Archive - Microplastics

When club culture sells out to private equity

Grassroots campaigns against big finance highlight the moral maze in which dance music has lost itself.

May 15 •

December 2024

Did trance ruin the "special" music of Goa?

A global scene that began in India gave birth to some of dance music's trippiest records—and a few of its worst.

Dec 5, 2024 •

July 2024

The durian scheme, or what's wrong with "experimental" music

What could today's avant-garde learn from a notoriously smelly fruit?

Jul 23, 2024 •

January 2024

Wiping the moistness from music criticism

Music journalism is in crisis, again. Can it be rescued from its wet, deferential present?

Jan 31, 2024 •

November 2023

Surfing the Inglish channel

The sound of public space is getting worse. What's at stake if we decide to ignore it?

Nov 30, 2023 •

October 2023

Introducing Microplastics

Your new, all-consuming obsession

Oct 17, 2023 •

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