Writings on music in the liminal space between underground & mainstream

Buoyant Beats for the Turbulent Twenties: A DJ mix of resurgent jungle produced between 2017 and 2022

I’ve never used the term “OK, boomer” but it’s crossed my mind a few times during your Spotify boycott …

Music is flying higher than ever in the soaring twenties.

Dub engineers made a new, metaphysical type of musical composition in which the mixing board became a musical instrument

Shifts in the social fabric uncovered new ways to share music in 2020

What will define this unprecedented year’s music when we look back?

Black music not only defines the American canon, but in one form or another it has dominated global popular music for the past 100 years…

Dynamics compression, audio file compression, and sound-system hardware each influence the perception of music in different ways.

Anyone who says there’s no good music these days is sadly missing out. Not only is there too much, but it’s super-accessable too.

The sheer amount of stellar music released over the 2010s was immense. 2019 was no exception.

You can’t blame the youth for the bad music they’re exposed to.

If the visionary London-based multi-instrumentalist isn’t on your radar yet, he should be.

The Nigerian-American hip-hop crooner continues down his trendsetting path.

Nu blues is a global musical form originating in the urban centers of the United States during the first part of the 21st century.

Visionary Chicago musicians from all across the city are disrupting old models and blazing new paths to economic viability.

20 years ago my first album was pumped through the international distribution network that was the recording industry. Little did I realize…

I spent a bunch of time pondering why we still tend rate music by album rather than track when it comes to all these year-end “best” lists…

Adult Contemporary Serotonin For The 21st Century

Rebels with a Cause: Junglist Massive

Originally published by Mashit.com on March 18, 2011

Originally published by mashit.com on April 11, 2008.