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sd003

rocky vs. twombly

smartdumb fanzine #01

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limited edition zine (run of 100). sixteen pages of naturally faulty remembrance and artificially intelligent fantasia. an examination of the hidden resonances between rocky balboa, the rocky statue, the trojan war, and cy twombly’s ’50 days at iliam’ paintings inside the philadelphia museum of art. [buy]

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sd002

original karaoke

famous

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original karaoke is an ongoing archive of original recordings that were made, somewhat paradoxically, exclusively for karaoke bars. largely unheard by the greater public, the first volume of original karaoke recordings unearth local karaoke bar favorites as heard in tokyo, paris, copenhagen, and new york city.[listen]

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sd001

uffie

oopsie b/w alchemy

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the fairy godmother of sleaze, hyperpop, and twisted underground dance music makes her smartdumb debut with two bubbly, batshit electro anthems. ‘alchemy’ video directed by anthony sylvester. [listen] [watch]

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sd000

isola

lp1

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there is music hidden in every sound around us. the howl of the wind, the whirr of traffic, the blank hum of a refrigerator. lp1 is both a continuation and departure of isola’s signature microhouse sound. each song explores the giddy side of falling in love – all the little moments when you feel it setting in but don’t want to ruin by saying anything. hints of wolfgang voigt’s gas, steve standard’s strafe, and the tickled arpeggiations of suzanne ciani’s music for buchla. [listen]