So I did a little break from pure ambient and created a new #electronic#music#album called "Rechnermusik". You'll find more beats there and especially lots of #303 sounds ;-).
I hope you like it!
Genome 4 drops April 5th! Featuring tracks from me (as cisc), Access to Arasaka, Phylum Sinter, Unterm Rad, Alphabox, RENEGADE ANDROiD and many more. You don't want to sleep on this!
#DigitalEconomy#PlatformEconomy#Enshittification: ""Enshittification" isn't just a way of describing the symptoms of platform decay: it's also a theory of the mechanism of decay – the means by which platforms get shittier and shittier until they are a giant pile of shit.
I call that mechanism "twiddling": this is the ability of digital services to alter their business-logic – the prices they charge, the payouts they offer, the particulars of the deal – from instant to instant, for each user, continuously:
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Contrary to Big Tech's own boasting about its operations, the tricks that tech firms play to siphon value away from business customers and end-users aren't very sophisticated. They're crude gimmicks, like offering a higher per-hour wage to Uber drivers whom the algorithm judges to be picky about which rides they'll clock in for, and then lowering the wage by small increments as a way of lulling the driver into gradually accepting a permanent lower rate:
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This is a simple trick. The difference is that tech platforms like Uber can play it over and over, and very quickly." https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/26/glitchbread/#electronic-shelf-tags
"Enshittification" isn't just a way of describing the symptoms of platform decay: it's also a theory of the mechanism of decay - the means by which platforms get shittier and shittier until they are a giant pile of shit.
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there's a new mixtape I did for Bass, Breaks 'N Flow and their Insomniac radio show. One hour breaky electronic music put together, available for listening here:
Four tracks using elements of UKG, Ambient and Breakbeat and a bit faster than my usual music. Hope you enjoy.
And thanks to everyone who supported my music already 🙌
As mentioned yesterday :eyes_fb: TODAY is my friend's #birthday 🎈 and she makes #electronic#music, so if you want to be kind, you can stream / buy her music in the next 24 hours.