Ansley Simpson

I like doing/hearing stripped back acoustic versions with pedals as needed (delay, reverb and maybe a distortion pedal) which helps to fill the negative space. Tossed around the idea of playing synth for a few too, but prefer a simple set-up.

Daphne Oram in the studio

12/31/1925 — b. Daphne Oram, British composer, inventor, music engineer, electronic musician. Inventor of a technique for creating electronic sounds known as “Oramics”; composer of the first electronic score broadcasted on the BBC #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #WomenInSTEM #MusicChallenge

fun announcement for the new year: ill be curating a monthly music doc series at Hot Docs next year, the first one being The Devil and Daniel Johnston at the end of January!

hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cin...

Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed

(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Checking out the new @subvert.fm platformn I'm actually excited for this. I've followed a few bandcamp alternatives over the years and this one hits all the marks for me. Artist co-op, simple layout, seems to work well too. Anyone else been checking out their alpha platform launch?

Oh good. I was beginning to wonder if Eurovision was the music budget. 48 mil over 3 years means no increase in funding from 2024/25 but it’s not gone. Thanks in part from pressure from the Canadian Indie Music Association and working musicians. www.cimamusic.ca/news/cima-re...

If you’re worried about hurting artists by boycotting Spotify—don’t. They pay musicians 0.0003 per stream (on the high end) and support fascists. Go see bands play live, buy their merch, collect physical media. That’s how you support artists and tell knee-bending oligarch fascists to eat shit.

Two people sit in camping chairs in a meadow, in conversation with each other.

📣 Job alert! 📣

The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!

thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...

ICE Ads Are All Over Your Favorite Streaming Services Users call out streaming services for dystopian ICE ads on Spotify, Max, and Pandora amid $30 billion deportation push.

Ice ads are all over your favorite streaming services
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Fun fact: all the technology for listening to music that existed before streaming - still exists.

Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated ‘Dances with Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73 Graham Greene, a Canadian actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in the 1990 film "Dances with Wolves," died on Monday. He was 73.

Awww damn. variety.com/2025/film/ob...

I’ve been testing the small French streaming service Qobuz for the last month, considering finally dumping Spotify. One reason I’m drawn to Qobuz is that it’s a smaller operation with seemingly good intentions. … 🧵 (1/10)

Great thread, I’ll add that as an artist it’s a bit frustrating to update your profile, add photo, bio or make changes to catalog errors remove dbl profiles etc. You need to go through their AI assistant to reach a human and it’s a long wait (days weeks) for tech support. Still better than Spotify.

"He told me we needed to do a campaign to greenwash the data centers as it was going to become a problem in the future"

V good post here detailing the PR strategy of companies and most importantly, how they're winning flat out right now ->

hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...

The thing about this site is that I’ve been able to find all these different spaces to share and find music. I’ve got some free download codes for my song Echo up on GetMusic for anyone curious or in need of a new listen.

#BREAKING | Dozens of Anti-Occupation Activists Block Main Highway Tunnel in Jerusalem

“Decolonially trained AI” eh? They promoted this AI to extract from an decolonial lens I guess? Fired up 47 coal power plants and extract a 7 lakes of drinking water to cool the data centre down for that eh? Then scraped all that ethical source material nobody remembers agreeing to share?

For those curious, this is the description of the session being led by an AI at Eden Mills (it's also the first event of the festival in the program after the launch party). the "fellow co-weaver" is the ED of the foundation that provided funding to create the chatGPT powered AI that wrote the "book

Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader Spotify was already a blight on music, and now CEO Daniel Ek is investing in AI weaponry. Chicagoans are joining an exodus from the platform.

Chicagoans are joining a growing exodus from the streaming platform.

George Mundy working on Mission Control’s electronics, as seen in the Grateful Dead Movie (1977)

Big RIP to George Mundy, who designed the electronics of Phil Lesh’s “Osiris,” aka “Mission Control” bass, itself a quadraphonic limb of the Wall of Sound. A one of a kind instrument.

Thanks for your work in the search for the sound, George.

Decomposition of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism reveals underlying genetic programs - Nature Genetics Classes of autism are uncovered with a generative mixture modeling approach leveraging matched phenotypic and genetic data from a large cohort, revealing different genetic programs underlying their ph...

Fascinating study in the genetics of autism. Thanks to @ansleysmusic.bsky.social for sharing it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I wrote about the WeTransfer terms of service and the criticism about the licensing rights in reference to large language models: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, becomes chairman of Al military start-up after €600 million investment

Parasite becomes aggressive.

Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.

Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.

Has anyone written about the intersection between Bill C-2 and Bill C-5? They are directly related but I haven't really seen anyone analyze that. Bill C-2 creates extra surveillance powers to further criminalize Indigenous people (and allies) resisting the "national interest" projects C-5 enables.

Brian Wilson, shy genius of the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 California-born musician was one of the most revered and pioneering figures in contemporary music, helping to make the Beach Boys one of the most successful pop groups of all time

Brian Wilson, shy genius of the Beach Boys, dies aged 82

YouTube video by Guardian News Woman returning to apartment shot by non lethal ammunition in LA

The Guardian has the whole vid up on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRc...

volume i and volume ii knobs on a metallic surface Alt: Volume knobs on an amplifier that all go to 11, which is one more than they should. References a famous scene from 1984 movie This is Spinal Tap. Air quality in Toronto is 11 right now.

Toronto’s air quality right now

June 2nd and I’m already getting the summer overwhelm shut downsies.

Jonathan Joss, known as the voice of King of the Hill's John Redcorn and recurring character Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation, has been fatally shot at 59.

Jonathan Joss, known as the voice of King of the Hill's John Redcorn and recurring character Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation, has been fatally shot at 59.