FR 154: Home Is Where the Rat Is New music from Carlos Giffoni, Chris Watson, Skee Mask, and more.

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 153: Cities, States, and Cover-Ups New music from Benjamin Brunn, Maya Shenfeld, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and more.

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...

Fantastic piece of writing that pulls together so many threads

Thanks so much, Craig. Hope you and yours are doing OK too.

So good! I just snapped up a bunch of the back catalog that I'd been sleeping on. Makes me want to settle in for a little mix!

Thanks so much, Loula

FR 152: Yesterday I Was Dreaming, Today I’m Getting Through New music from Jana Horn, Erik Hall, Lia Kohl, and more.

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...

Congress should not fund any version of ICE, you collaborationist idiot

Naaaaaaailed it

Purelink: Live Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.

Wrote about Purelink’s heady new live tape pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Musicentrydelete: Selfless Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.

From Mood Hut, an insta-cop for the Chain Reaction heads pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Heaven fucking forfend

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.

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...

Blink twice if the crypto bros are holding you hostage

Eavesdropping 2: A Dub Techno Set Cornerstones and future classics—spanning 29 years of the genre—from Rhythm & Sound, Vladislav Delay, Ghost Dubs, and more.

I made a dub techno mix futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...

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.

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...

So, so sorry. Looks like an incredible cat.

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Today's serendipitous transcription-app error: "audible product" in place of "Arvo Pärt"

Man, I'm the opposite -- I had to stop running in July because of a knee injury, and I've been doing weights since then, trying to get my strength up. All I want to do is get back to running!

Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs. A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.

Fuck, and I cannot emphasize this enough, AI www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

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.

For the last newsletter of the year I interviewed Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Radio futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-148-ast...

I got Smack My Crack when I was 15 or 16. Had NO idea what I had stumbled on. I always loved that Nick Cave "Barking Spider" story on it, though.

Mixes Digest 24: Two Mellow Sets and Three Kinda Banging Ones Downbeat repose, dub-techno drift, ’90s minimal, and more.

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...

Susumu Yokota: Skintone Edition Volume 1 Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.

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...

Love the Alpha Maid record! There’s so much good stuff that I couldn’t fit it all in

Beautiful, thank you!

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

Oh man, I was following this thread because of the Bitchin' Bajas mention (someone I should have remembered for my own list), did NOT expect to see Vitiello/Canty/Rowe here! Thanks so much!

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...

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...