitation to “free us from the flatness of everything,” as Oliver told us.

We’ve listened to this album so many times, and it still transports me to a different place with each listen. We’re humbled to have this collaboration, and over so many distances, Oliver.