the words "Koyaanisqatsi: Free with ads" are really doing something in my head. nothing particularly good, I think. but it's happening
Elmattic
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Rooftop like we bringing ‘88 back https://elmattic.substack.com/
A SHORT HISTORY OF RAPPERS IN ALBANIAN On Action Bronson and—uh, that's it actually. (I mean plus the usual: pastrami sandwiches, crazy monks, etc.) open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
A Short History of Rappers in Albanian
On Action Bronson and—uh, that’s it actually
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DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: APRUNE 2026 Wrote about the 'experimental rap' bullshit, and the castaways of HATE ISLAND. Plus other recs of records I reckon. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Dope of the Month Club :: Aprune 2026
On the “experimental rap” bullshit and the castaways of Hate Island
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Chopped it up with Boots Riley about the difference between activism as spectacle and organized collective action that's focused on tearing down exploitative systems
The Verge@theverge.com · 3mo agoBoots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters
This guy can write
Elmattic@elmattic.bsky.social · 4mo agoIRON GALACTUS :: ON ‘THE COLD VEIN’ For Can Ox’s 25th (?!), I used Gaussian splatting on its cryptophasic language, reincarnation cycles of b-boy alphas and omega reds, how it created a Mithraic cult, Ubik, pigeons, Music for Airports on 9/11, and so on. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Honestly Fantastic Damage was the bigger record from this era for me but can ox is a monolith and who better to write about it than @elmattic.bsky.social Great read elmattic.substack.com/p/iron-galac...
Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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Read this, had to immediately fire it up. Mt Rushmore level record
Elmattic@elmattic.bsky.social · 4mo agoIRON GALACTUS :: ON ‘THE COLD VEIN’ For Can Ox’s 25th (?!), I used Gaussian splatting on its cryptophasic language, reincarnation cycles of b-boy alphas and omega reds, how it created a Mithraic cult, Ubik, pigeons, Music for Airports on 9/11, and so on. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
IRON GALACTUS :: ON ‘THE COLD VEIN’ For Can Ox’s 25th (?!), I used Gaussian splatting on its cryptophasic language, reincarnation cycles of b-boy alphas and omega reds, how it created a Mithraic cult, Ubik, pigeons, Music for Airports on 9/11, and so on. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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ICYMI: New blog is up. Along with the tunes, there's live sets from Gelli Haha, By Storm, and aja monet, @elmattic.bsky.social on ELUCID & Sebb Bash, @sonraw.bsky.social on POW Radio for dublab, and Fatboi Sharif on The Truth Hurts. And it's the last weekend for my charity giveaway, come through!
Ronald AKA DJ Regularity@djregular.tech · 5mo agoNew What's Good is live! New albums from @nahreally.bsky.social, Courtney Barnett, Irreversible Entanglements, @rapswell.bsky.social & SQ, and Nickelus F. New singles from aja monet, Sir Michael Rocks, Fat Ray & Raphy, Tokyo Cigar, and Gelli Haha. Come through! blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
SYMPHONY OF THE WORLD :: E L U C I D x SEBB BASH'S 'I GUESS U HAD TO BE THERE' Applied a Eusebian apparatus to the new new by ELUCID x Sebastian Bashmolean. NY nostalgia, cyanometers, Doordash waiting, the soil from your grave is in the karaoke room, etc. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Symphony of the World :: E L U C I D x Sebb Bash’s ‘I Guess U Had to Be There’
As Breeze says: allow me to elucidate, boost what’s great
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Mentioned this in Dope of the Month Club yesterday, and it's reappeared, so go cop it before it vanishes again. Best instrumental album I've heard in a long while. pawnbroker138.bandcamp.com/album/unadul...
Unadulterated Pathways 1: Hollow Rooms, by pawnbroker
16 track album
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DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: JARCHUARY 2026 Quick one on 10 fire instrumental records: @killerkane.bsky.social @soundconspirator.bsky.social @qnorapname.bsky.social @sascomusic.bsky.social Ol Burger Beats Mr Dibbs Giallo Point @shitaobeat.bsky.social Tenshun open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Dope of the Month Club :: Jarchruary 2026
Best records of the year so far, which just happen to be all instrumentals.
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OK FINE I WILL WRITE ABOUT EPMD WHILE DRUNK ON NEGRONIS Came home drunk last night and wrote 1,000 words about the rotisserie chicken of hip hop. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
OK FINE I WILL WRITE ABOUT EPMD WHILE DRUNK ON NEGRONIS
They were the rotisserie chicken of hip hop.
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Tardigrade Poplock Monoprint, drypoint etching print, acrylic February 2026 More at www.instagram.com/landof10000t... #printmaking #mixedmedia
Bandcamp Friday is over, but as always, the music don't go stale. Plus, the Bonus Beats section has: - Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets - Squadda B's audiobook - Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social - @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla And more!
Ronald AKA DJ Regularity@djregular.tech · 7mo agoFirst Bandcamp Friday edition of the blog, and it's a big'un. Come through for new music from Puma Blue, Dua Saleh, Mandy Indiana, Charlotte Day Wilson, Chris Crack, Sleep Sinatra and Heather Grey, and much much more. blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
That RZA/Juice Crew record finally came out, it's pretty good? music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew - Album by RZA
Listen to Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew by RZA on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
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the first boat always hovers at hand to assist its consort
DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT :: ON DILLA'S "DONUTS" Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts." open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Don’t Say Goodnight: on Dilla’s “Donuts”
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
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Eating the AI art in protest is ironically more Art than whatever the fuck the ai guy was doing
psyopson da cialva @marceeeeeeeeeel.bsky.social · 7mo agoKINGOOOOOOOOOOO
Found a very early piece of rap writing I did from 2009 on a track from ‘Donuts.’ Holy shit it’s bad, will not be sharing. The point is that some things still live on the internet forever.
Renee Nicole Good’s award winning poem. The last lines are particularly resonant. poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
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The one tried and true authoritarian trick Trump hasn’t deployed yet is turning off the internet. But he doesn’t need to, because all US tech/social companies have already bent the knee if not gone all in on the agenda. If he does though, check out Bitchat: boingboing.net/2026/01/07/d...
Download Bitchat to communicate in an emergency
With PBS shutting down after losing federal funding and the administration threatening broadcast licenses, the possibility of compromised communications isn't hypothetical anymore. If you want a backu...
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if you like beats &/or hip hop at all this is one of the most important things you can read this year
Elmattic@elmattic.bsky.social · 9mo agoILL TRUE MENTALS :: BEST OF 2025 Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year: @soundconspirator.bsky.social You're All Cowards Tenshun DDay One Kassa Overall elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
2026 gonna be “Sartre in heels,” according to the One Who Got Away.
I wrote a ton of stuff this year, starting with that weird one-of-a-kind Wu album. elmattic.substack.com/p/what-we-th...
What We Think About When We Think About ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’
Or, Wu-Tang in the Age of Digital Consumption
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