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James BeckCan NFTs Crack Royalties And Give More Value To Artists?
Music is part of my monthly budget. Pre-pandemic this included live music, some vinyls on the side, not to mention subscriptions to the streaming platforms. During the pandemic it’s been Bandcamp Fridays, NFTs, and monthly donations through Patreon to support the venues and communities that are the soul of New York City — that comprise my own soul. Music was a comfort in an otherwise difficult year; it’s a cruel irony that artists have captured so little of the value they create. When we clea...
James BeckHow Could Ethereum Extend Personhood To Trees?
Hardly a day goes by without a news story about record-breaking droughts and floods, widespread species loss, and destruction of valuable natural resources. Headlines from this week alone: floods in northern Europe kill 165 people; 80 fires across 13 US states spread haze 3,000 miles to the East Coast. A study showing the Amazon rainforest now emits more CO2 that it absorbs. As these extreme climate events touch everyone in the world, we know the stakes are high, compelling our elected (and u...
James BeckHow We Get To Negative Emissions With Web3
Let’s start with some ecological grief to describe the current state of the Anthropocene. In the course of 40 years, an area the size of Europe has been deforested; at this rate, the world’s rainforests will be gone in 78 years. A report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) estimates that dozens of species are going extinct every day, with as many as 30 to 50 percent of all species going extinct by 2050. 21.5 million ...
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James BeckCan NFTs Crack Royalties And Give More Value To Artists?
Music is part of my monthly budget. Pre-pandemic this included live music, some vinyls on the side, not to mention subscriptions to the streaming platforms. During the pandemic it’s been Bandcamp Fridays, NFTs, and monthly donations through Patreon to support the venues and communities that are the soul of New York City — that comprise my own soul. Music was a comfort in an otherwise difficult year; it’s a cruel irony that artists have captured so little of the value they create. When we clea...
James BeckHow Could Ethereum Extend Personhood To Trees?
Hardly a day goes by without a news story about record-breaking droughts and floods, widespread species loss, and destruction of valuable natural resources. Headlines from this week alone: floods in northern Europe kill 165 people; 80 fires across 13 US states spread haze 3,000 miles to the East Coast. A study showing the Amazon rainforest now emits more CO2 that it absorbs. As these extreme climate events touch everyone in the world, we know the stakes are high, compelling our elected (and u...
James BeckHow We Get To Negative Emissions With Web3
Let’s start with some ecological grief to describe the current state of the Anthropocene. In the course of 40 years, an area the size of Europe has been deforested; at this rate, the world’s rainforests will be gone in 78 years. A report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) estimates that dozens of species are going extinct every day, with as many as 30 to 50 percent of all species going extinct by 2050. 21.5 million ...
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Purelink - Signs
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
Wata Igarashi - Agartha
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Azu Tiwaline - Night in Palmtree
Kelela - Raven
DJ Danifox - Ansiedade
James Holden - Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Place Of All Possibilities
Christopher Bear, Daniel Rosen - Past Lives (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
buttechno & Triš - In Your Head
Facta - Emeline
Clonnex, Billionhappy - “见到你我的爱”
Tirzah - “No Limit”
Amaarae - “Angels in Tibet”
The Smile - “Wall of Eyes”
Tongue in the Mind - “Pretty Canary”
Tinashe - “Gravity”
Loraine James - “Gentle Confrontation”
Fermi Lekunde - “April”
Erykah Badu - “I’ll Call U Back (ZJ Edit)
Amor Satyr, Siu Mata - Hard09
Cesco - “Superstealth”
Sexapil - “Secret Vision”
Fold - “Billa”
Oceanic - “Self Fulfilling”
Syz - “Sprializsa”
canary yellow vs. Ice Spice - “Breathe You In Ha Mood”
Hudson Mohawke, Nikki Nair - “Set the Roof”
Perko - “Prang” (ft. Huerco S.)
Tapestry of Sound - “Whip it Up”
St. Amp - “Pinhole Camera”
Doctor Jeep - “Push The Body”
Once twice (fka Parallels) - “Your Love”
Farsight - “Cliff Racer”
Using found sounds -- field recordings of hermit thrushes and malls -- this track is meant for the foggy underground, celebrating dualities of natural and human-made textures. Listen on some high quality speakers to get the dubby undertones. Inspiration comes from the Animalia label.
Purelink - Signs
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
Wata Igarashi - Agartha
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Azu Tiwaline - Night in Palmtree
Kelela - Raven
DJ Danifox - Ansiedade
James Holden - Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Place Of All Possibilities
Christopher Bear, Daniel Rosen - Past Lives (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
buttechno & Triš - In Your Head
Facta - Emeline
Clonnex, Billionhappy - “见到你我的爱”
Tirzah - “No Limit”
Amaarae - “Angels in Tibet”
The Smile - “Wall of Eyes”
Tongue in the Mind - “Pretty Canary”
Tinashe - “Gravity”
Loraine James - “Gentle Confrontation”
Fermi Lekunde - “April”
Erykah Badu - “I’ll Call U Back (ZJ Edit)
Amor Satyr, Siu Mata - Hard09
Cesco - “Superstealth”
Sexapil - “Secret Vision”
Fold - “Billa”
Oceanic - “Self Fulfilling”
Syz - “Sprializsa”
canary yellow vs. Ice Spice - “Breathe You In Ha Mood”
Hudson Mohawke, Nikki Nair - “Set the Roof”
Perko - “Prang” (ft. Huerco S.)
Tapestry of Sound - “Whip it Up”
St. Amp - “Pinhole Camera”
Doctor Jeep - “Push The Body”
Once twice (fka Parallels) - “Your Love”
Farsight - “Cliff Racer”
Using found sounds -- field recordings of hermit thrushes and malls -- this track is meant for the foggy underground, celebrating dualities of natural and human-made textures. Listen on some high quality speakers to get the dubby undertones. Inspiration comes from the Animalia label.
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