The Sound From Outside the House
TikTok gave a lo-fi club sound a reclaimed name and a new audience. Three outsider house producers on the genre gaining newfound online traction, what the platform gave them, what it may cost, and where the music actually belongs.
Mixtape #2: Guilt by Dissociation
Twelve songs catch one another in the acts of hiding, hesitating, and finally facing things. This week’s playlist traces the connections in liner notes accompanying a mix about avoidance, memory, stasis, and forward progression.
Mixtape #1: Heat Wave
An L.A. heat wave turns the bedroom into a place of restless nights and deferred plans. This week’s playlist opens our weekly “Mixtapes” series with fifteen tracks that capture the mood and liner notes from the hours before dawn.