Alex Martin
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The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world Now on BFI Player: dmovies.org/2025/07/06/i...
I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash - DMovies
The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world - on BFI Player from Monday, August 17th
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Ghost Dubs has a new album on the way, even deeper and moodier than its predecessor, crafting blurred melodies and narco loops into something heavyweight and hypnotic, tipped FFO Echospace, Burial Mix, Andy Stott... Boomkat Exclusive red vinyl 2LP: boomkat.com/products/obl...
One of the UK’s most distinctive filmmakers is also one of the best scorers in the game, once again reminding us of fellow Cornish native Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Vol II' boomkat.com/products/the...
The Stoic antidote to frustration – Marcus Aurelius on how to keep your mental composure and emotional equanimity when the world gets you down www.themarginalian.org/2021/04/13/m...
The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down
The art of tempering your fury with an infuriating existential truth.
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Misinformation is rife on social media and plays a key role in fuelling racist abuse, violence and even riots But the way we regulate it is - bluntly - rubbish In the second part of my look at social media regulation, I focus on our flawed approach to misinformation and how we might improve it:
How do you solve a problem like social media? Part II - misinformation
Misinformation and disinformation are among the worst online scourges, with huge real-world impacts. Why are our regulations so weak? And are there risks in making them stronger?
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I was all set to take their Satan Sauce pizza challenge, until I got to the last sentence. 
'What makes The Cramps so compelling was that they weren’t revivalists revelling in nostalgia or irony. Instead, they actually walked it like they talked it and were one of the few exactly the same offstage as they were on.' The Strange World Of… #TheCramps buff.ly/2B5SUKF
British horror looks to real life-events and Hannah Arendt for inspiration Harrowing short shows at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival: dmovies.org/2026/08/05/b...
Bruised Sky - DMovies
British horror looks to real life-events and Hannah Arendt for inspiration - harrowing short shows at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival
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“At the heart of all my music is the practice of listening in a kind of non-judgmental way. A lot of the time, when we listen, we listen with something in mind. We all have the experience of talking with someone and only paying attention to what we’re going to say next.”
Hildur Guðnadóttir's Beautiful Homecoming at Reykjavik Arts Festival » PopMatters
Hildur Guðnadóttir is the undisputed inheritor of Iceland’s classical mantle, and at the 2026 Reykjavik Arts Festival, she is finally back on stage in her homeland.
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Finally in on wax - Ron Trent's adventures in downbeat dimensions for Music From Memory...✨ boomkat.com/products/moo...
"Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so." René Magritte on enchantment, the courage of joy, and the antidote to the banality of pessimism: www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the Courage of Joy: René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
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“I love using instruments that I can actually touch, rather than just messing around with a mouse. It’s unpredictable. I’ve done that for years, and I still love doing it because you’re finding new things all the time.” Doublespeak’s Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur, and Benge on Analog:
Doublespeak's Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur, and Benge on Analog and Their Exciting Collaboration » PopMatters
A modern day elecropop supergroup, Vince Clarke lets Doublespeak's reputation and carefully curated cover songs speak to their influence.
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Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory studied how insect communities responded to newly established habitats on solar energy facilities built on retired agricultural land. At the end of five year...
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Here's something useful - an amazing archive of BBC Essential Mixes to play and download. Features sets by Andrew Weatherall, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bukem, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Goldie, François Kevorkian, Coldcut, Optimo, Frankie Knuckles, Greg Wilson, Gilles etc ▶️ archive.org/download/BBC...
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
Though it's traditionally meant 'last in a progression or series,' as Merriam-Webster puts it, the word ultimate has been more often used in recent decades to mean 'the best or most extreme of its kin...
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
Rhythm & Sound See Mi Yah First re-pressing in years of Mark Ernestus & Moritz Von Oswald’s divine, final Rhythm & Sound release, 2005, heeling to tradition with a one-riddim album which completed perhaps the greatest 10 year run in all of music…ever? boomkat.com/products/see...
"Whenever people live under a regime that limits freedom and self-expression, once that pressure disappears, there's an explosion of creativity in every direction … people searching for freedom through sound, long nights, and very loud basslines." Let's Get Rominimal:
Let’s Get Rominimal
Looking back at the Romanian minimal techno movement.
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"I got hold of Raiders of the Lost Ark when I was nine or 10-years-old, and it blew me away" Read our interview with the Danish director of The Last Viking (in cinemas now): dmovies.org/2026/07/07/o...
Our dirty questions to Anders Thomas Jensen - DMovies
Paul Risker interviews the Danish director of the split personality comedy hit The Last Viking; they discuss multiple identities, echo chambers, parenthood, Indiana Jones, "John Lennon", and more
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"The duo has described their initial meeting in the ‘70s as being “like magic.” Since then, the combination of Dunbar’s nimble drumming + Shakespeare’s driving and melodic bass has melded to create one of the most distinct sounds in recorded music." Six Essential Sly & Robbie Releases on Bandcamp:
Six Essential Sly & Robbie Releases on Bandcamp
A guide to reggae’s most famous duo.
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"How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves." Techno godfather Juan Atkins — ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’:
Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’
How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves
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‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...
A day late posting but really enjoyed world pasta day! Sausage crumb with fennel, basil pesto and cream.
"Raw oscillators, filters and amplifiers intended for not musical but industrial purposes. At some point, experimental musicians realised that if you amplified the electric signals they put out, you could generate, process, and control audio signals." The people using test equipment to make music:
“These are better sine waves. They just are”: We meet the people using test equipment to make music
Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab coat and find out how you can incorporate old gear into your own productions. Just beware of high voltage
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