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Philip Sherburne

@philipsherburne.bsky.social
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Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat Substack: futurismrestated.substack.com Label: balmat.cat Mixes: soundcloud.com/psherburne Menorca, Spain

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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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...
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FR 154: Home Is Where the Rat Is
New music from Carlos Giffoni, Chris Watson, Skee Mask, and more.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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...
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FR 153: Cities, States, and Cover-Ups
New music from Benjamin Brunn, Maya Shenfeld, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and more.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Fantastic piece of writing that pulls together so many threads
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thanks so much, Craig. Hope you and yours are doing OK too.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thanks so much, Loula
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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...
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FR 152: Yesterday I Was Dreaming, Today I’m Getting Through
New music from Jana Horn, Erik Hall, Lia Kohl, and more.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Congress should not fund any version of ICE, you collaborationist idiot
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Naaaaaaailed it
Some idiot complaining that people are pouring buckets of water outside of ICE goon HQ
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Wrote about Purelink’s heady new live tape pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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Purelink: Live
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
From Mood Hut, an insta-cop for the Chain Reaction heads pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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Musicentrydelete: Selfless
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Heaven fucking forfend
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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...
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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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Blink twice if the crypto bros are holding you hostage
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I made a dub techno mix futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
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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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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...
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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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So, so sorry. Looks like an incredible cat.
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Today's serendipitous transcription-app error: "audible product" in place of "Arvo Pärt"
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Fuck, and I cannot emphasize this enough, AI www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
For the last newsletter of the year I interviewed Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Radio futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-148-ast...
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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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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...
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Mixes Digest 24: Two Mellow Sets and Three Kinda Banging Ones
Downbeat repose, dub-techno drift, ’90s minimal, and more.
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dhemingway @quiteclicky.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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...
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Susumu Yokota: Skintone Edition Volume 1
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the album.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Love the Alpha Maid record! There’s so much good stuff that I couldn’t fit it all in
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Beautiful, thank you!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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...
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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...
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
One would hope so, but honestly I don't know. In general she doesn't like rock music, so the whole premise might be lost on her! But hey, "have a good time, all the time" is pretty universal
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
How old were you? My daughter is 10 and I've been trying to figure out if she's ready yet.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I wrote about my 30 favorite albums of the year (plus 45 more) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
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The Best Albums of 2025
Did someone say something about abundance?
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Just opened a Google doc I closed last night. I must have been having a stroke or something because this was one of the last things I typed
Screenshot of a Google doc where I typed the word "complexcality" (with an autocorrect suggestion of "complexity")
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
More like "American Can't-O"
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Also huge thanks to @cushac.bsky.social for including Balmat's own DOVS in his favorite releases of 2025, alongside Autechre, Geese, and Los Thuthanaka! www.hearingthings.co/andys-favori...
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Andy's Favorite Music of 2025
From drizzly digital grunge to jackhammering club music, lo-fi guitar explorations to glacial jazz standards, this is the music that moved me most this year.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Hats off to @residentadvisor.bsky.social for this massively ambitious undertaking. (I wrote about Ricardo Villalobos.) Some really fine writing here, and the selection is top notch, a fittingly dynamic representation of the past 25 years. ra.co/features/4481
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The Best Electronic Tracks of 2000-25 · Feature ⟋ RA
2000-25: The Best Electronic Tracks, Records and Mixes of the 21st Century.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Many thanks to @tddvsss.bsky.social and @bandcamp.com for including Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland's Balmat album in their list of 2025's best ambient music. Honored to find ourselves in such fine company daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
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The Best Ambient Albums of 2025
Our guide to the year’s crucial ambient LPs.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Tuve la suerte de verlos un par de veces (pero la verdad es que no tengo muchos recuerdos de él, estaba tan enfocado en Ian y Guy!). Pero tengo muchísimas ganas de verlo esta vez!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Desafortunadamente, creo que no -- sólo en Barcelona esta vez.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Can't believe we're actually making this happen: Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, and Hahn Rowe — creators of Balmat 16, "Second" — are bringing the live trio to Barcelona's CaixaForum on February 27. Tickets just 10€! Info here caixaforum.org/es/barcelona...
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Vitiello, Canty, Rowe y Espacio Vacío | Conciertos y espectáculos | CaixaForum Barcelona
Primera actuación en España del trío, quienes presentarán su último trabajo, Second. Previamente, a partir de las 19.30 h en la cafetería, DJ set de Espacio Vacío.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I hadn't heard that Konrad Wehrmeister until now -- it's great! Thanks for turning me on to it.
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John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I'm so sorry, Maura.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
(Whoops, forgot to tag the great @shaneparish.bsky.social himself here!)
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Shane Parish @shaneparish.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩 shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
Album artwork by Bill Orcutt. Green square in a white field.
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
That's a good question, I can't think of any others beyond those
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Yeah, that was one of my immediate thoughts as well!
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Today Shane announced AUTECHRE GUITAR, a full album of acoustic covers drawn from Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae, & LP5, out February 27 on Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia label. It's stunning. I wrote the liner notes, which you can read on Bandcamp now. shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
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Autechre Guitar, by Shane Parish
10 track album
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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
As I note in the introduction to the mix I posted yesterday, the final track is a real curveball: a cover of Autechre’s “Yulquen” by fingerstyle guitarist Shane Parish. (You may recall his Aphex Twin cover on last year's REPERTOIRE.) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/eavesdropp...
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Eavesdropping 1: A Mix for Subscribers
A woozy ambient set featuring Raica, Jeremy Hyman, Mor Elian, Carlos Giffoni, and more.
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