International Orange

@interorange.bsky.social

www.internationalorange.io One foot in the bassbin, one ear to the ground. Proper sonics according to our internal logics. Never do a rush job. A website for written words, audible mixes and bits of video in the contemporary electronic music realm.

Recognise 089: Tasha 🔊 Alongside a set recorded at Open Ground, London underground champ Tasha speaks to Oli Warwick about the peaks and troughs of promoting, her friendship with the late Marcus Intalex, and her Neighbourhood club night's family atmosphere as it turns 15 djmag.com/features/rec...

Recognise 089: Tasha

A vital cog in London’s modern underground, Tasha is celebrating 15 years of her Neighbourhood club night with a string of parties this summer. Having come up through the thrilling crossover era of th...

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New up: recent commentary on support and solidarity movements for Palestine in the electronic music community. Sometimes it's hard to know what to add, so instead we've chosen to gather a few perspectives. Donate, march, shout, listen, boycott. internationalorange.io/standing-up-...

Standing Up For Palestine

As Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people continues unabated, we survey worthwhile perspectives on dance music’s response. It’s been 587 days since Hamas’ October 7 massacre sparked an escal...

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Very pleased to share a beautiful new IO Mix from Sheldon Agwu, an amazing jazz guitarist from London. If you love the intersection between ambient and jazz, downtempo gear and the spiritual stuff, you'll be more than satisfied with this session. internationalorange.io/iomix019-she...

IOMix019 // Sheldon Agwu

The London-based jazz guitarist invites us into a mesmerising blend of ambient, trip-hop and jazz pulled from the deeply-dug selections that informed his incredible debut album. Take a deep breath and...

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OK so the platform-to-platform shuffle is a little fatiguing, but some useful posting and advice from respected heads points to Mastodon being a better shout long term than this place. We've set up there, hopefully the last relocation for the foreseeable. mastodon.social/@internation...

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11 Posts, 65 Following, 7 Followers · One foot in the bassbin, one ear to the ground. Proper sonics according to our internal logics. Never do a rush job. A website for written words, audible mixes ...

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#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

Save The Prince Charles Cinema

The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

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Marylou was also kind enough to gift us her frankly mind-frying three-hour set from pe:rsona festival last summer, which now forms the next entry in the IO Mix series. Check it here, every single minute of this is worthy of your attentive ears. soundcloud.com/internationa...

IOMix018 // Marylou

Shredding the concept of DJing down and remoulding it in her own provocative way, @maryloudj pushes the artform into bold, expressive forms that make simple beatmatching seem timid by comparison. The

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We're kicking off 2025 in fine style with a wonderful new interview with the incredible Marylou, one of the most inspiring DJs making moves in the present moment. Joseph Francis went deep with her on her practice and outlook, up and available to read here: internationalorange.io/marylou-from...

Marylou // From Ritual to Rave

We’re always here for DJs disregarding the dogma of the dancefloor to break into compelling new zones. Joseph Francis links up with one of the shining beacons of this practice, the one and only Marylo...

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Streaming services like Spotify are the enemy of music culture. "Perhaps Spotify understood... when it removed real classical, jazz, and ambient artists from popular playlists and replaced them with low-budget stock muzak, it was steamrolling real music cultures..."

liz pelly@lizpelly.bsky.social · 2y ago

For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week harpers.org/archive/2025...

Cover of the january 2025 issue of Harper's magazine. A black background with the words GHOST MUSIC written largely in green, tangled with wired headphones. underneath in small text it says "INSIDE SPOTIFY'S FAKE-ARTIST SCHEME"