Music in Haruki Murakami’s ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’
In Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls, music’s presence and absence are central to the concrete and metaphysical spaces the characters migrate between.
Teo Blake Beauchamp
Teo Blake Beauchamp is an artist and educator from Los Angeles, California. He teaches a diversity of undergraduate classes in the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, as well as, several MFA classes at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Additionally, he teaches "Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena" at Montclair State. Beauchamp also works as an audio engineer and writer with a focus on the intersection of music and technology.
Spiritual Sonic Expression: An Interview with Surya Botofasina
Surya Botofasina’s new LP is a reflection on the Ashram where he was raised, which was founded by jazz legend Alice Coltrane. It is an exhilarating journey.
Photay’s ‘Windswept’ Is an Ecstatic Embrace of Power and Wonder
An emotional and intellectual curiosity pulses through the glitches, polyrhythms, and floating synths of Photay’s Windswept, which feels distinctly personal.
How Rap’s Civil War Was Shaped by AI
The recent “Rap Civil War” accelerated the use of AI in rap music and, as with digital sampling, creatives will use it regardless of the implications.
War & Peace: The Cultural Meaning of Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake
The Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake feud is serious, but it is the claim to and manipulation of culture that may have the greatest consequences for all of us.