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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was digging around in the riverbeds this morning-- it's been a while. #foundobjects

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Sound Scene Fest @soundscene.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thrilled to post our RFP for 2027's Sound Scene 20: Sounds of the City. Are you a #fieldrecordist, #soundartist, #newartist in the domain of sound? We'd love to hear from you. www.soundscene.org/rfp

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 17/08/2026

“Anderson imagines the noise in the cockpit, the heat of no ventilation, the likely mirages that Earhart saw as she grew more and more tired.” New Sounds #4918, With Laurie Anderson, on ‘Amelia’:

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#4918, With Laurie Anderson, on 'Amelia' | WNYC

Composer and artist Laurie Anderson presents her latest – a retelling of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, with orchestra and soloists (including Anohni) and text taken from her pilot log.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13/08/2026

zzzahara's fourth album trades the romantic preoccupations of earlier releases for something harder-won — a tender, analog meditation on grief, mixed identity, and the strange clarity of sobriety. The Tonearm's Damien Joyce captures a melody. Tape Hiss and Tenderness — zzzahara's 'Distant Lands':

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Tape Hiss and Tenderness — zzzahara's 'Distant Lands'

zzzahara's fourth album trades the romantic preoccupations of earlier releases for something harder-won — a tender, analog meditation on grief, mixed identity, and the strange clarity of sobriety.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I co-organize a sound festival called Sound Scene in Washington DC-- we are preparing to open our RFP for 2027. Each year Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is kind enough is host us, and I am really looking forward to a new class of artists. Follow along! @soundscene.bsky.social

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 12/08/2026

"I've got customers who are in their 50s and 60s coming in with their teenage and tween and younger kids, shopping together. . . . I've even had goth grandmothers with their goth moms and the goth kids come in." Goth's not dead — How a subculture survived over 40 years in Texas:

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Goth’s not dead: How a subculture survived over 40 years in Texas | Houston Public Media

As Austin's Elysium celebrates 25 years, a community reflects on goth's roots and future.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 05/08/2026

“Archival videos of the performance serve as a reminder of just how ready, willing, and able Irish crowds were for batshit local sounds once they were given the place to hear them. It’s an idea that’s worth holding onto, and running with, three decades later.” Revisiting The Fourth Dimension:

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Revisiting The Fourth Dimension

Some unearthed words on '90s Kerry's answer to The Prodigy

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Two eurorack modular duos for Sam's benjolin compositions. I am playing in one at Baltimore's Red Room this Thursday. Here is my cat and I in a polaroid. Here is a show flyer/flier.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh hi, just wondering what we think of the kids listening to one Merzbow album a day. They've reached 90 records.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 29/07/2026

↑↑↑ ✨ interview/article by @tangentuniverses.bsky.social ✨ St. Silva on Bluesky → @bcooley.bsky.social ✨ 'Forager' is out now on @akprecordings.bsky.social

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Forager, by St. Silva

12 track album

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 30/07/2026

“What I love is that the drawing stops being just a drawing. Once it becomes attached to a record, it starts a conversation with the music. People no longer encounter it in silence. They encounter it through listening.” The Playful Aura of a Spanish Ambient Label:

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The Playful Aura of a Spanish Ambient Label

Exploring the holistic identity of Balmat as crafted by José Quintanar and Josep Basora

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 15/07/2026

"'Do you have a chainsaw?' That's not a question I ever expected to ask during an interview, but when Arc Iris gave me a tour of Glass Hill, their open-air venue nestled in the hills of northeast Los Angeles, it's the first thing that came to mind as we passed a massive pile of decimated trees."

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Arc Iris Built An Art-Pop Sanctuary In Their Own Backyard (Literally)

Constructed in the duo's backyard with minimal assistance, Glass Hill has hosted WILLOW, Reggie Watts, and many others.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Full disclosure Hatchy (Burnt Toast Vinyl) is my dude, but he's releasing Velour 100's Fall Sounds on vinyl for the first time this autumn and I am pretty excited about it. lostinohio.com/products/vel...

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Velour 100 – Fall Sounds

Velour 100’s Fall Sounds comes to vinyl for its 30th anniversary, remixed, remastered, and pressed on Fall Sky Blue vinyl.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I don't know how this has been out a month, I thought this published last week. Summer! Thank you @patriciawolf.bsky.social for chatting.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I enjoyed discussing cinema with Félicia. ⭐

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13/04/2026

✨ article by @tangentuniverses.bsky.social ✨ 'Sunbeam of No Illusion' out now on @akprecordings.bsky.social ✨ Ben Seretan on Bluesky → @benseretan.bsky.social

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My cat wants to track your lo-fi project. Four fish per track.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My friends were nice enough to let me visit the David Tudor exhibit in Philly during the uninstall. Hosting organization is Bowerbird which is full of great people. Philly Inquirer has a nice article on Tudor and the exhibit this week, I'll link below.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I really enjoyed getting to know Olive and Michael aka Green-House. Congrats on your release.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

What are we listening to this week to cope with things?

