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Will Mason Music

Posts by Will Mason on music, technology, and much else.

harmonic series

a monthly digital magazine for adventurous music featuring interviews, notations, and reviews

This Week in Sound

By Marc Weidenbaum (This Week in Sound)

A newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, storytelling, warfare, art, and society.

Zik Zak

By Tarotplane

Lunch for your ears

Tusk Is Better Than Rumours

By Matthew

primers and album rankings of experimental musicians. all rankings guaranteed definitive and all opinions guaranteed correct.

Faltradio

A radiophonic piece from the Falt multiverse.

Organ Grinder

By Jinhyung Kim

We write about experimental music.

The World According to Sound

By The WATSound

The potential of audio in media that pairs with our weekly listening series.

S/FJ

By Sasha Frere-Jones

photographs enthusiasms essays speculation interviews conjecture

Texts | Projects

Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether

Everyday culture and found objects

Tone Glow

A newsletter about experimental music both new and old.

Infinite Noise Project

White noise, ambient music, and experimental sounds for meditation, sleep, therapy, and wellness.

Bandcloud

By Aidan Hanratty

Defunct weekly roundup of releases on Bandcamp and Soundcloud selected and delivered by Aidan. Mostly house/techno/ambient/drone.