Andy Wilson

@dataconsole.bsky.social

musician, audio engineer/developer, artist http://subvert.fm/drm, http://ohmic.net

Here's a fascinating 2022 interview with Ernest Bergez aka Sourdure who is making his Irish debut in Bello Bar Dublin on Friday 2nd October. This will be a remarkable show. I'm telling you now, well in advance not to miss this one.

Sourdure: living tradition, not a museum

– A lot of stuff is melted together but in the music of La Nòvia, Cocanha, even in my music there’s this idea of doing actually traditional music, living traditional music. I think it’s because we …

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New polling from the National Youth Council of Ireland: - 68% of 18–24-year-olds are considering emigrating - 71% believe they'd have a better quality of life outside Ireland - 83% support stronger government regulation of AI - 89% agree the housing crisis disproportionately affects young people

RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland

RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland Young people are responding to unaffordable housing, the rising cost of everyda...

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Apartment Records presents: JO JOHNSON (Quiet Details, Further Records / UK) - Irish debut! BEING (Firecracker, Apartment / UK) - Irish debut! DRM (Apartment / IRL) - Live debut! Friday September 11th Doors 8pm Bello Bar, Dublin ra.co/events/2496086

Apartment Records presents: Jo Johnson / Being / DRM at Bello Bar, Dublin ⟋ RA Tickets

2026 sees Apartment Records turn 15, a rare milestone for an Irish independent electronic music label. To celebrate, the imprint is putting together an ...

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'We need to add 500 subscribers this spring – most importantly, to be able to remain stable, but also to then continue to expand our fight on behalf of human-made art and writing.' The Quietus Spring Sale is Here! Help us Fight the AI-pocalypse buff.ly/2lQYtLG

Quietus Spring Sale graphic. A roughly hewn robot that looks as if it might be constructed from cardboard boxes looks on while fires rage in the distance.

Bandcamp getting rid of Marc Masters' experimental music column is an absurd misjudgement. Literally knocking down one of the main genres that can thrive on that platform and needs uplifting.

“One purpose of the film is to inspire a sense of solidarity and to combat hopelessness as Fisher’s writing often did. It reminds us that the future is not something we inherit, it’s something we can have agency over.” Why We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher buff.ly/piC4ARL

Image of Mark Fisher, tinted with purple light, on a monitor with a selection of books on a bookshelf behind it.

Albanese's latest report on the systematic, ubiquitous, soul crushing, permanent torture of Palestinians by Israeli authorities, soldiers & settlers is one that we can only turn our eyes away from at the price of losing what is left of our souls. END THE GENOCIDE. NOW! www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture

GENEVA – Israel’s systematic torture of Palestinians, long shielded by decades of impunity and political cover, has become a defining instrument of ongoing genocide in the occupied Palestinian territo...

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Artist pages are now unlocked on Subvert for all Artist-Members. If you are an Artist-Member and have been waiting for access - you can sign in today, set up your profile, upload your tracks, and get your presence live on the platform - right now, ahead of our public launch in the coming weeks.

🧵 New content from #PalQuest explores the life and legacy of Rim Banna, Palestinian artist known as the “voice of the cause.” Born in Nazareth in 1966 to poet Zuhaira Sabbagh and Jamil Banna, Rim grew up immersed in Palestinian culture, literature, and music: www.palquest.org/en/biography...

Rim Banna - Artists (1966 - 2018)

Biography - Rim Banna was born in Nazareth on 6 December 1966 into a Greek Orthodox Christian family. Her father was Jamil Banna and her mother is the poet...

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'Throughout the project was an idea of 'retracing the journey of the banjo from West Africa to the plantation in the Caribbean, to the American South.' "It feels really significant to re-establish the connection to that instrument and where it comes from." Folk Music for Winter buff.ly/faSJA4o

Attendees at Land In Our Names’ Birthday Folk Session. Photo by Fatima Yasmin. Two people seated, playing banjos.