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Freelance academic. Lives in Oslo with frequent stays in Berlin and Bergen. I work as a writer, organizer and editor within the philosophy of games. Into electronic music.
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"You are an exceptional person. In some ways, you are better than everyone else" Listen to Barry Can’t Swim's new single 'The Person You’d Like To Be' here ➜ barrycantswim.lnk.to/webSK

Beautiful hardtekk remix of "Als du gingst" of Lina Maly. You may not want to listen to the original version. It is the saddest song I know. #turbokevin #hardtekk #linamaly #death youtu.be/OnSivZupJz8?...

As part of a conspicuous trend in quality music in the last couple of decades, Bambii is based in Canada. In this track she revitalizes DnB sensibilities. #bambii #canada #eclectic #dnb #soundsbritish youtu.be/pIm-4US5PGw?...

I like Doechii. Despite the bad girl tropes, she's got a certain wholesomeness to her. youtu.be/F0cdbR5ognY?... #doechii #hiphop #grammy

My nomination for the best music video ever. My interpretation is that the protagonist is coming home for the death of his father. #theblaze #musicvideo #algeria youtu.be/54fea7wuV6s?...

With all the talk about replacing American products for European I recently started using a French AI chatbot from Mistral aptly named Le Chat instead of ChatGPT. What other non-American tech tools are worth checking out?

Summer came early. Boxi in Friedrichshain right now. #berlin #friedrichshain #foolsspring

A guy on Reddit just posted this snippet of an unknown busker in Berlin in November 23. Melancholic and mystical with a natural reverb from the underground tunnel. Reminds me of William Basinski. #atmospheric #busker youtu.be/eZ9boC-wSzs?...

@anderspucknielsen.dk Should Europe be members of Nato with US? Trump is showing exceptionally bad judgment, is openly imperialistic, does not embody democratic values and is rapidly escalating the conflict levels. We may risk getting involved in unjust and unwise wars.

Cool new track and video by Yaeji released yesterday: #yaeji #trap youtu.be/Vi9j9ogqr4E?...

Lots of phonk out there. I like this track and video because it embodies the feel of drift phonk. The artist is HXVRMXN, or Pavel Viktorovich Vankovich, who is residing in Minsk, Belarus. #phonk #driftphonk #belarus #HXVRMXN youtu.be/JvnaCJV43wU?...

Trent Reznor famously made music and some sound assets for the game Quake back in 1996. This is one of the purely ambient ones: #trentreznor #nin #quake youtu.be/FU0mvBLzKkQ?...

My favorite song from Black Country, New Road, from the first album. I interpret it as a song about male loneliness. The singer Isaac Wood withdrew from the band the year after in 2022, due to mental health issues. #blackcountrynewroad #experimentalrock #artrock youtu.be/gXay__MuoGw?...

yeule announces their new album ‘Evangelic Girl is a Gun’ out 30th May ♰ The track ‘Skullcrusher’ is out now, accompanied by a music video showcasing yeule’s truly multifaceted artistry. ➜ yeule.lnk.to/egiagSK

The track Fluffy Little Clouds by The Orb in 1990 sampled an interview with Rickie Lee Jones. The interviewer asking "What were the skies like when you were young?" was LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek TNG. How cool is that? #theorb #startrek youtu.be/2Ng9Pf_p7Fw?...

Very good concert by Heilung, kind of fantasy enactment of music in the neolithic or chalcolithic period, maybe? I'm not sure. The genre was initiated by Wardruna. Touring. #heilung #neofolk youtu.be/viqXlfkbWmQ?...

Wonderful track by Ukrainian Ruslan Ibragimovich. As far as I can tell, the the Eastern European music scene has the edge right now. #ukraine #Kyiv #phonkish youtu.be/C-WM3eUyUag?...

Let's not forget Argentinian pop. Nicki Nicole is a significant figure in Latin music industry and a tabloid star. #pop #reggaeton #rap youtu.be/BDQSaJNqjmY?...

Last month Sexyy Red released a track with Bruno Mars that was actually pretty good, I'm not going to deny that. I just invite you to contemplate if maybe something got lost compared to her breakthrough track? #authenticity #Sexyyred youtu.be/Agp7tDPbk0o?...

The holy giver. Composed by Hildegard von Bingen around 1150 or later. Singer is Anna Sandström. #hildegardvonbingen youtu.be/tlHM_XDWiak?...

In loving memory of hyperpop and sound design icon SOPHIE. She literally died reaching for the moon. One of the greatest losses to music this century. #sophie #hyperpop youtu.be/es9-P1SOeHU?...

Great tunes from Brutalismus 3000. A Slovakian couple popular with the kids in Berlin. Strictly speaking Kirmestechno, but they hit hard and sound a lot like Crystal Castles to me. Good stuff. #pop #techno #gabber #crystalcastles youtu.be/qBPdU57antg?...

Paul McCartney is about to publish a book on Wings. I'm pretty much sure that no one here know Wings, his main post-Beatles venture, but it was a class act from the 70s. #beatles #paulmcartney youtu.be/5P_VfLun96o?...

New song from the Russian band Aigel last week. Anti-war and reminiscent of songs like "The Green Fields Of France". My thoughts go to my lovely Russian colleagues who got caught up in this shit. Slava Ukraini. #Ukrainewar #aigel #russianmusic youtu.be/Qqfvk_HeQYg?...

Favorite tune from Sleaford Mods. Wish Iggy Pop would cover it as well. #sleafordmods #iggypop youtu.be/nd5kPWv09BQ?...

It has been fascinating to watch FKA Twigs' journey from alt pop weirdo with LP1 to mainstream sexy thing with the album Esexua last month. She does it beautifully, though. #fkatwigs #altpop youtu.be/iHVxIjpycNc?...

Pink Floyd to reerelase remastered footage from the famous concert in Pompeii in 1971. It introduced the iconic soundscapes from Dark Side of the Moon years later. Search for Guardian article. Incredibly, Bluesky does not handle in-text hypertext links. #PinkFloyd #progrock youtu.be/73Bpyta8vOs?...

Fcukers is a New York based duo signed up to Ninja Tune. First EP came out last year. Very promising. youtu.be/lUnpIO-OTx0?... #ninjatune #newmusic

When I initiated an account on Bluesky, I for no reason got 6-7 followers right away. Now they are gone. I darkly suspect that this is due to an algorithm to hook new users. ChatGPT agrees. Does anyone know anything about this?