Philip Sherburne
@philipsherburne.bsky.social
Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com Label: http://balmat.cat Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne Menorca, Spain
New newsletter up today, featuring new-to-me leftfield techno duo Rat (huh? who?), plus Deadbeat, Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon, Carlos Giffoni, Chris Watson, Skee Mask & more futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-154-hom...
FR 154: Home Is Where the Rat Is
New music from Carlos Giffoni, Chris Watson, Skee Mask, and more.
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We are, as they say, so back: new Futurism Restated up, featuring reviews of Benjamin Brunn, Maya Shenfeld, Lifted, and more futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-153-cit...
FR 153: Cities, States, and Cover-Ups
New music from Benjamin Brunn, Maya Shenfeld, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and more.
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Fantastic piece of writing that pulls together so many threads
Semi-Auto Didact@eddiestats.bsky.social · 6mo agoProud to share that the 2nd ever Saturday track review on @pitchfork.com is a review of "Murder She Wrote" which is really my tribute to the genius of Sly Dunbar but also a love letter to @basementbhangra.bsky.social & all the versions of Bam Bam as yet unborn: pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
I wrote about the incredible new album from Jana Horn, plus Erik Hall’s pulse minimalism, Lia Kohl’s site-specific chamber music, and more futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-152-yes...
FR 152: Yesterday I Was Dreaming, Today I’m Getting Through
New music from Jana Horn, Erik Hall, Lia Kohl, and more.
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Wrote about Purelink’s heady new live tape pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Purelink: Live
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From Mood Hut, an insta-cop for the Chain Reaction heads pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Musicentrydelete: Selfless
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I interviewed guitarist @shaneparish.bsky.social about his incredible new album of Autechre covers for @billorcutt.bsky.social's label futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-150-gui...
FR 150: Shane Parish on Autechre Guitar, His Improbable and Virtuosic Covers Album
An epic interview with the fingerstyle guitarist about translating silicon circuits to steel strings.
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Futurism Restated is back with the first post of the new year: a fascinating interview with Kara-Lis Coverdale (@k-lc.bsky.social), who spoke in depth about the three albums she released on Smalltown Supersound last year futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-149-kar...
FR 149: Kara-Lis Coverdale on Dirt, Heat, and Otherworldly Sounds
After a long break, the Canadian musician is back—and more productive than ever.
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Today's serendipitous transcription-app error: "audible product" in place of "Arvo Pärt"
For the last newsletter of the year I interviewed Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Radio futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-148-ast...
FR 148: Astral Traveling With Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space
Five years after moving from WFMU to Apple Music, his long-running radio show is thriving.
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Hot on the heels of my Best of 2025 post, one more Mixes Digest for the year, with five killer mixes to ease your path through the holiday season futurismrestated.substack.com/p/mixes-dige...
Mixes Digest 24: Two Mellow Sets and Three Kinda Banging Ones
Downbeat repose, dub-techno drift, ’90s minimal, and more.
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Slightly randomly rediscovered Susumu Yokota's albums at the weekend (while tidying) - hadn't played in an age and had forgotten how beautiful and beguiling they were. Missed there'd been a retrospective - a lovely, insightful @philipsherburne.bsky.social review here: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Susumu Yokota: Skintone Edition Volume 1
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Honored to see this record turn up in John's excellent year-end list! Stephen, Brendan, and Hahn are in some very good company here indeed
John Mulvey@johnmulvey.bsky.social · 8mo ago5/ Second by Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty & Hahn Rowe. Stellar Ambarchi/Ghosted-style project. Rhythmic Rhodes one of my tracks of the year sounds *very* loosely like Fugazi in dub. balmat.bandcamp.com/album/second...
For my last major piece of 2025, I wrote about @ad93rec.bsky.social as @pitchfork.com's label of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Label of the Year: AD 93
Daring, heartfelt, and unpredictable, the London label has released some of the best music of the year. We talk to its founder, Nic Tasker, about the evolution of the singular AD 93 sound, and how eve...
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I wrote about my 30 favorite albums of the year (plus 45 more) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
The Best Albums of 2025
Did someone say something about abundance?
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Just opened a Google doc I closed last night. I must have been having a stroke or something because this was one of the last things I typed
Hats off to @residentadvisor.bsky.social for this massively ambitious undertaking. (I wrote about Ricardo Villalobos.) Some really fine writing here, and the selection is top notch, a fittingly dynamic representation of the past 25 years. ra.co/features/4481
The Best Electronic Tracks of 2000-25 · Feature ⟋ RA
2000-25: The Best Electronic Tracks, Records and Mixes of the 21st Century.
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Many thanks to @tddvsss.bsky.social and @bandcamp.com for including Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland's Balmat album in their list of 2025's best ambient music. Honored to find ourselves in such fine company daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
The Best Ambient Albums of 2025
Our guide to the year’s crucial ambient LPs.
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Can't believe we're actually making this happen: Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, and Hahn Rowe — creators of Balmat 16, "Second" — are bringing the live trio to Barcelona's CaixaForum on February 27. Tickets just 10€! Info here caixaforum.org/es/barcelona...
Vitiello, Canty, Rowe y Espacio Vacío | Conciertos y espectáculos | CaixaForum Barcelona
Primera actuación en España del trío, quienes presentarán su último trabajo, Second. Previamente, a partir de las 19.30 h en la cafetería, DJ set de Espacio Vacío.
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Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8mo agoBREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩 shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
As I note in the introduction to the mix I posted yesterday, the final track is a real curveball: a cover of Autechre’s “Yulquen” by fingerstyle guitarist Shane Parish. (You may recall his Aphex Twin cover on last year's REPERTOIRE.) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
Eavesdropping 1: A Mix for Subscribers
A woozy ambient set featuring Raica, Jeremy Hyman, Mor Elian, Carlos Giffoni, and more.
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This week's newsletter is an interview with Tusco Embassy's Nathan Bowers, whose "Roulette" compilations play a different song every time you put the needle on the wax. futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-146-tus...
FR 146: Tusco Embassy’s “Roulette” Compilations Are Black Magic on Wax
Bee Mask, Jim O’Rourke, Demdike Stare—wherever you drop the needle, there’s no telling what you’ll hear.
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