“no, the masses were not innocent dupes; at a certain point, under a certain set of conditions, they wanted fascism” - Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus, p.38. I’m not going to use this piece of shit platform anymore. Fuck Elon Musk and fuck Trump.

@digital_objects “move beyond modernity as it exists now — trapped in its Backrooms and virtual plazas, haunted by digital ghosts symbolising the end — we must reconceptualize what localization means in relation to globalization.” 5/5

@digital_objects “…inherently tied to, and reflective of, the global. … Overcoming modernity through modernity recognizes the same philosophical imperative that underlies anti-hauntology. Localized aesthetics are not enough to counter the aesthetics of the apocalypse. In order to…” 4/

@digital_objects “… which has taken hold across the world. To conceptualize a new future requires moving beyond this project in such a way that the local takes on a new significance, not merely in the form of a reutilization of indigenous knowledge or vernacular aesthetics, but as…” 3/

“In The Question Concerning Technology in China, Yuk Hui @digital_objects claims that sinofuturism as it exists in its current form, i.e. as a hypercapitalist/communist hybrid with “Chinese characteristics”, is ultimately an acceleration of the European modern project…” 2/

After a long break over the summer we are very much back in action. On Sinofuturism: Cosmotechnics and dis-orient-ation

Becoming-insect through Clarice Lispector’s "The passion according to G.H." https://t.co/U7EHECtZ6s via @bluelabyrinths

"If the American theorist Fredric Jameson defined the pastiche as the cultural strategy of late capitalism, the latest album by Dos Monos will make him turn again and again in his grave."

"On the 31st of May 2024, Dos Monos, the experimental hip-hop group formed by Zo Zhit, Taitan, and NGS, returns to the music of the past in order to plunder it..."

A new review of the latest album by Japanese hip-hop trio Dos Monos (@dosmonostres) with a critical reevaluation of Fredric Jameson's notion of pastiche in late capitalist culture by our Editor Alessandro Sbordoni (@A_Sbordoni). https://t.co/ESMVAdk5Va

@sanjanasjokes @BlueLabyrinths This piece absolutely rocks. Sometimes amazes me how much some blog/mag I've never heard of can make the whole world of offical intellectualdom seem like a pyramid scheme. What is it about big-name outlets which so rigorously precludes this/any degree of soul? Anyway, thx

A manifesto for a new conceptualization of the meaning of desire, subjectivity, and technology. Be careful: "Performing Organ Multiplication without critical thinking is a dangerous activity."

Is the music of the future a global phenomenon? From the "Semiotics of the End" London book launch, BL editors Matt Bluemink and Alessandro Sbordoni discuss SOPHIE, sinofuturism, and the end of the world. https://t.co/ewZgw0T8Pn

Is the music of the future a global phenomenon? From the "Semiotics of the End" London book launch, BL editors Matt Bluemink and Alessandro Sbordoni discuss SOPHIE, sinofuturism, and the end of the world. https://t.co/ewZgw0T8Pn

Reflections on the Death of Music Journalism https://t.co/Mjd8ystFbn vía @bluelabyrinths

An excerpt from my book on the anti-hauntology debate hosted on @BlueLabyrinths and @xenogothic in 2021, where I talk about the electronic music of Chinese artists like 33EMYBW and Gooooose, and why hyperpop was never really anti-hauntological... https://t.co/CFLyPFgBLP

FORBIDDEN UNDAGROUND WEBSITE → https://t.co/lzfavcAWnP 𐫈◙⊷⧇ 𓄺◙⠕

Descent into the Maelstrom: A Note on Deterritorialization and Anti-Hauntology

thank you @BlueLabyrinths for publishing this piece on taylor swift and totalitarianism!

Music journalists alone aren't going to save us, but they are one of the last points of friction between music and total commodification. my first essay for .@BlueLabyrinths 👇 https://t.co/9nFVcdOdzb