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Outsiders: Bop Fantasies - Algorithmic DJ In The Sky
13.01.2025
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Outsiders: Bop Fantasies - Algorithmic DJ In The Sky

That special time of year has come to an end. We did it. Gathered with our loved ones, spread merriment and cheer, reflected on the year. More importantly, we flexed our top song, how many minutes we listened, and what niche artist made it to our top five that you could’ve sworn your friends wouldn’t know. But they did. We all did. Thanks to that algorithmic DJ in the sky.

Does he always answer our prayers? What about those who belong to different faiths, like SoundCloud or Nina Protocol? How do these different platforms, different churches, influence music? How do they influence our perspectives, our communities?

In our first episode of Bop Fantasies, we turn away from producer or DJ and start from the beginning of anyone’s musical journey: the listener.

Shout out to all the homies who shared their opinions on tape: Evan, Vincent, Milo, AB, and Miles’s mom.

Tracklist P!nk - God is a DJ Lil B - Peyton on Broncos, Jordan on Wizards Lil B - Hoop Life Tama Gucci - Pound Town 2 J Taylor - You Belong bbpue - cintro Gripp - power (ambient) DJ Ess - Cuttin Up Mixx Ssaliva - Believer Arthur Russell - Tower of Meaning Babyfather - Teddyboi Freestyle Florence Sinclair - White Horse Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hibari Bossman Dlow - The Biggest Pt. 2 Virginia Bassment Tapes - Fly Guy Scott Walker - Rosemary Kiss Facility - Prayer at the Dinner Table Stevie Wonder - Soul Train Improv Babytron - IRL Isengard Compilation Guilded 2 Everything But The Girl - Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Edit) Source list "Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening" by Christopher Small "Hallucinating Sense in the Era of Infinity Content" by Caroline Busta "How Internet Music is Frying Your Brain" by Adam Harper "'Play it Again Sam': Some Notes on the Productivity of Repetition in Popular Music" by Richard Middleton "The Ghosts in the Machine" by Liz Pelly "Hegemony and Anthropology: Gramsci, Exegesis, Reinterpretations" by Donald Kurtz