Essays

11 articles, newest first by original publication date.

AI-generated illustration accompanying: Why You Can't Make a Living as a Producer or DJ
DJ

Why You Can't Make a Living as a Producer or DJ

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Predictions That Will Mostly Come True] A Vision of the Dance Music Scene's Future in the 2020s [Techno! House! Technology!]
Recommendations

[Predictions That Will Mostly Come True] A Vision of the Dance Music Scene's Future in the 2020s [Techno! House! Technology!]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Tragedy] Reflecting on a Psytrance Artist's Death: Musicians and Events in the 2020s [Sustainability]
Other

[Tragedy] Reflecting on a Psytrance Artist's Death: Musicians and Events in the 2020s [Sustainability]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Galápagos] DJs Who Don't Practice Are Fools, but There's No Point Debating DJ Skill Now [Impossible Game]
DJ

[Galápagos] DJs Who Don't Practice Are Fools, but There's No Point Debating DJ Skill Now [Impossible Game]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Shibuya Contact Tokyo] What's Strange About Clubs in Japan's Galápagos Scene [Keep Gropers Away]
Other

[Shibuya Contact Tokyo] What's Strange About Clubs in Japan's Galápagos Scene [Keep Gropers Away]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Who Benefits?] What's Strange About Clubs and Festivals in Japan's Galápagos Scene [Music Never Becomes the Main Course]
Other

[Who Benefits?] What's Strange About Clubs and Festivals in Japan's Galápagos Scene [Music Never Becomes the Main Course]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Nostalgia Is Harmful] How Dance Music Connoisseurs Who Think the Old Days Were Better Destroy the Scene's Future [We Are in the Reiwa Era Now]
House

[Nostalgia Is Harmful] How Dance Music Connoisseurs Who Think the Old Days Were Better Destroy the Scene's Future [We Are in the Reiwa Era Now]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Bad News] Simply Starting or Continuing to DJ Now Will Not Give You the Future You Want [A DJ Career Discussion Without Quibbling]
DJ

[Bad News] Simply Starting or Continuing to DJ Now Will Not Give You the Future You Want [A DJ Career Discussion Without Quibbling]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Changing Times] EDM Is Over. The Future Is “Dance Music” After All [Techno]
EDM

[Changing Times] EDM Is Over. The Future Is “Dance Music” After All [Techno]

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Musical Experiences] Why I Arrived at Electronic Dance Music
Essays

[Musical Experiences] Why I Arrived at Electronic Dance Music

AI-generated illustration accompanying: [Introduction] Why Put Effort into a Blog at This Point?
Introduction

[Introduction] Why Put Effort into a Blog at This Point?