No More Lost Futures
A new book making the case for internet-centric electronic musicians like SOPHIE, FKA Twigs and Oneohtrix Point Never is part of a growing wave of thinkers consigning the ‘lost futures’ discourse of the 2000s to the past.
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Luke Cartledge
Luke Cartledge is a London-based writer and former editor at Loud & Quiet magazine.
The Musical Future Has Not Been Cancelled
A new book considers the musical innovation of trap, drill, and bashment in the last ten years – and the cultural contexts in which they have been taking place.
How Goldsmiths Staff Are Fighting Covid Austerity
In the wake of Covid-19, Goldsmiths management are forcing through job cuts worth £6 million and a vast increase in workloads – but staff are fighting back against the latest neoliberal reforms to higher education.
The Covid Crisis Has Revived Arts Trade Unionism
Across the creative industries, already precarious workers have been left in limbo by government and institutional inaction during this crisis – but the unions that fight for them are adapting quickly.
Doing it Yourself in Lockdown
In music, lockdown has meant not only the collapse of live music, but also the massively increased monopolisation of music by the tech giants. We need to defend the alternatives.