Michael Terren

Perth folks, chatting with @lizpelly.bsky.social on 2 September :) events.humanitix.com/mood-machine...

It ends in a crypt Album artwork by Eduardo Cossio It ends in a crypt is an album of works for five ruined pianos under the custodianship of Boorloo/Perth musician, writer, and...

Out now, I hope you enjoy it.

Words about it: buttondown.com/michaelterre...

It ends in a crypt, by Michael Terren 7 track album

I'm very proud to share a new album, "It ends in a crypt," made with the ruined pianos of Ross Bolleter. michaelterren.bandcamp.com/album/it-end...

RIP Alan Lamb

Delete the room, by Michael Terren 6 track album

New album of audio asset works, hope you enjoy michaelterren.bandcamp.com/album/delete...

A page of text describing fascism, highlighting sentences about fascism organizing proletarian masses, denying them rights, and providing a chance to express themselves, while discussing property rights and aesthetics in political life.

Walter Benjamin writing about fascism in 1936

"Fascism attempts to organize the newly proletarianized masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves."

A whole page of my PhD bibliography is just his papers and books. The Bourdieu one, the spectral objects one, all pearls.

There are many better stories of his generosity, but when Jonathan Sterne sought me out to DM me about an article I wrote, I felt a pride I’d never felt in my writing before. Then he emailed asking me to turn it into a book. An incredible mind and a beautiful soul. RIP to a genuine academic hero.

Earlier today, a group of students received word that Jonathan Sterne entered hospice care yesterday following his ongoing battle with cancer. I think there's a few of his colleagues and former students that follow me on here (he's also currently my phd advisor), more info will be coming soon

New Cahn Ingold Prelog – The Well-Tempered Diffusion Model Jessica Ekomane – Manifolds Sunik Kim – Tears of Rage Tristwch y Fenywod – Tristwch y Fenywod The Instruction Manual – The Instruction Manual Container – YACKER Archive Catherine Christer Hennix – Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord Horacio Vaggione – ‘Schall’ / ‘Rechant’

Almost all music I heard this year was pleasant and palliative—my AOTY picks are the only ones that got me thinking about the future (no order)

Cover of the january 2025 issue of Harper's magazine. A black background with the words GHOST MUSIC written largely in green, tangled with wired headphones. underneath in small text it says "INSIDE SPOTIFY'S FAKE-ARTIST SCHEME"

For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...

YouTube video by CHIME EPSRC Network CHIME Seminar: Michael Terren

The recording of the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgX...

Here’s a related banger from @michaelterren.bsky.social on this disclaimer.org.au/contents/whe...

CHIME Seminar: Michael Terren and Catherine Provenzano Online seminar exploring the musical side of the recent Springer collection: Creative Tools and the Softwarization of Cultural Production

Hello if anyone UK/EU is interested in my research on DAWs/plug-ins/MIDI controllers etc. I'm giving a Zoom talk November 27 with the amazing Catherine Provenzano about our research www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chime-semi...