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

While conducting an interview today, we had a nice we forever respect the grand pageantry of Danielson moment. Here is Cornerstone 2001 / Danielson Famile / Sufjan is in the back of the band. youtu.be/hEMy9S1Z5yQ?...

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Danielson Famile: Live at Cornerstone 2001

YouTube video by Brimstone Chronicles

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Our quadraphonic hydrophone project TidalPrism (formerly Wooder) will regroup March 22 at The Perch in Philadelphia, which just feels weird to type given current global conditions.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 09/03/2026

"It was the kind of label that gave you releases you had no idea you needed... a revelation machine." A celebration of the late Portland-based label owner John Whitson's uniquely eclectic vision. Dave Segal acts as our psychedelic explorer, guiding us through highlights of Holy Mountain's catalog:

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Requiem For Holy Mountain Records

A celebration of the late Portland-based label owner John Whitson's uniquely eclectic vision. Dave Segal acts as our psychedelic explorer, guiding us through highlights from Holy Mountain's catalog.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Current reads: Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records James Nice Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words Boel Westin (translated by Silvester Mazzarella) Exhibiting for Multiple Senses: Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies Eva Fotiadi (editor)

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hey Zach! I just saw this! Pleased to also share Fred will be at the Black Mountain College [RE]happening! We will do the whole thing again for a day.

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𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎 @loulayorke.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“Oh it can be a miserable machine in the context of certainty.” 🩷🩷🩷

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 02/03/2026

From squat parties to a cottage on a wildflower common, Loula Yorke has built a practice around beauty, ecological dread, and the feminist history that 'Hydrology' quietly carries forward. The Tonearm's Carolyn Zaldivar Snow digs into the soil. Loula Yorke's Electric Commons:

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Wildflowers and Waveforms — Loula Yorke's 'Hydrology'

From squat parties to a cottage on a wildflower common, Loula Yorke has built a practice around beauty, ecological dread, and the feminist history that 'Hydrology' quietly carries forward.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Oh hey everyone-- trying to be here more. :) Thank you so much @loulayorke.bsky.social I really enjoyed your record.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I got to chat with Briana Marela about synthesizers, wearable instruments, working at Buchla-- and her latest gorgeous release for AKP "My Inner Rest" which merges technology with soft introspection. This my first interview for @thetonearm.com ✨ www.thetonearm.com/the-untether...

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I have a Rhizome show coming up next week-- quadraphonic, outdoors, full projections thanks to Oms. I am playing as part of Weathering, and Reign of Ferns (1/2 of the pair) will join us from Taiwan. ✨ I also made this collage. :) 🍄

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

In other news, have been on a Zammuto bender (is that a thing IDK) why do I like "Good Graces" so much? This whole Anchor album is great.

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Now listening for Kim Gordon's birthday -- Body / Head - The Switch #vinyl

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Playing synths at U Penn Music on Wednesday evening because MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA knows how to hang: sound conversation performance action practice music voltage audio Free / open to the public, 8 pm web.sas.upenn.edu/electronicmu...

thirty glimpses of voltaire on a field of blue with yellow lettering

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Oh hi! I am hosting this with pal Dag who is a member of our Creative Advisory Committee @soundscene.bsky.social -- come hang out!

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I am currently working through "Sing Like Fish: How sound rules life underwater" by Amorina Kingdon-- 1/2 "In the late 1990s, as Simpson was pondering fish senses, a new awareness of sound underwater was getting marine biologists excited..."

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Two records I am listening to today: New Moon arc rae via Mystery Circles Recycled Soundscapes Joshua Marquez self released field recordings via RAIR residency Philadelphia, PA How about you?

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Patricia Wolf @patriciawolf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I’m excited to share that one of the field recordings from my artist residency at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory has been released on the French tape label Presque Tout. Side 2 contains a recording by fellow American recordist Gregory McGreevy. presquetout.bandcamp.com/album/tape-s...

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TAPE SERIES 007, by PATRICIA WOLF / GREGORY MCGREEVY

2 track album

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Carolyn Zaldivar Snow @tangentuniverses.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hello out there-- I thought for a first post I'd tell you the most recent books I purchased-- Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Underwater Amorina Kingdon The Harder I Fight the More I Love You Neko Case Ghosts of My Life Mark Fisher

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